{"id":320915,"date":"2025-04-21T05:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ernie-hudson-takes-over-toy-story-role-after-death-of-carl-weathers"},"modified":"2025-04-21T05:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:29:41","slug":"ernie-hudson-takes-over-toy-story-role-after-death-of-carl-weathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ernie-hudson-takes-over-toy-story-role-after-death-of-carl-weathers","title":{"rendered":"Ernie Hudson Takes Over 'Toy Story' Position After Dying of Carl Weathers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carl Weathers<\/strong><\/a> may have sadly left us … but his “Toy Story” role will live on in the Disney franchise with help from Ernie Hudson<\/strong><\/a>, TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Production sources tell us … the “Ghostbusters” icon has been cast as Combat Carl, the character played by the “Rocky” legend, who died last year at 76.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Combat Carl is the G.I. Joe-type action figure toy line in the TS universe … and after his unforgettable role in “Predator,” it made perfect sense that CW fit the mold (pun intended)!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n


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As you likely recall … the beloved actor passed away peacefully<\/strong><\/a> last February while surrounded by loved ones — due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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His death sent shockwaves through Hollywood, as few knew he was even ill since he was still working in high-profile projects, such as Disney’s “The Mandalorian.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Combat Carl is clearly in good hands … Ernie being a stud in his own right after bustin’ all of those ghosts!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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EH will make his debut as the fan-favorite character in the upcoming “Toy Story 5” … which is due out next summer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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‘Toy Story’ Carl Weathers’ Fan-Favorite Character Recast With Ernie Hudson Published April 21, 2025 1:00 AM PDT | Updated April 21, 2025 1:53 AM PDT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320917,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320915\/revisions\/320917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}