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by Alex Billington
June 15, 2026
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“This isn’t flying. This is falling with style.” To promote the release of Pixar’s sequel Toy Story 5 in China coming up this summer, Disney commissioned the Shanghai Animation Film Studio to create a special short film inspired by the toys. Specifically about a Buzz Lightyear toy. The 3-minute short has debuted online for everyone to watch – it’s a “silent” short without any dialogue to translate. After 3 sequels before, this time the toys are finally going to deal with the elephant in the room – technology. Buzz, Woody, Jessie are challenged after being introduced to what kids are obsessed with today: electronics. The villain is a high-tech frog-shaped smart tablet named Lilypad voiced by Greta Lee (introduced in the teaser). The regulars are back in TS5: Tom Hanks returns as ever loyal cowboy Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, and Joan Cusack saddles up again as Jessie. And interestingly, Andrew Stanton is directing – he has made plenty of Pixar movies before, but this is his first Toy Story movie. From Toy Story 4 (in 2019), Tony Hale is returns as Forky, and Bonnie is back to round up her toys, too. This short film is titled “Toy Story 5: Zhuazhou” and follows the story of a special Buzz toy (and his pals) being passed down to the next generation. Watch below.
You can rewatch the first official trailer for Pixar’s Toy Story 5 sequel right here and the final trailer here.
In Toy Story 5, we’re introduced to a new character Lilypad, a high-tech frog-shaped smart tablet voiced by Greta Lee that makes Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang’s jobs exponentially harder when they have to go head to head with the all-new threat to playtime. Tom Hanks returns as ever loyal cowboy Woody, Tim Allen reports for duty as Buzz Lightyear, Joan Cusack saddles up again as the rootin’ tootin’ cowgirl Jessie. It was recently announced that Conan O’Brien will also be a part of the voice cast as toilet training tech toy, Smarty Pants. Pixar’s Toy Story 5 is directed by American filmmaker Andrew Stanton, director of the movies A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, John Carter, Finding Dory, and eps of “Stranger Things”, “Tales from the Loop”, “For All Mankind”, and “3 Body Problem” recently. Co-directed by Kenna Harris (of Ciao Alberto). The screenplay is also written by Andrew Stanton. Produced by Lindsey Collins (Turning Red, Wall-E, Finding Dory). Made by Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, CA. Disney debuts Pixar’s Toy Story 5 movie in theaters worldwide starting on June 19th, 2026 this summer. Ready to play?
