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‘Toy Story 4’ planned for summer 2017

Disney has announced 'Toy Story 4' will be released in 2017.

TORONTO — Woody, Buzz Lightyear and their friends are coming back to the big screen.

Disney announced Thursday it will be making a fourth Toy Story film, directed by John Lasseter (Toy Story, Toy Story 2).

“We love these characters so much; they are like family to us,” Lasseter said, in a statement. “We don’t want to do anything with them unless it lives up to or surpasses what’s gone before.”

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Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are among the actors who voiced the characters.

The Toy Story trilogy has earned nearly $2 billion worldwide.

Toy Story 3, released in 2010 and directed by Lee Unkrich, won two Oscars and was the highest-grossing animated film of all time until Frozen beat it earlier this year.

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Toy Story 4 is scheduled to be released June 16, 2017.

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