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9 Famous Movies That Almost Didn’t Make It

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One infamous day at Pixar known as Black Friday could’ve been the end of the smash animated hit Toy Story. On Nov. 19, 1993, animators presented a short, rough cut to Disney higher-ups of what they hoped would be made into a successful feature-length movie. But the executives didn’t like what they saw.

The characters of Woody and Buzz Lightyear were more like the sarcastic jerks you might find in an indie film rather than relatable children’s characters. Disney basically gave the writers and animators a few months to go back to the proverbial drawing board and if the idea still wasn’t right, the film (and likely the whole future of computer-animated movies) would be scrapped. Luckily, the Pixar team figured out how to create characters that would be loved by both kids and adults, and a new wave of animation was born.


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