Toy Story 3
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Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American
3D computer animated comedy film, and the third film in the
Toy Story series.
[2] It was produced by
Pixar and released by
Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by
Lee Unkrich. The film was released worldwide from June through October
[3] in
Disney Digital 3-D,
RealD and
IMAX 3D.
Toy Story 3 was also the first film to be released theatrically with
7.1 surround sound.
The plot focuses on the toys
Woody,
Buzz Lightyear, and
their friends dealing with an uncertain future as their owner, Andy, prepares to leave for college. Actors
Tom Hanks,
Tim Allen,
Joan Cusack,
Don Rickles,
Estelle Harris,
John Ratzenberger,
Wallace Shawn,
Jeff Pidgeon,
Jodi Benson,
R. Lee Ermey,
John Morris and
Laurie Metcalf reprised their voice-over roles from the previous films.
Jim Varney, who played Slinky Dog in the first two films, and
Joe Ranft, who portrayed Lenny and Wheezy, both died before production began on
Toy Story 3. The role of Slinky Dog was taken over by
Blake Clark
(a friend of Varney), while Ranft's characters and various others were
written out of the story. New characters include performances by
Ned Beatty,
Timothy Dalton,
Kristen Schaal,
Bonnie Hunt,
Whoopi Goldberg,
Jeff Garlin,
Richard Kind, and
Michael Keaton.
The feature broke
Shrek the Third's record as the biggest opening day North American gross for an animated film unadjusted for inflation
[4] and a big opening with an unadjusted gross of $110,307,189. It is also the highest-grossing opening weekend for a Pixar film,
[5] as well as the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film to have opened in the month of June.
[6] The film is the
highest-grossing film of 2010, both in the United States and Canada, and worldwide. In early August, it surpassed
Finding Nemo to become Pixar's highest-grossing film ever at the
North American box office, and
Shrek 2 as the
highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide;
[7] later that month,
Toy Story 3 became the first ever animated film in history to make over $1 billion worldwide.
[8] It is currently the
9th highest-grossing film of all time.
Toy Story 3 was nominated for five
Academy Awards, including
Best Picture,
Best Adapted Screenplay, and
Best Sound Editing.
[9] It was the third animated film (after
Beauty and the Beast and
Up) to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It won the awards for
Best Animated Feature and
Best Original Song.
Plot
Andy, now nearly 18 years old,
[10]
is leaving for college, and his toys feel like they have been abandoned
as they have not been played with for years. Andy decides to take
Woody with him to college and puts
Buzz and the rest of the toys in a trash bag for storage in the
attic.
However, the toys are accidentally thrown out when Andy's mom finds the
bag and puts it out on the curb, causing the toys to think that they
are no longer wanted. They escape and decide to climb in a donation box
for Sunnyside
Daycare.
Woody, the only toy who saw what actually happened, follows the other
toys and tries to explain they were thrown out by mistake, but they
refuse to believe him.
Andy's toys are welcomed by the many toys at Sunnyside and given a tour of the seemingly perfect play-setting by
Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear (simply known as Lotso),
Big Baby and
Ken, whom
Barbie
falls for. All of the toys love their new home, leaving a steadfast
Woody alone in an attempt to return to Andy. Woody's escape attempt
falls short and he is found outside by Bonnie, an imaginative little
girl. She takes him home and plays with him along with her other toys,
who are well-treated, happy, and readily welcome Woody. At the daycare,
Andy's toys get beaten up by the rambuctious youngest toddlers.
Buzz goes to ask Lotso to transport him and the other toys to a
better room, only to be caught by Lotso's henchmen and restored back to
his original space ranger persona. At the same time, Andy's toys realize
that Woody was right about Andy when Mrs. Potato Head sees Andy
searching for them through her missing eye, which was left behind in
Andy's room. Before they could leave, they are imprisoned by Lotso and
his gang, including a reset Buzz. Back at Bonnie's, Woody learns from
one of the toys, named Chuckles the Clown, that Lotso was once a good
toy and had an owner named Daisy who also owned Chuckles the Clown and
Big Baby. One day, Daisy left them behind on a picnic. The three
eventually find their way back to Daisy's house, only to find that she
replaced Lotso with an identical teddy bear. When he found Sunnyside, he
and Big Baby took it over and ran it like a prison.
