Josh Cooley, who served as the head of story on Pixar’s “Inside Out,” was named John Lasseter’s co-director for “Toy Story 4.” It was also revealed that Cooley has directed a short film set in the world of “Inside Out” that will be on the Blu-ray
Cooley began at Pixar as an intern in the story department on “Cars.” In an interview with Variety he says, “To be co-director on ‘Toy Story 4’ with John, who brought the ‘Toy Story’ characters to the screen 20 years ago, is a dream come true. When I first saw ‘Toy Story’ I was amazed by the groundbreaking computer-generated animation. But it was the strong storytelling that kept me coming back. ‘Toy Story 4’ will continue that tradition and I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of it!”
Toy Story 4 will be released June 16, 2017.