Pixar didn't send
Tom Hanks a screenplay for
Toy Story 3, they showed him the entire movie.
Hanks reveals to
Empire Magazine that he sat in a theater with
Tim Allen and
John Ratzenberger and watched an "a complete story reel of the entire movie." The reel was comprised of moving storyboards, voices recorded by Pixar animators with some temp music and sound effects." His reaction was "'This is