Disney Feature Animation has committed to make Toy Story 3, without Pixar, basing the next installment of the blockbuster animation franchise on a script by young writer Jared Stern.
According to Variety, Stern developed a story idea for the long-in-the-works "TS3" on spec while a member of Disney's Feature Animation Writing Program. Several other writers also took a stab at "TS3," but Disney ultimately chose Stern's concept.
Though exact details of the script were being kept under close wraps, Stern's new take is expected to advance the "Toy Story" franchise by taking the characters on the road and out of Andy's room. Stern is also understood to have invented a couple of new characters for the next installment.
The studio is expected to hire another screenwriter to write a polish on the script.
