Carl Weathers may have sadly left us ... but his "Toy Story" role will live on in the Disney franchise with help from Ernie ...

And that certainly hasn't stopped the cast from dreaming up ideas of where the beloved franchise could go next, with actor Ernie Hudson ... nods to the original movies: "I think it's very ...

Ernie Hudson: Well, it's been over half my life ... and express to me how much the movie has meant to them, and their families. So yes. It's just very exciting, and I'm just so thankful that ...