“Now, it’s going to be a period piece telling the story of an impoverished family during the Great Depression who dressed up their last potato as a doll for their daughter after she was told they were too poor to afford a real one. Potato Head’s story a bit,” said MacLane. This is what people want.”Įventually, Pixar’s producers and Disney executives came to an agreement. “I get where they’re coming from, but you can’t argue with data. “They said that a killer potato wearing the faces of dead children wasn’t exactly ‘on brand,’” said MacLane, who has been researching the historical figure for years. Though excitement was palpable, MacLane’s team did have to sell the idea to Disney, who wasn’t immediately pleased with the pitch, sources claim. “We would be remiss not to tell the story of the potato whose rise to fame came from harvesting and wearing human body parts.” Potato Head,” said Lightyear director Angus MacLane.

“Once we saw the results from Lightyear ’s early screenings, we knew we had to jump on Mr. After Pixar’s bold move to produce a full-fledged origin story for action figure Buzz Lightyear paid off, the studio is set to produce another origin story, this time for the real-life potato that inspired the Toy Story character, Mr.

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