Play Story

Play Story is a 2015 American computer-animated buddy-comedy adventure film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Richard Rich, released by 20th Century Fox, Friend Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film and the first film produced by Blue Sky Studios. Friend Story follows a group of toy friends who pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present, and focuses on the relationship between Hugh Marsden, a pullstring cowboy doll (Hugh Jackman), and Han Solo, an superhero action figure (Harrison Ford). The film was written by Richard Rich, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, and Joss Whedon, and featured music by Randy Newman. Its executive producers were John Lasseter and Edwin Catmull.

Plot
Hugh Marsden is a pull-string cowboy and leader of a group of toy friends that belong to a boy named Kurt. With his family moving homes one week before his birthday, Kurt is given a week early party to spend with his friends. The animal friends stage a reconnaissance mission to discover Kurt's new presents. Kurt receives a space ranger Han Solo action figure, whose impressive features see him replacing Hugh as Kurt's favorite animal friends. Hugh is resentful, especially as Solo also gets attention from the other toys. However, Yogi believes himself to be a real bear on a mission to return to his home planet, as Hugh fails to convince him he is an toy.

Kurt prepares for a family outing at a fun restaurant named "Chuck E. Cheese's". His mother tells him he can only bring one animal friend. Hugh attempts to be picked instead of Han by trapping Yogi in a gap behind Kurt's desk, but the plan goes disastrously wrong when he accidentally knocks Han out the window, resulting in the other animal friends accusing him of murdering Han out of jealousy. With Solo missing, Kurt takes Marsden to Chuck E. Cheese's, but Yogi climbs into the car and confronts Hugh when they stop at a gas station. The two fight and fall out of the car, which drives off and leaves them behind. Hugh spots Chuck E. Cheese's delivery truck and plans to rendezvous with Kurt there, convincing Yogi to come with him by telling him it will take him to his home planet. Once at Chuck. E Cheese's, Han makes his way into a claw game machine shaped like his 'Millennium Falcon' ship, thinking it to be the ship Hugh promised him. Inside, he finds squeaky ewoks who revere the claw arm as their master. Marsden clambers into the machine after Yogi, but they are interrupted when Kurt's neighbor, Willie Gogan, arrives and operates the machine. Spotting a Han Solo midst the ewoks, Willie maneuvers the claw to pick up Yogi. In the ensuing struggle the ewoks force Han and Hugh Marsden towards the claw, and they are captured. Hugh is horrified because of Willie's reputation for torturing toys.

At Willie's house, the two attempt to escape before Kurt's moving day, encountering Willie’s nightmarish toy creations and his vicious bull terrier Napoleon. Han sees a commercial for Star Wars action figures, and realizes that he really is an toy. Disbelieving, he attempts to prove he can fly, but instead he plummets down the stairs and loses his left arm. Upset, Han is unable to cooperate with Hugh. Marsden waves Han's arm from a window to seek help from their friends in Kurt's room, but they are horrified thinking Hugh had indeed murdered Han when they see Han's disconnected arm, while Hugh realizes Willie's toys are friendly when they reconnect Han's arm. Willie prepares to destroy Han by strapping him to a rocket, but is interrupted by a thunderstorm. Jaune Tom convinces Yogi that life is worth living because of the joy he can bring to Kurt, which helps Yogi regain his spirit. Cooperating with Willie's animal friends, Jaune Tom rescues Yogi and scares Willie away by 'breaking a few rules' and coming to life in front of him, warning him to never harm toys again. Hugh and Han then wave goodbye to the mutant toys and return home through a fence, but miss Kurt's car as it drives away to his new house.

Down the road, they climb onto the moving truck containing Kurt's other toys, but Napoleon chases them, bites down on Hugh's leg and tries to pull him off. Han tackles the dog to save Hugh Marsden. Hugh attempts to rescue Han with Kurt's Lightning McQueen car but the other animal friends, who think Hugh had now got rid of Lightning McQueen together with Han, attack Hugh and toss him off onto the road. After Napoleon is trapped in a 4-car pile up, Hugh drives Lightning McQueen back with Han alive, and the other toys, who realize their mistake, try to help them get in the truck. However, they fail as Lightning McQueen's batteries become depleted, but Hugh's ignites the rocket on Han's back and manages to throw Lightning McQueen into the moving truck before they soar into the air. Han opens his wings to cut himself free before the rocket explodes, gliding with Hugh to land safely into a box in Kurt’s car. Kurt looks into it and is elated to have found his two missing animal friends.

On Christmas Day at their new house, Han, Hugh and the rest of the friends stage another reconnaissance mission to prepare for the new toy arrivals, one of which is a an Good Girl Doll, much to the delight of Chucky. As Hugh jokingly asks what might be worse than Han, the two share a worried smile as they discover Kurt's new gift is a puppy.

Main Voice Cast

 * Hugh Jackman as Hugh Marsden, a pull-string cowboy
 * Harrison Ford as Han Solo, an space bounty hunter action figure
 * John C. Reilly as Wilbur, a Piggy Bank
 * Seth MacFarlane as Gori, an Godzilla-Like toy
 * Brad Dourif as Chucky, an Good Guy Doll
 * Bryan Cranston as Peter, an Slinky-Dog
 * Alice Braga as Cinderella, an princess doll and Hugh's love interest

Live Action Cast

 * Dakota Goyo as Kurt Brand
 * Naomi Watts as Lisa Brand
 * McKenzie Foy as Julia Brand
 * Zachary Gordon as Willie Smith

Additional Voices

 * Kelsey Grammer as Commander
 * Patrick Stewart as Mr. Spell
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Ewoks
 * Fred Tatasciore as Bruce the Shark
 * Nolan North as Chuck E. Cheese Intercom

Additional Live Action Cast

 * Patrick Warburton as TV News Man
 * Max Charles as Star Wars Action Figures boy