Toy Story is 30, so we’re looking back at how it was nearly canceled

The premiere of Toy Storyon Nov. 22, 1995 wasn’t just the beginning of a franchise or even Pixar’s reign as a leading animation company. Today, the computer-generated animation pioneered in that first outing with Woody and Buzz is the industry standard. Despite a gross of over $400 million (on an unthinkable $30 million budget), the movie almost didn’t happen.