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Toys To Life 4 is a 2029 computer-animated comedy drama film produced by Blue Sky for Walt Disney Pictures. The fourth installment in the Toys To Life franchise, the film was directed by Chris Wedge from a screenplay by Peter Ackerman, Pamela Ribon, and Michael J. Wilson, and stars Owen Laramore, Dove Cameron, Jenny Slate, Will Arnett, Idina Menzel, Catherine O' Hara, Nick Frost, Drew Barrymore, James Corden, Mackenzie Crook, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, and Chadwick Boseman.
Released theatrically on March 17, 2029, the film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation, the musical score, and the vocal performances, particularly Laramore's. Toys To Life 4 has a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and was a box office success by grossing $663 million on a $104 million budget. The film won Saturn Awards for Best Animated Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor.
Plot
In 2024, Snake returns to kill John, but retreats and decides to make a new plan to kill John and everything he loves for revenge on him for Murray's death, which destroys most of Toytown in the process.
One year later, Toytown has been turned into an apocalyptic wasteland called "Toy Apocalypse", where everyone has been toughened and hardened, making them ready for more fighting. Despite Claire's statements that he has to toughen himself, John still pretends there is still peace. Suddenly, Snake reveals that she had come from five years ago and chases the citizens aboard the cat that killed Murray during the events of Toys To Life, but is stopped by a wizard named Wizzy. Wizzy leads John, Claire, Springall, and their troopers to his spell room.
Meanwhile, John concocts an idea to destroy Snake, take down her lair, and restore harmony to Toytown. Wizzy gives John new skills, such as strength, and power, aspiring the gang travel beyond Toytown.
Along the way they meet Eddie the elephant and two beavers named George and Gordon in their home. Just then, Snake bursts in and destroys the two beavers's home. John teaches everyone how to be tough. Once John sneaks in Snake lair, Snake sets off the alarm and sends John, Claire, Springall and the gang to prison and Wizzy passes away. Snake heads to Toy Apocalypse and begins the invasion by making clones of herself. Springall manages to free everyone. Remembering that being king is important as he did in the first film, he and the gang follow Snake back to Toy Apocalypse.
John convinces all the citizens to be as tough as they were when Snake was first defeated. John creates his own Robot mech and jumps towards Snake. Snake's clones try to weaken John, but he remembers the moves Wizzy taught him, and he angrily breaks all of the defensive weapons and her time machine, causing Snake, her clones and her timeline to be erased from existence, and Toy Apocalypse to be transformed back into Toytown.
With Snake defeated, George, Gordon and Eddie are accepted as new members of John's team, and all the peace and harmony in Toytown is restored, and John and Claire marry at the Toytown Museum. The film ends with the gang in a parade, and with the sun setting down.
In a post-credits scene, John sings a cover the Sister Sledge song, "We Are Family", rickrolling the audience.
Cast
Owen Laramore as John
Dove Cameron as Claire
Jenny Slate as Snake
Will Arnett as Ian
Idina Menzel as Tina
Catherine O' Hara as Ouch
Nick Frost as Cage, Rage, Age, and Page
Drew Barrymore as Ribbit
James Corden as Robone
Sarah Vowell as Mousey
Lane Styles as Little Spence
Ellen Page as Mamo
Warwick Davis as Ken The Color Worm
Travis Willingham as Ronald
Jim Cummings as Krasinski
Benedict Wong as Brad
Chris Wedge as Creeko
Bill Hader as Springall
Taylor Swift as Sally
Penelope Cruz as Taco-cat
Jeremy Renner as Tim
Mackenzie Crook as Wizzy the Wizard
Jordan Peele as Gordon Beaver
Keegan-Michael Key as George Beaver
Chadwick Boseman as Eddie the Elephant