The following morning, Woody returns to Sunnyside through Bonnie's
backpack. He sneakily reaches his friends and tells them he is sorry for
leaving them. They quickly formulate an escape plan. That night, Woody
and Slinky sneak through Sunnyside to the main office, where Chatter
informed them that a cymbal-banging monkey monitors the CCTV system to
prevent toys escaping. A brief fight ensues, ending with the Monkey
wrapped in sticky tape and locked in a filing cabinet by Slinky. Slinky
signals to the other toys while Mr. Potato head provides a diversion,
they make their escape. In the process, Buzz is accidentally reset into a
Spanish
mode, in which he becomes very flamboyantly chivalrous and his memory
is wiped; despite this, Buzz allies himself with Woody's friends, and
immediately falls in love with
Jessie. The toys reach a
dumpster,
but are caught by Lotso and his gang. As a garbage truck approaches,
Woody reveals what he heard about Lotso, and Big Baby throws Lotso into
the dumpster. Seeking revenge, Lotso pulls Woody in the dumpster just as
the truck collects the trash. Woody's friends jump into the back of the
truck, trying to rescue him and a falling television hits Buzz when he
tries to save Jessie, returning him to his normal self. The toys find
themselves at the dump and are pushed onto a conveyor belt leading to a
garbage shredder. Woody and Buzz save Lotso just in time as he is about
to be shredded and Woody and the other toys end up on another conveyor
belt, leading to an
incinerator.
The toys help Lotso reach an emergency stop button, but he leaves them
to their deaths. Thinking that this is the end, the toys join hands and
accept their fate but are rescued by the
Aliens
using a giant claw. Lotso makes his way outside, but a passing truck
driver finds him and, recognizing he had the toy as a kid, straps him to
the radiator grill of his truck. Meanwhile, Woody and his friends board
another trash truck driven by an older
Sid Phillips back to Andy's house.
In Andy's room, Woody climbs back into the box with Andy's college
supplies while the other toys ready themselves for the attic.
Remembering his time with Bonnie and her toys, Woody has an idea and
leaves a note for Andy on the toys' box. Andy, thinking the note is from
his mother, takes them to Bonnie's house and introduces her to his old
toy and Bonnie recognizes Woody, who, to Andy's surprise, is lying at
the bottom of the box. Andy is initially reluctant to give him up but
eventually does so and spends some time playing with her. After Andy
leaves, Woody introduces the gang to Bonnie's toys as the camera pans up
to the sky.
During the credits, Woody and the other toys learn through notes
passed in Bonnie's backpack that Barbie, Ken and Big Baby have improved
the lives of the toys (now including an
Emperor Zurg action figure) at Sunnyside. Buzz uncontrollably dances with Jessie to a Spanish version of "
You've Got a Friend in Me".
Voice cast
Several other characters (such as
Bo Peep,
RC,
Etch and
Wheezy) are only seen in flashbacks. The character of Slinky Dog appeared to be in limbo after the death of his original voice actor
Jim Varney on February 10, 2000, three months after
Toy Story 2 was released. Varney was replaced by
Blake Clark.
After Clark was cast to play Slinky Dog, the producers later realized
that Blake Clark and Jim Varney had coincidentally been close friends
since they appeared in the 1989 movie
Fast Food, making the transition a lot easier.
[13]
Production
According to the terms of Pixar's revised deal with
Disney,
all characters created by Pixar for their films were owned by Disney.
Furthermore, Disney retains the rights to make sequels to any Pixar
film, though Pixar retained the
right of first refusal
to work on these sequels. But in 2004, when the contentious
negotiations between the two companies made a split appear likely,
Disney Chairman at the time
Michael Eisner put in motion plans to produce
Toy Story 3 at a new Disney studio,
Circle 7 Animation.
Tim Allen, the voice of Buzz Lightyear, indicated a willingness to return even if Pixar was not on board.
[14]
Promotional art for
Circle 7's
Toy Story 3, displaying the storyline of the Buzz Lightyears being
recalled.
