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Talkback: Name Your Favorite Rejected Toy Story Title

    • We still may not know for sure whether Pixar is planning a Toy Story 4, but we do know that sixteen years ago -- long before Buzz and Woody grossed nearly $2 billion at the global box office -- Pixar was having a difficult time titling John Lasseter's toy project. So much so that the studio enlisted all of their employees to brainstorm ideas, some of which have surfaced on the Internet today.

    The folks over at Ain't It Cool noticed that Pixar's Lee Unkrich -- who edited the original Toy Story before going on to direct the most recent threequel -- started listing some of the rejected titles on his Twitter page. Of the 200 plus alternate titles, here are the ones Unkrich shared:

    The New Toy

    Made In Taiwan

    Moving Buddies

    To Infinity and Beyond

    Wind-Up Heroes

    The Cowboy & The Spaceman

    Spurs & Rockets

    Bring Me The Arm of Buzz Lightyear

    Toyz in the Hood

    Each Sold Separately

    Rex's First Movie

    Wind the Frog

    Wings & Pullstrings

    Some Assembly Required

    For the Love of Peep

    The Favorite

    "If you thought those were bad, there were hundreds of others," Unkrich added on his Twitter feed. "None were better than plain old Toy Story, so that's the title the world got."

    Which of the above titles is your favorite? I can't even begin to picture a world in which Tom Hanks has to promote a movie called Bring Me the Arm of Buzz Lightyear or, most horrifically, Moving Buddies.

    ยท Lee Unkrich reveals some rejected Toy Story titles that were kicked around! [AintItCool.com]