Toy Story 3
A quick Easter testis fromToy Story 3referenced a Pixar moving picture that was already canceled . Throughout Pixar ’s story , the studio has built a depository library full of childhood favourite animated films . This all commence withToy Storyin 1995 , and the studio is still making entries in the franchise to this day , withToy Story 4arriving last year . Pixar has made many other franchise and standalone films during the premature two decades , and each film consistently includes references to others .
Arguably the biggestEaster eggs for Pixaris the recurring visual aspect of the Pizza Planet motortruck , which debuted inToy Storyand can be seen in various moving picture - include their recent releaseOnward . In addition to this through - line , the Pixar movies also have a chronicle of including random nods to legion Pixar motion-picture show , some of which have n’t even been resign yet . For case , Onwardfeatured asmall cite to the upcoming Pixar titleSoul , but many may have missed it since they are n’t intimate with the characterOnwardrefers to .
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With the release ofToy Story 3 in 2010 , Pixar managed to leave in an Easter egg forNewt , a movie they had previously scratch . The reference comes in the form of a unique crossing preindication like to the ace commonly feature on the side of roads for deer or other animate being . The reference toNewtcomes as the crossover sign reads " Newt Xing " and can briefly be seen in Andy ’s room during the film . Since the project was canceled in early 2010 , it is nameless if the reference was left in because there was n’t enough time to remove it beforeToy storey 3 ’s discharge or if Pixar left it in intentionally to still highlight the work done onNewtbefore .
Pixar originally harbinger theNewtmovie in 2008 along with a card ofUp , car 2 , andBrave(originally titledThe Bear and the Bow ) . Gary Rydstrom was scheduled to direct the film after working in the sound section on multiple Pixar pic and directing theLiftedshort . The original verbal description ofNewthad the pic follow the terminal male and female blue - footed newts as they are couple together to try and write the species and learn about erotic love , even though they ca n’t remain firm each other . Pixar initially gaveNewta 2011 loss appointment , but afterwards delayed the film to 2012 before pulling the fire hydrant on the projection as a whole .
Newtappears to be the rare case of Pixar reference one of their projects that did n’t move forward . The studio has cancel other projects in the past tense , but late examples likeGiganticdon’t have Easter eggs in other Pixar films . alternatively , Newtis referenced inToy report 3and is consider to be teased inBraveandThe Good Dinosaur , too . Even with these references , though , it has n’t been explicitly confirmed why the film was canceled . Pete Docter was offered the chance to take over and redevelop the task , but he pitched the idea forInside Outand was the concluding nail inNewt ’s maturation .
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