On November 6, 2014, Disney CEO Bob Eagle announced that the company will produce the fourth part of "Toy Story". John Lasseter, the director who has directed "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2", will be the director.
In July 2017, Disney announced that John Lasseter will no longer direct "Toy Story 4" and will be directed by Josh Cooley alone. John Lasseter will continue to participate in the production of the film as a producer.
In April 2018, it was announced that it will be scheduled for June 21, 2019; on November 12, the pilot trailers and posters will be exposed for the first time, and Hu Di and other characters will all appear.
In January 2019, a trailer and a poster featuring the shepherdess were exposed; in the same month, Tom Hanks published a behind-the-scenes photo of him dubbing Hu Di on his social network
