They said, 'You, contractually, are not allowed to discuss a Toy Story 4. It will affect the stock market price of the Disney common stock.' Hanks was apologetic for spilling the beans, but he wasn't that apologetic. He seems to have felt obligated to point out to the lawyers that he was Woody and they were not. read more
To be fair to Disney as a company, they have plans for these sorts of announcements and Tom Hanks was not part of that plan. In fact, this news came out incredibly early thanks to him. Toy Story 4 was only officially announced about a year ago so the Hanks leak was severely premature. read more
Hanks hinted that he'd be returning to work for the film today during a recent appearance on The Graham Norton Show. "We're now recording Toy Story 4. It will be out in 2018, so it takes a long time." Later in the interview, he added, "I have a recording session on the second of December." Boom. He wasn't lying. read more