Toy Story III
 

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IESB has new voice talent confirmation for the upcoming installment of the Toy Story franchise!

Not much is known about Toy Story 3 with the exception of a short synopsis given to the Wall Street Journal earlier this year: “Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college.”

It has also been revealed that Barbie and Ken would also be featured in the movie.

Jodi Benson best known for the voice of Ariel in Disney's Little Mermaid franchise revealed to the IESB this weekend during an interview on Santa Catalina Island for the release of The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning that she is returning to the Toy Story franchise to voice Barbie. You may recall, she voiced Tour Guide Barbie and Barbie on Backpack in the second film.

But what's Barbie without Ken?!

Benson also revealed to the IESB that her Barbie will be cuddling up to none other than Beetlejuice himself, Michael Keaton, as Ken in the new film.

Keaton worked with Pixar previously voicing Chick Hicks in 2006's CARS.

Also, because I know you are all wondering, she says that Barbie and Ken do not kiss...but they do embrace.

Toy Story 3 is set to release June 18, 2010.

i'm so excited i love toy story 1&2 !:D

I just wonder who's gonna replace Jim Varney as Slinky Dog. :(

Depends... isn't there also the possibility that they'd retire the character out of respect? If they plan to keep him, I still say they should have gotten Harry of Harry's Hardware store from Home Imporvement... he sounds roughly the same.

I hope this gets Disney to release the Buzz Lightyear cartoon on DVD...

I second that! That was one of the best animated projects Disney ever did, on par with their 90s stuff.

I remember hating the Buzz Lightyear cartoon

crap

I never cared for it either...go figure.

i loved that show so much! i have every one taped;)

Oh Im sure they'll just have the character appear and not talk. Replacing him would be totally wrong.

I found the current full list of the cast:
Tom Hanks as Woody.
Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear.
Joan Cusack as Jessie.
Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head.
Wallace Shawn as Rex.
John Ratzenberger as Hamm.
Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head.
Jodi Benson as Barbie.
Michael Keaton as Ken.

Ned Beatty also has a role in it but that's not been revealed yet.

As for the Buzz Lightyear toon. I think I saw maybe 3 or 4 eps of that. It was an ok series but I really wasn't that much impressed. And Buzz Lightyear is my fave character from Toy Story.

Maybe that's why I didn't like BLoSC...cause I'm a Woody guy all the way...

God, I didn't think that through did I?

My standards are way too high

So I take it you NEVER saw the episode where Buzz gets kidnapped, has his brain erases, and has to work as an office drone? That's the best in the series, I think. It was a lot more sophisticated and adult than anyone gives it credit for.

I hope if Barbie appears in the film, the Merchandising rights don't go back to Mattel. Hasbro has been doing some good things lately. Even making Toy Story versions of the Galactic Heroes toys.

it was the first one i saw and i loved it!

Isn't that why Splinter should be passed away, or otherwise seen and not heard in the next TMNT movie? I seem to be the only one who cares about that. Saying that it's okay for Mirage to disrespect an actor like that but not for Pixar is... Well, you know what it is.

1. The odds of the next movie being an actual sequel to TMNT 07 are very slim.

2. I doubt Mako cared enough about this role enough to conisder it disrepectful.

3. He was a good Splinter, but I'm sure other VA's can do better.

And 4, Splinter was an intregal character. Slinky was important here and there in a few parts, but nothing really major. He was barely in the second one (to my recallection)

He was part of the group that went to rescue Woody along with Buzz, Rex, Ham, and Mr. Potato head.

You know, in retrospect, I do remember him. It's just that Hamm, Rex, and Potato had all the good jokes.

But I think that if they want to have the character speachless out of respect, there is a way to do it. But if they find a good mimmick or replacement, that's good too.

HAHA Wallace Shawn?! *snicker* Better put big lobes on Rex...

So now the dog's Grand Nagus Zek?

hehe....

Rex is the dinosaur. Wallace Shawn has always voiced him.

what about Rowlf the dog? he was retired after Henson's death

Yes and no... mainly because they haven't found a suitible replacement or a suitable role for him. So it's a little of both, if you ask me. Of course, a lot of Henson's roles never resurfaced strictly because they couldn't find a decent replacement for years. In fact, they made a new Guy Smiley sket 2 years ago, but only as a PSA that airs on PBS...