Jim Herzfeld wrote a script for Circle 7's version of the film. It focused on the other toys shipping a malfunctioning Buzz to
Taiwan,
where he was built, believing that he will be fixed there. While
searching on the Internet, they find out that many more Buzz Lightyear
toys are malfunctioning around the world and the company has issued a
massive
recall.
Fearing Buzz's destruction, a group of Andy's toys (Woody, Rex, Slinky,
Mr. Potato Head, Hamm, Jessie, and Bullseye) venture to rescue Buzz. At
the same time Buzz meets other toys from around the world that were
once loved but have now been recalled.
[14]
Lee Unkrich, pictured at the Toy Story 3 panel at WonderCon 2010 in April 2010, was the full-time director for the film.
In January 2006,
Disney bought Pixar in a deal that put Pixar chiefs
Edwin Catmull and
John Lasseter in charge of all Disney Animation. Shortly thereafter, Circle 7 Animation was shut down and its version of
Toy Story 3 was cancelled.
[14] The character designs went into the Disney archives.
[15] The following month, Disney CEO
Robert Iger confirmed that Disney was in the process of transferring the production to Pixar.
[16] John Lasseter,
Andrew Stanton,
Pete Docter, and
Lee Unkrich visited the house where they first pitched
Toy Story and came up with the story for the film over a weekend. Stanton then wrote a
treatment.
[17] On February 8, 2007, Catmull announced
Toy Story 2's co-director,
Lee Unkrich, as the sole director of the film instead of John Lasseter (who was busy directing
Cars 2), and
Michael Arndt as screenwriter.
[18] The release date was moved to 2010.
[19]
Unkrich said that he felt pressure to avoid creating "the first dud"
for Pixar, since as of 2010 all of Pixar's films had been commercial and
critical successes.
[20]
During the initial development stages of the film, Pixar revisited their work from the original
Toy Story and found that although they could open the old
computer files for the animated
3D models, error messages prevented them from editing the files. This necessitated recreating the models from scratch.
[21]
To create the chaotic and complex junkyard scene near the film's end,
more than a year and a half was invested on research and development to
create the simulation systems required for the sequence.
[22]
Instead of sending Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and John Ratzenberger scripts
for their consideration in reprising their roles, a complete story reel
of the film was shown to the actors in a theater. The reel was made up
of moving storyboards with pre-recorded voices, sound effects, and
music. At the conclusion of the preview, the actors signed on to the
film.
[23]
Dolby Laboratories announced that
Toy Story 3 would be the first film that will feature theatrical
7.1 surround audio.
[24] Thus, even the
Blu-ray version will feature original 7.1 audio, unlike other movies which were remixed into 7.1 for Blu-ray.
Release
Marketing
The film's first teaser trailer was released with the Disney Digital 3-D version of the film
Up on May 29, 2009.
[25] On October 2, 2009,
Toy Story and
Toy Story 2 were re-released as a double feature in
Disney Digital 3-D.
[26] The first full-length trailer was attached as an exclusive sneak peek and a first footage to the
Toy Story
double feature, on October 12, 2009. A second teaser was released on
February 10, 2010, followed by a second full-length trailer on February
11 and appeared in 3D showings of
Alice in Wonderland and
How to Train Your Dragon. On March 23, 2010,
Toy Story was released on Blu-ray/DVD combo pack which included a small feature of "The Story of
Toy Story 3". Also,
Toy Story 2 was released on that day in the same format which had a small feature on the "Characters of
Toy Story 3". On May 11, 2010, both films had a DVD-
only re-release which contained the features.
Mattel, Thinkway Toys, and
Lego are among those who produced toys to promote the film.
Fisher Price, a Mattel Company, has released Toy Story 3 with 21 3D images for viewing with the
View-Master viewer.
[27][28] Disney Interactive Studios also produced a video game based on the film,
Toy Story 3: The Video Game, which was released for
Microsoft Windows,
Xbox 360,
Wii,
PlayStation 3,
Nintendo DS, and
PSP on June 15, 2010.
[29] A
PlayStation 2
version was released on October 30, 2010 as part of a PS2 Bundle and
separately on November 2, 2010 (The same day Toy Story 3 got released on
DVD and Blu-ray). It was also the last Disney/Pixar game to be released
on
PlayStation 2.
