Trashing Toy Story

With Brave about to premier, and the first trailer for Monsters University just out it seems like a good time to link to this story about the creation, near loss, recovery, intentional scrapping, and recreation of Toy Story 2.

A huge chunk of Toy Story 2 was indeed deleted and was only recovered by a stroke of luck and the intense efforts of the Pixar staff.

But what most people don’t know is that the whole movie was actually tossed out again, not by the computers, but by the filmmakers themselves. It was then completely remade with mere months to go before a release date that was set in stone, cementing Pixar’s legacy as a crucible of commitment to quality.