--- description: Pixar's president says the new Toy Story movie won't focus as much on the humans this time title: "Toy Story 4" Will Be a Love Story, Not a Sequel image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94c905c846fb094a/698767b7a988ca8b2b6aa9d5/toy-story1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Toy Story 4_ Will Be a Love Story, Not a Sequel by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2015 6:05 PM CUT  Pixar/Disney by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2015 6:05 PM CUT The next installment of _Toy Story_ [will not](http://blogs.disneylatino.com/disney-news/2014/12/16/jim-morris-revela-los-secretos-de-pixar/ "undefined") be a direct sequel to the third film, and will instead focus on a love story. Pixar President Jim Morris told Disney Latino’s blog that _Toy Story 4_ “is not a continuation of the end of the story of _Toy Story 3_,” which sees Andy’s toys dropped off a little girl’s house for her to enjoy while he goes off to college. This time, Morris says, “It will be a romantic comedy. It will not focus much on the interaction between the characters and children.” With Tom Hanks as the voice of Woody, maybe Meg Ryan can sign on to recreate their rom-com magic in toy form. The third film in the franchise grossed $1.1 billion, according to _The Hollywood Reporter_. _Toy Story 4_ is due to hit theaters June 16, 2017. [_Disney Latino_](http://blogs.disneylatino.com/disney-news/2014/12/16/jim-morris-revela-los-secretos-de-pixar/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3735597/toy-story-4-not-a-sequel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3735597/toy-story-4-not-a-sequel/"},"headline":"Toy Story 4 Will Be a Love Story, Not a Sequel","datePublished":"2015-03-06T18:05:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:58:39.450Z","description":"Pixar's president says the movie won't focus as much on the humans this time","url":"https://time.com/3735597/toy-story-4-not-a-sequel/","keywords":["movies","Pixar"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94c905c846fb094a/698767b7a988ca8b2b6aa9d5/toy-story1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94c905c846fb094a/698767b7a988ca8b2b6aa9d5/toy-story1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Toy Story","caption":"Toy Story","creditText":"Pixar/Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3735597/toy-story-4-not-a-sequel/","name":"Toy Story 4 Will Be a Love Story, Not a Sequel"}}]}] ```