Toy Story 3 was featured in Apple's iPhone OS 4 Event on April 8, 2010, with
Steve Jobs demonstrating a
Toy Story 3 themed
iAd written in
HTML5.
[30]
Pixar designed a commercial for the toy, Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, and
formatted it to look like it came from an old VCR recording. The
recording was altered with distorted sound, noise along the bottom of
the screen, and flickering video, all designed to make it look like a
converted recording from around 1983.
[31]
A Japanese version of the commercial was also released online, with the
name Lots-o'-Huggin Bear being replaced by Little Hug-Hug Bear (
Japanese:ăă°ăă°ăăąăĄăă/
Hagu Hagu Beya-Chan).
[32]
On
Dancing with the Stars' May 11, 2010, episode, the
Gipsy Kings performed a Spanish-language version of the song "
You've Got a Friend in Me". It also featured a
paso doble dance which was choreographed by
Cheryl Burke and
Tony Dovolani.
[33][34] Both the song and dance are featured in the film.
Toy Story 3 was also promoted with airings of the
first and
second films on several channels in the upcoming weeks of the film's release, including
Disney Channel,
Disney XD, and
ABC Family. Sneak peeks of
Toy Story 3 were also revealed, primarily on Disney Channel.
Oscar campaign
Unlike most recent Oscar campaigns,
Toy Story 3's "Not
since..." campaign drew a lot of attention during the holiday period,
emphasizing on the film's uniqueness and universal critical acclaim.
[35]
Short film
The theatrical release of
Toy Story 3 included the short film
Day & Night, which focuses on what happens when an animated personification of
Day meets his opposite,
Night and the resulting growth for both.
[36][37] It was also included in the Blu-ray and DVD release of
Toy Story 3.
Home media
Toy Story 3 was released in North America on November 2, 2010
in a standard DVD edition, two-disc Blu-ray and in a four-disc
Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. Behind the scenes are featured
including a sneak peek teaser for the upcoming
Cars 2, the sequel to the 2006 film,
Cars.
[38] A 10-disc
Toy Story trilogy Blu-ray box set also arrived on store shelves on the same day.
[39] A
3D version of the Blu-ray was released in North America on November 1, 2011.
On its first week of release (November 2–7, 2010) it sold 3,859,736
units (equal to $73,096,452) ranking No.1 for the week and immediately
becoming the best-selling animated film of 2010 in terms of units sold
(surpassing
How to Train Your Dragon). As of July 18, 2012, it has sold 10,911,701 units ($185,924,247).
[40]
It has become the best-selling DVD of 2010 in terms of units sold, but
it lacks in terms of sales revenue and therefore ranks second behind
Avatar on that list.
[41] It also sold about 4.0 million Blu-ray units, ranking as the fourth best-selling movie of 2010.
[42]
In the UK, it broke the record for the largest first day ever for
animated feature both on DVD and Blu-ray in terms of sales revenue.
Additionally, on its first day of release on
iTunes it immediately became the most downloaded Disney film ever.
[43]
Reception
Critical response
Toy Story 3 has received very positive reviews from film critics. Review aggregation website
Rotten Tomatoes reports that 99% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 253 reviews, with an average score of 8.8/10.
[44] On the all-time
Best of Rotten Tomatoes list it ranks fourth
[45], behind both its predecessors, and was the best reviewed film of 2010.
[46] Another review aggregator,
Metacritic, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 92 based on 39 reviews.
[47] TIME named
Toy Story 3 the best movie of 2010,
[48] as did
Quentin Tarantino.
[49] In 2011,
TIME named it one of "The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films".
[50]
A. O. Scott of
The New York Times
stated, "This film—this whole three-part, 15-year epic—about the
adventures of a bunch of silly plastic junk turns out also to be a long,
melancholy meditation on loss, impermanence and that noble, stubborn,
foolish thing called love."
[51] Owen Gleiberman from
Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, saying, "Even with the bar raised high,
Toy Story 3
enchanted and moved me so deeply I was flabbergasted that a digitally
animated comedy about plastic playthings could have this effect."
[52] Gleiberman also wrote in the next issue that he, along with many other grown men, cried at the end of the film.
