Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American English - language film directed by John Lesseter and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a computer - animated buddy comedy film that features the voice of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney and Annie Potts. This film is a work of imagination which especially attracts kids. The film starts when Andy is leaving for college and the toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center in his absence. The toys feel that they were abandoned and refuse to return home. Now, Woody has to convince everyone to come back home.