Celebrating the Toy Story 4 Blu-ray & DVD Release with Forky!
By Nancy & Erin
This summer, Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” took audiences on a hilarious and heartwarming road trip with Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the whole gang, earning a 98 percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and more than $1 billion at the global box office. Packed with old friends and new faces, the fourth film in the beloved Toy Story series, which leads Woody to an unexpected fork in the road, is on Digital and Movies Anywhere now, and will be on 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™, and DVD Oct. 8th!
We were lucky enough to be able to attend the interviews of Director Josh Cooley and Producer Mark Nielsen at Mattel. According to the director and producer, the concept of Forky came into being by whatever kids play with can come alive, nothing is trash! The main thought in this story is to be yourself because it only takes one person to see it and make a difference in another child’s life! 
We also got to attend the interviews of Krsiten Schaal (the voice of “Trixie”) and Ally Maki (the voice of “Giggle McDimples”) They were both full of energy, imagination, and said they were surprised that they got the part.
Claudio De Oliveiria (Pixar Animator) and Ana Ramirez ( Pixar Visual development Artist) were the last but not least to be interviewed. Claudio said since it is not easy to find sporks, he went to a pizza place to buy pizza to get the sporks they had there. He went threw quite a few before the team landed on the one. He said he left a few on their desks so they could play with them and make them move. He says he had lost his but found it later in another members hands at a meeting. He knew it was his because it has his name on the bottom of the feet (or ice cream sticks)! Ana says a lot of sketching is done before the final product is approved.
Next we got to take a tour of Mattel. We got to see the Concept art, 3D sculpting, and 3D printing departments. Everything is computerized and needs a lot of talent to operate. It was amazing!