[53] Michael Rechtshaffen of
The Hollywood Reporter
also gave the film a positive review, saying, "Woody, Buzz and
playmates make a thoroughly engaging, emotionally satisfying return."
[54] Mark Kermode of the
BBC gave the film, and the series, a glowing review, calling it "the best movie trilogy of all time".
[55] In
USA Today, Claudia Puig gave the film a complete 4
star rating, writing, "This installment, the best of the three, is everything a movie should be: hilarious, touching, exciting and clever."
[56] Lou Lumenick of the
New York Post wrote, "
Toy Story 3 (which is pointlessly being shown in 3-D at most locations) may not be a masterpiece, but it still had me in tears at the end."
[57] Michael Phillips of the
Chicago Tribune gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, writing that, "Compared with the riches of all kinds in recent Pixar masterworks such as
Ratatouille,
WALL-E and
Up,
Toy Story 3 looks and plays like an exceptionally slick and confident product, as opposed to a magical blend of commerce and popular art."
[58] Orlando Sentinel film critic Roger Moore, who gave the film 3½ out of 4 stars, wrote, "Dazzling, scary and sentimental,
Toy Story 3 is a dark and emotional conclusion to the film series that made Pixar famous."
[59]
Box office
Worldwide
Toy Story 3 earned $415,004,880 in North America and
$648,167,031 in other countries, totaling $1,063,171,911 worldwide,
earning more revenue than the previous two films combined.
[8] It is the highest-grossing film in the series,
[60] the 9th highest-grossing film,
[61] the highest-grossing film of 2010,
[62] the third highest-grossing Disney film,
[63] the highest-grossing Pixar film,
[64] and the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
[65] In terms of estimated attendance, though, it still ranks fourth on the list of modern animated films, behind
Shrek 2,
Finding Nemo and
The Lion King.
[65] On its first weekend,
Toy Story 3
topped the worldwide box office with $145.3 million ($153.7 million
with weekday previews), which stands as the third-largest opening
weekend worldwide for an animated feature.
[66] On August 27, 2010, its 71st day of release, it surpassed the $1-billion mark, becoming the second Disney film in 2010 (after
Alice in Wonderland), the third Disney film overall (the other being
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest), and the only animated film to achieve this.
[65]
North America
In North America,
Toy Story 3 is the
12th highest-grossing film unadjusted for
inflation. Adjusted for ticket price inflation, though, it ranks 90th on the all-time chart.
[67] The film is also the highest-grossing film of 2010,
[68] the highest-grossing Pixar film,
[64] the second highest-grossing G-rated film,
[69] the 3rd highest-grossing animated film,
[70] and the fourth highest-grossing Disney film.
[71]
It grossed $41,148,961 on its opening day (Friday, June 18, 2010) from
4,028 theaters, setting an opening-day record for an animated film.
[72]
During its opening weekend, the film grossed $110,307,189, topping the
weekend chart and marking the highest-grossing opening weekend for a
Pixar film.
[73] It averaged $27,385 per venue, marking the second highest for a G-rated film, and the second highest for an animated feature.
[74] The film had the second-highest opening weekend for an animated film
[75] and also had the fourth best opening weekend for a 2010 film.
[76] It set an opening-weekend record for films opening in June
[77] and for G-rated films.
[78] In its first week (Friday-through-Thursday),
Toy Story 3 grossed $167.6 million marking the biggest opening week for an animated film and the tenth largest opening week of all time.
[79] It also had the largest opening-week and 10-day gross among 2010 films.
[80] It topped the box office for two consecutive weekends.
[81]
Outside North America
It is the 14th highest-grossing film,
[82] the 3rd highest-grossing animated film, the third highest-grossing film of 2010
[83] the highest-grossing Pixar film, and the fifth highest-grossing Disney film.
[82] It topped the box office outside North America three times, on its first ($35.0 million),
[84] second,
[85] and sixth weekend (which was its largest).
[86]
Its highest-grossing market after North America is Japan ($126.7 million),
[87] where it is the highest-grossing U.S. animated feature,
[65] followed by the UK, Ireland and Malta (£73.8 million - $116.6 million), where it is the
3rd highest-grossing film of all time behind
Avatar and
Titanic,
[88] and Mexico ($59.4 million), where it is the second highest-grossing film of all time, behind
Marvel's The Avengers.
