Big Surprise: Film Rated G

Only 35 days left until opening night! That's slightly over a month! Okay, Okay calm down.

Yesterday Lee Unkrich posted a link to his Formspring on his Twitter (hey, two social networks in one sentence). He invites his fan to ask him a question and if you're lucky he just might answer it. Even if he doesn't answer your question it can still be fun to read the questions he has answered; they provide some interesting inside information on Toy Story 3 and Pixar.

Also announced on Unkrich's Twitter yesterday was the fact that Toy Story 3 has officially been rated G (for general audiences) by the MPAA. This shouldn't come as a huge surprise to anyone, seeing as the previous films in the series have also been rated G. In fact only two Pixar films have ever received a more severe rating than G; The Incredibles and Up were both PG. The G rating indicates that there won't be any excessive violence or overly intense scenes in the film; nothing that might frighten a young child. I doubt any parents were having reservations about taking there kids to see this movie, but in case they were they can rest assured that the United States Government says its okay for your little one to go see Toy Story 3.

Lots-o'-Huggin'-Bear

Here he is, Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, or just Lotso. Lotso is arguably the new character of most interest. He is very heavily featured in the trailers and on promotional material for the film. He has inspired a great deal of the speculation surrounding the film's plot and he is the center of one of the film's most intriguing marketing ploys. It is pretty obvious that Lotso is going to play a very important role in the film; but exactly what the role will be is one of the closest guarded secrets of Toy Story 3. See my analysis of trailer #2 for more speculation about Lotso.

Lotso will be voiced Ned Beatty, who has been in tons of movies but is most famous for his appearance in Deliverance.

Were you hoping Toy Story 3 would get an R rating? Got any conspiracy theories about Lotso? Leave a comment.