Pixar lifts a corner of the veil in the fifth part of toy story. Pete Docter, head of the studio, revealed on Friday during a preview of Vice versa 2 that Andrew Stanton, director of e-wallwould direct Woody and Buzz Lightyear’s next adventure.
Andrew Stanton, who helped launch Pixar and wrote eight films for the studio, including the first two. toy story but also 1001 legs, Monsters and company.also done Nemo’s world, e-wall AND Finding Dory.
If the third (2010) and four (2019) toy story had been presented as the last episodes of the great Pixar saga, Disney announced Work on this new component began last year.
Restructuring
The study did not specify the history of this. toy story 5 whose premiere is scheduled for June 2026. If the previous film featured the separation between Woody and Buzz Lightyear, they could meet again in this new episode.
“See you soon, Woody. You’re a sad, strange little man but you make me feel sorry for you. And now we’re going to make the fifth movie! To infinity and beyond!” had written Tim Allen, the original voice of Buzz Lightyear, in X (ex-Twitter).
This news comes in a context of Pixar restructuring. After the failure in theaters of Buzz Lightyear and the modest success ofElementarythe studio laid off 14% of its staff to focus on film.
The very lucrative film series. toy story has grossed a whopping $3.3 billion since 1995, not including merchandising. Pixar is also committed to relaunching itself with the sequel to Vice versain theaters June 19.
Source: BFM TV