[89] It set opening weekend records for animated films in Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, China, Argentina,
[90] Hong Kong,
[91] Spain and the UK.
[92] As of August 2012, it is the highest-grossing animated film of all time in the UK, Ireland and Malta, in Mexico,
[89] in Hong Kong,
[93] and in Egypt. It is the highest-grossing 2010 film in Argentina,
[94] Bolivia,
[95] Chile,
[96] Colombia,
[97] Hong Kong,
[98] Mexico,
[99] Spain
[100] and the UK, Ireland and Malta.
[101]
Accolades
On January 25, 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that
Toy Story 3 was not only nominated for Best Animated Feature, but also for Best Picture. This makes
Toy Story 3
not only the first only animated sequel in history to be nominated for
Best Picture, but also the third animated film to be nominated for Best
Picture (following Disney's
Beauty and the Beast and Pixar's
Up).
Toy Story 3 becoming the second Pixar film to be nominated for both awards.
[102] Toy Story 3 also became the first ever Pixar film to be nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, though six of Pixar's previous films were nominated for the
Best Original Screenplay – (
Toy Story,
Finding Nemo,
The Incredibles,
Ratatouille,
WALL-E, and
Up). In 2011, it was nominated for a Kids' Choice Award for favorite animated movie, but lost to
Despicable Me.
Music
The
film score of
Toy Story 3 was composed and conducted by
Randy Newman, his sixth for Pixar after
Toy Story,
A Bug's Life,
Toy Story 2,
Monsters, Inc. and
Cars. Disney did not release the soundtrack album for
Toy Story 3 on
Compact Disc (CD). It was only available, initially, as a
music download in
lossy formats such as MP3 and
AAC.
This was the second instance where Disney did not release the
award-winning soundtrack of a Pixar film on CD. The first Pixar film not
to have its soundtrack released on CD by Disney was
Up. In January 2012
Intrada released the
Toy Story 3 soundtrack on Compact Disc.
[123]
All songs written and composed by
Randy Newman.
|
1. |
"We Belong Together" (performed by Newman) |
4:03 |
2. |
"You've Got a Friend in Me (para Buzz Español) (Hay Un Amigo en Mi)" (performed by The Gipsy Kings) |
2:15 |
3. |
"Cowboy!" |
4:11 |
4. |
"Garbage?" |
2:41 |
5. |
"Sunnyside" |
2:20 |
6. |
"Woody Bails" |
4:40 |
7. |
"Come to Papa" |
2:06 |
8. |
"Go See Lotso" |
3:37 |
9. |
"Bad Buzz" |
2:22 |
10. |
"You Got Lucky" |
5:59 |
11. |
"Spanish Buzz" |
3:31 |
12. |
"What About Daisy?" |
2:07 |
13. |
"To the Dump" |
3:51 |
14. |
"The Claw" |
3:57 |
15. |
"Going Home" |
3:22 |
16. |
"So Long" |
4:55 |
17. |
"Zu-Zu (Ken's Theme)" |
0:35 |
Total length:
|
56:18 |
|
In addition to the tracks included in the soundtrack album, the film also uses "
Dream Weaver" by
Gary Wright, "
Le Freak" by
Chic, and Randy Newman's original version of "
You've Got a Friend in Me".
Also, tracks "Cowboy!" and "Come to Papa" included material from Newman's rejected score to
Air Force One.
[124] The song "Losing You" from Newman's own album
Harps and Angels was also used in the first trailer for the film.
[125]
The
Judas Priest song "
Electric Eye" was used in the temp score for the opening scene of
Toy Story 3.
[126] The aliens are playing the tune in their sports car. But the song was ultimately replaced by another piece of music.
Music awards
Possible sequel
In June 2011, Tom Hanks, the voice of Woody in the films, was asked while promoting
Larry Crowne
whether or not there would be a sequel for his grandchildren to see. "I
think there will be, yeah. I think they're working on it now," he said,
referring to Pixar.
[129] However, no such sequel has been announced.
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