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Disney is proceeding with Toy Story 3 under its contractual right to produce sequels to the Disney/Pixar films without the help of Pixar. At a recent recruitment pitch, Disney offered up story details. Buzz Lightyear is recalled to Taiwan after a series of malfunctions. Learning of a productwide recall, all the toys in Andy's room, under Woody's leadership, head to Taiwan to save Buzz from doom.

A second project, tentatively titled A Day With Wilbur Robinson, based on the book by William Joyce, follows a time-traveling 12-year-old orphan who hooks up with a 13-year-old kid from the future in settings that recall 1930's Metropolis and the cartoon television series The Jetsons (similar to the look and feel of The Incredibles). The project stars stylized young human protagonists and a mustachioed and bowler-capped villain.



There's also Rapunzel Unbraided, scheduled for release this year. Longtime Disney animator Glenn Keane, best known for animating the Beast in 1991's Beauty and the Beast, is making his directorial debut with the movie starring a computer-animated princess.