Toy Story 5 (2026)

June 9, 2026 (Los Angeles)June 19, 2026 (United States)

June 9, 2026 (Los Angeles)
June 19, 2026 (United States)

Toy Story 5 is a 2026 American animated adventure comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton, who conceived the story and co-wrote the screenplay with Kenna Harris, it is the fifth main installment in Pixar's Toy Story film series and the sequel to Toy Story 4 (2019). The ensemble voice cast features Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Joan Cusack among those reprising their roles from the previous films, joined by Conan O'Brien, Scarlett Spears, Greta Lee, Shelby Rabara, Mykal-Michelle Harris, and Craig Robinson. Set two years after the events of the fourth film, Toy Story 5 follows Jessie (Cusack), Woody (Hanks), and Buzz Lightyear (Allen) as they and the other toys deal with the presence of Lilypad (Lee), a tablet and the new favorite plaything of Bonnie (Spears).

While Hanks said in May 2019 that Toy Story 4 was the final film in the franchise, the possibility of a fifth film had not been ruled out. Development on a fifth film was confirmed in February 2023, with Hanks and Allen returning. Stanton was confirmed as the director in June 2024 and later as a writer. It is the first main film in the series with no involvement from co-creator John Lasseter, who left Pixar in late 2018. The franchise's composer, Randy Newman, returned to score the film, marking his tenth collaboration with Pixar, while Taylor Swift contributed the single "I Knew It, I Knew You" to the soundtrack. With a budget of $250 million, Toy Story 5 is one of the most expensive animated films ever made.

Toy Story 5 had its world premiere in Los Angeles on June 9, 2026, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 19. Like its predecessors, it received positive reviews from critics, who praised its visuals, voice performances, humor and themes, and has grossed $43.5 million worldwide.

Storyline

A cargo ship filled with a unit of hi-tech edition Buzz Lightyear toys crash-lands on a deserted island. Stuck in demo mode, the shipwrecked Buzzes escape the island and follow the North Star to return to "Star Command".

A now eight-year-old Bonnie receives a frog-themed tablet named Lilypad "Lily" from her parents in hopes of helping her socialize with children her own age. Bonnie soon becomes addicted to Lily and begins to neglect her toys. Jessie, having been appointed as the new sheriff of Bonnie's room since Woody's departure, explains to Lily about Bonnie's need for a real friend, which Lily attempts to solve by sending a friend request to Chelsea, one of Bonnie's classmates, on social media.

Fearful of losing Bonnie's affection, Jessie contacts Woody via a walkie-talkie for advice. Woody, who is now helping Bo Peep find homes for abandoned toys, decides to return to Bonnie's, believing that Jessie needs help. When Chelsea invites Bonnie over for a sleepover, Jessie and Bullseye stow away in her suitcase while Bonnie takes Lily with her. Though she is initially happy to have them, Bonnie has her father take Jessie and Bullseye home after Chelsea, alongside her friends Heidi and Kara, question Bonnie for still playing with toys. Jessie and Bullseye escape but are found by an elderly couple. Seeing an old address written on Jessie's trousers, the couple takes the two back to the farmhouse of her original owner, Emily.

There, Jessie ends up in the shed of forgotten toys, including a potty-training device named Smarty Pants. As they enter the house searching for Bullseye, Jessie meets GPS receiver Atlas and camera Snappy, who inform her that a new family, the Manoukians, consisting of a young girl named Blaze and her parents, now inhabit the farmhouse. After experiencing a joyful playtime with an imaginative Blaze, Jessie decides to have her meet Bonnie and help them become friends.

Woody reunites with Bonnie's toys, and they confront Lily about Jessie's whereabouts. Believing the toys are hindering Bonnie's social life, Lily tricks Bonnie's parents into putting everyone except Woody and Buzz in storage. At the farmhouse, Jessie reluctantly works with the device toys to send a picture of herself to Bonnie in Blaze's name. Discovering that Lily's weakness is her speech recognition function, Woody and Buzz call out her name and force her to show the picture to Bonnie so that she can retrieve Jessie. They secretly hitch a ride as Bonnie and her mother go to the Manoukians' house. However, upon arriving, Bonnie rejects Blaze's offer to return Jessie and Bullseye after reading messages in a group chat where her friends continue to ridicule her for playing with toys.

Demoralized, Jessie sulks off to a tree where Emily used to play with her. She discovers a buried lunchbox filled with late-20th-century objects alongside photos of an adult Emily and her daughter, who is named after Jessie. Realizing she still had an impact on Emily's life over the years, Jessie regains her faith in Bonnie. Meanwhile, Woody and Buzz encounter the other Buzz units, who happened to have landed nearby, and help them understand their true purpose as toys. With their help, along with the device toys, Jessie tracks down Lily, who boarded a donation truck after realizing how much her actions hurt Bonnie. Jessie and the others catch up with the truck and convince Lily to help Bonnie befriend Blaze.

The toys and devices arrange a new meeting between Bonnie and Blaze. After some hesitation, they bond over their love of toys and imagination. Later, they pretend to marry Jessie and Buzz, with Woody and Bo happily watching before returning to help abandoned toys.

In a mid-credits scene, each of the Buzz toys are taken in by various children at a school playground.

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