TheINQUIRER publishes daily news, reviews on the latest gadgets and devices, and INQdepth articles for tech buffs and hobbyists. Toy Story 2 Wikipedia. Toy Story 2 is a 1. American computer animatedcomedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Plot. Toy Story 3 is set after Toy Story 2. The movie opens shortly after Toy Story 2, with an action sequence in the Wild West, in which Mr. Mrs. Potato Head. Download Toy Story: Small Fry Movie Online ' title='Download Toy Story: Small Fry Movie Online ' />Directed by John Lasseter and co directed by Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon,Talk of a sequel to Toy Story began around a month after the films opening, in December 1. A few days after the original films release, Lasseter was traveling with his family and found a young boy clutching a Woody doll at an airport. Lasseter described how the boys excitement to show it to his father touched him deeply. Lasseter realized that his character no longer belonged to him only, but rather it belonged to others, as well. The memory was a defining factor in the production of Toy Story 2, with Lasseter moved to create a great film for that child and for everyone else who loved the characters. Ed Catmull, Lasseter, and Ralph Guggenheim visited Joe Roth, successor to recently ousted Jeffrey Katzenberg as chairman of Walt Disney Studios, shortly afterward. Roth was pleased and embraced the idea of a sequel. Disney had recently begun making direct to video sequels to its successful features, and Roth wanted to handle the Toy Story sequel this way, as well. Prior releases, such as 1. Aladdin sequel, The Return of Jafar, had returned an estimated 1. The New Postman Pat: The Movie Movie. Initially, everything regarding the sequel was uncertain at first whether stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen would be available and affordable, what the story premise would be, and even whether the film would be computer animated at Pixar or traditionally at Walt Disney Feature Animation. Lasseter regarded the project as a chance to groom new directing talent, as top choices were already immersed in other projects Andrew Stanton in A Bugs Life and Pete Docter in early development work for a film that would eventually become Monsters, Inc. Instead, Lasseter turned to Ash Brannon, a young directing animator on Toy Story whose work he admired. Brannon, a Cal. Arts graduate, joined the Toy Story team in 1. Disney and Pixar officially announced the sequel in a press release on March 1. The story of Toy Story 2 is based a lot on my own experience. Im a big toy collector and a lot of them are like antiques, or one of a kind toys, or prototypes the toy makers have given me. Well, I have five sons, and when they were little and they loved to come to daddys work, and come in into daddys office and they just want to touch and play with everything.