Tim Allen Dishes on TOY STORY 5: ‘Blessed to Be Buzz’
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Tim Allen teased fans about what they can expect from the fifth installment in the TOY STORY 5 franchise.
“The SHIFTING GEARS star said in a recent interview that he had just completed recording his first session for the film, which is set to focus mainly on his character,” Deadline reported.
Allen told Collider, “Well, I don’t know what I’m supposed to say. Yes, I just did the first five-hour session for Buzz, probably a week ago. It’s really, really weird to get back in it. I can’t tell you anything.”
“The toys are back in Disney and Pixar’s TOY STORY 5, and this time around it’s Toy meets Tech,” Disney’s synopsis reads. “Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang’s jobs get exponentially harder when they go head to head with this all-new threat to playtime. Directed by Andrew Stanton, co-directed by McKenna Harris and produced by Jessica Choi, TOY STORY 5 opens only in theaters on June 19, 2026.”
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“It’s a very, very clever story. Do you wanna do five of these? I don’t really believe it’s about the money,” the LAST MAN STANDING star continued. “I’m sure they want it to be a success, but that’s not why they did it. Had they not come up with a brilliant script, they wouldn’t have done it and they wouldn’t have called me and Tom [Hanks]. It’s really clever. It was really a struggle to get, and then maybe two hours in, I was doing Buzz. I’m so blessed to be Buzz Lightyear, to be honest. It’s gonna be fun. I think we’re a year out. I’ve gotten up to the third act. We’ll do the third act. And then, we’ll go back and clean it. And then, I’ll do it about five more times. It’s a really good story, guys. It’s really good.”
With almost five TOY STORY iterations under his belt, Allen reflected on which is his favorite.
“With TOY STORY 4, when I said, ‘To infinity,’ and Tom [Hanks] said, ‘And beyond,’ was so emotional for the two of us. We’re real close friends, and I loved that,” Allen said.
“With TOY STORY 2 and 3, I’m on a bridge. There’s nothing like TOY STORY 1, though,” he added. “That was such an amazing experience. It’s hard to say. I’d probably give it to TOY STORY 3.”
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