“Toy Story” began as a movie about what happens when a new toy threatens the old order. Thirty years later, “Toy Story 5” has found the franchise’s most obvious modern threat: screens, devices, and a generation of kids whose attention no longer belongs to the toy box.
Disney and Pixar have released the trailer for “Toy Story 5,” directed by Andrew Stanton, the filmmaker behind “Finding Nemo” and “WALL-E,” and co-directed by Kenna Harris. The film opens only in theaters on June 19, 2026, with Lindsey Collins producing.
The studio also revealed this morning that Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) and Alan Cumming have joined the cast with vocal cameos. Bunny will voice Pizza with Sunglasses. The studio describes his character as “effortlessly cool and mysterious, Pizza with Sunglasses is a member of a small but mighty community of forgotten toys that live in an abandoned backyard shed. Cumming will voice Evil Bullseye, and Disney says “The Traitors” Emmy-winner provides Bullseye’s voice during a funny playtime sequence in the film.
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Pixar’s official premise frames the sequel as “Toy meets Tech,” with Buzz, Woody, Jessie, and the rest of the gang facing a world where children are increasingly drawn to electronics. The overall cast includes Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Greta Lee, Conan O’Brien, Tony Hale, Craig Robinson, Annie Potts, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal, Ernie Hudson, and Keanu Reeves.
The new story reportedly centers heavily on Jessie, as the toys struggle with Bonnie’s relationship to technology and the rise of Lilypad, a smart-device character voiced by Lee. EW’s recent preview also revealed a major Buzz wrinkle: dozens of commemorative Buzz Lightyear figures, stuck in toy mode, are searching for Star Command and creating problems for everyone around them.
That premise is almost too inevitable for this franchise, but it also gets at why “Toy Story” has lasted. The movies have always been about obsolescence, attachment, replacement, and the terror of being loved and then left behind. A tablet is just a cleaner, colder version of the same old threat.
Stanton’s return matters, too. He was part of the original “Toy Story” story team, co-wrote several Pixar landmarks, and has spent much of his career helping define the studio’s emotional machinery. “Toy Story 5” is not just another sequel; it is one of Pixar’s foundational voices returning to the franchise that helped build the studio.
“Toy Story 5” opens in theaters on June 19, 2026. Watch the trailer below.
