Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during production? (2012)

Re:Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during producti... by Donzo on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @11:31AM (#13418834)

I believe that the original version that was scrapped was intended to be a straight-to-video release. It was completely reworked when the company decided to give the project bigscreen treatment.

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Re:Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during producti... by rootbear on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @04:43PM (#13421591)

Almost. TS2 was originally a direct to video film. But Disney liked the work-in-progress so much that they approved making it a feature film. And Pixar management at the time wasn't really thrilled with the idea of having an "A" team that made feature films and a "B" team that made DTV films. That could lead to morale problems in the B team. It was much later that problems in the story lead to replacing the director and doing the restart.

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