{"id":6584,"date":"2026-06-19T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/toy-story-5-stars-and-creators-address-future-of-hit-pixar-series\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:30:00","slug":"toy-story-5-stars-and-creators-address-future-of-hit-pixar-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/toy-story-5-stars-and-creators-address-future-of-hit-pixar-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy Story 5 stars and creators address future of hit Pixar series"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It\u2019s safe to say that the Toy Story gang have faced off against some pretty fearsome foes (Emperor Zurg, scary Sid, Lotso the Bear, creepy ventriloquist dummies), but in Toy Story 5<\/a>, is tech their greatest threat yet?<\/p>\n

In the latest instalment, eight-year-old Bonnie receives a Lilypad tablet to make new friends and starts ignoring her toys, who fear being abandoned. That\u2019s when Jessie takes matters into her own hands to try to find Bonnie a friend in real life.<\/p>\n

The toys have also narrowly escaped many situations that have left us bawling at the cinema (we\u2019re still traumatised over the trash incinerator and not over Andy going to university, to be honest).<\/p>\n

After thinking we\u2019d said goodbye to our animated friends several times, most recently in Toy Story 4<\/a> when Woody becomes a lost toy with Bo Peep, we wondered what\u2019s next for the beloved franchise.<\/p>\n

And would Tom Hanks and Tim Allen \u2013 firm friends who have been voicing Woody and Buzz since Toy Story<\/a> was released in 1995 as the first feature\u2011length computer\u2011animated film in history \u2013 keep coming back?<\/p>\n

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\u201cHonestly, it’s up to the folks at Pixar,\u201d Hanks tells RT<\/strong> exclusively, which you can watch in the video at the top of this page. \u201cIn other circumstances, you could drag this thing out just for the sake of commerce, and it would not be worthy of Toy Story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s just not what they do,\u201d adds Allen. \u201cOf course, they want to make money, that’s what they do, and pay everybody’s salaries, but if it wasn’t good, they wouldn’t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should just call this the next Toy Story, as opposed to putting a number on it,\u201d says Hanks.<\/p>\n

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Jessie and Bullseye confront Lilypad in Toy Story 5.\u00a0Disney\/Pixar<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Andrew Stanton, director of Toy Story 5 \u2013 who has worked on all of the Toy Story films \u2013 agrees, and believes there are many more stories to tell.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can imagine anything if it’s done well,\u201d he says. \u201cThe thing specifically about these movies that work is because we’ve allowed time to pass, so as long as we are honest with what feels natural to time passing for characters, whether they’re human or toys, it’ll be viable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re honest, and you want to earn the quality that we\u2019ve kept on all of these Toy Story movies, it\u2019s just: follow the lives of the kids that are owning these toys, because every kid\u2019s a little different. Every bedroom\u2019s probably a little different \u2013 every way that they play in their household.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many facets to childhood that haven\u2019t been touched on, that I think you could keep it going the right way, for the right reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues: \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s been a map ahead of time, other than, \u2018Let\u2019s hand off the toys from Andy to Bonnie.\u2019 I really believe that\u2019s the way to go. There\u2019s the arc of one kid. You close that trilogy. And there\u2019s the arc of another kid, which is Bonnie right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Will Bonnie choose toys or tech in Toy Story 5?\u00a0Disney\/Pixar<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Technology has been the next natural opponent for the toys, mirroring real-life screen-time struggles, but what would they take on next?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I knew that, I\u2019d keep it to myself, because I\u2019d make a lot of money selling it,\u201d laughs Stanton. Producer Lindsey Collins adds, \u201cI remember the reissues\u2026 and I\u2019m thinking about when Barbie had a little sister, Skipper. Something like Woody\u2019s little brother?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you doing? You\u2019re just giving it away!\u201d says Stanton. Well, you heard it here first…<\/p>\n

Whatever shape the franchise takes, we know it\u2019s in safe hands with Pixar, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in February. There are still plenty of kids and toys out there and corners of childhood left to explore \u2013 and Toy Story 5 doesn\u2019t feel like a \u201cso long, partner\u201d as much as a \u201csee you later, partner\u201d.<\/p>\n

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