Toy Story 3 by Circle 7
Disney built a new animation studio to make Pixar sequels without Pixar, then discarded its alternate Toy Story 3 after buying the company it had tried to replace.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Never Born
- Peak stage
- detailed preproduction
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
An abandoned version of Toy Story 3 developed at Disney's short-lived Circle 7 Animation studio.
The script sent Buzz Lightyear to Taiwan for a product recall while Woody and the other toys followed to rescue him from destruction.
Existence timeline
Disney creates a studio to develop sequels to Pixar properties.
A third Toy Story is placed into active development.
The Buzz Lightyear recall narrative advances through pre-production.
The corporate dispute that created Circle 7 is resolved through acquisition.
The studio's Toy Story 3 is cancelled before animation production.
Why it ended
Disney acquired Pixar in 2006, closed Circle 7 and cancelled its sequel slate; Pixar later made a completely different Toy Story 3.
Last confirmed trace
Screenplay drafts, concept art, storyboards and accounts by the production team preserve the rejected version.
What it left behind
The project records a moment when corporate bargaining nearly split a famous animated franchise into competing creative lineages.
How we classified it
The proposed archive unit never reached ordinary public access in the form being documented.
The strongest verified milestone maps to detailed_preproduction under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.