The 2010 film was nominated for Best Picture and won other prizes, including Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song. Actor Jim Varney had previously voiced the character Slinky Dog, but after Varney died in 2000, Blake Clark became the new voice for Slinky Dog. Clark had been a close friend of Varney's. Rather than sending Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and John Ratzenberger scripts to see if they wanted to return for the third movie, Pixar assembled a story reel and showed it to the three actors inside a theater. After seeing it, all three joined the project immediately.
