Tom Hanks reveals production has started on Toy Story 4

Tom Hanks has revealed production of the fourth Toy Story film is now underway during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show.

The actor was describing the physicality involved in voicing the infamous cowboy doll Woody when he let slip that his recording sessions would begin this month.

“We are working on it right now,” he said.

“I have a recording session on the second of December.”

Hanks said the recording sessions often lasted up to four or five hours and that his diaphragm “gets a workout”.

“By the time I’m leaving I’m driving home, I literally have to put an ice chest on my diaphragm just so I can go home because it’s clenched throughout.”

Hanks didn’t seem to be overly concerned at the potential repercussions of discussing the film.

“Somebody stuck a microphone in my face at some point and said ‘is there going to be a Toy Story 4?’ and I said ‘yeah, yeah I think so’ and I got a call from the Disney lawyers the next day,” he said.

“They said ‘you are contractually not allowed to discuss a Toy Story 4. It will affect the stock market price of the Disney common stock so you are no longer…’ I said, ‘hey, I’m sorry, but let me just point out, I’m Woody.’

Toy Story 4 is rumoured to be a sequel that will be a stand-alone film rather than a continuation of the third film.

The existing three films have become one of the most critically acclaimed trilogies of all time.