Toy Story 5 First Look: Pixar makes fun of a reckoning of the “Toys Vs. Technology” with Jessie in charge

Pixar will open the toy case again, and for the first time for a while, Jessie has been calling the blows.

At the Annecy Animation Festival this year, the CCO Pete Docter in Pixar offered a look Toy Story 5revealing the concept art and a peek for two minutes from the next sequel, which will arrive on Theatres Summer 2026.

Almost 30 years have passed since the original History of toys He debuted and changed the animation forever and now the study is revisiting that legacy with a story that launches the script in some unexpected ways.

The concept art Pixar has shared the characteristics of Buzz Lightyear, Jessie and Bullseye that fix reverential fear in a new electronic toy named Lilypad, a gadget based on the screen that seems to be in front and in the center in the new thematic battle of history.

As DOCTER explained, this item leans on the idea of ​​”Toys Meet Tech”, with Bonnie, who is now 8 years old, discovering a toy tablet that immediately threatens the relevance of his more traditional toys.

“Jessie is now the leader of toys in Bonnie’s room, with the hum acting as a right arm”, according to Docter. And while Woody may have separated with the group at the end of Toy Story 4It is not out of image completely SD Buzz and Woody will meet Toy Story 5.

Tim AllenReturning once again as a voice of Buzz, he made fun of the fact that the film offers “a very, very intelligent story” and stressed that “not just a cash socket”.

He added that the sequel “will not remove from Toy Story 4“Finale hairpin”, where Woody chose a new path as a lost toy together with Bo Peep.

According to the envelope, a sequence shown to Annecy presents a group of Rognica’s commemorative action figures of Rogue who wakes up on a beach, wander in a container and gather around a bonfire.

Tom Hanks It is destined to return like Woody and Joan Cusack Like Jessie, together with new additions to the cast. Conan O’Brien He will lend his voice to a toy named Smarty Pants e Ghostbusters alum Ernie Hudson will intervene as a fight Carl, taking over for the delay Carl Weathers.

Giving Jessie a more central role reports a change of focus and after years of watching Woody Wrestle with identity and loyalty, it is nice to see another loved character being spotlights. Jessie has already had an emotional depth, that heartbreaking editing “when he loved me” is still devastating, but this time, he manages to drive.

The conflict involving classical toys compared to cutting -edge technology seems to be a timely evolution of the original premise of the franchise. In 1995, Buzz Lightyear was the new flashy toy. Now, he and the band face the same obsolescence that once represented. It is an intelligent mirror, and exactly the type of idea that Pixar loves to explore.