Keanu Reeves Will Play an 'Edgy' Toy in 'Toy Story 4'
As if we weren't excited enough for "Toy Story 4," the news that Keanu Reeves has a "great part" in it has us even more amped.
Tim Allen dropped that tidbit Wednesday on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
Allen, who returns as Buzz Lightyear, shared, "They really will surprise you with the toys they came up with. Characters came back, new guys in it that are great. Keanu Reeves has got a great part."
He didn't say exactly what role Reeves would be playing, except that the character "has an edge." (Could it be a John Wick action figure? Probably not. But no one better hurt Slinky Dog around him!)
Allen added that Reeves had to tone down his voicework as it was too intense.
"Even he said — gentle, wonderful guy that he is — 'This sounds too much like Buzz Lightyear,'" said Allen. "And his character does have an edge to that. And the guy said, 'So we calmed him down a little bit,' and they reminded me his toy is only that big."
Smaller than Woody and Buzz? That could be one of those Green Army Men, except we doubt they'd create another character similar to the late R. Lee Ermey's Sarge.
This will be Reeves's first voice role in a big-studio animated film. (He appeared in Richard Linklater's animated indie "A Scanner Darkly.")
Reeves joins the returning cast and new characters voiced by Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.
"Toy Story 4" opens on June 21, 2019. Can't wait!
And Reeves will be back as unstoppable hitman John Wick in "John Wick 3: Parabellum" on May 17, 2019.
[Via Deadline]