Tim Allen is sharing little nuggets of information about the upcoming Toy Story 5, in which he will reprise his role as Buzz Lightyear.
While promoting his comedy tour, the Shifting Gears star gave a general idea of what the next installment of the animated film would be about and teased an “unbelievable” scene with his character.
“I can tell you that it’s a lot about Jessie,” Allen said in an interview with WIVB. “Tom [Hanks] and I do — Woody and I — do realign. And there’s an unbelievable opening scene with Buzz Lightyears. I can give you that, but I can’t give you much more.”
Jessie is the cowgirl rag doll who first appeared in 1999’s Toy Story 2 and was voiced by Joan Cusack.
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Allen had previously teased the film after completing his first session in the recording studio.
“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,” Allen told Collider in a December 2024 interview. “It’s really, really weird to get back in it. I can’t tell you anything.”
Allen praised the sequel, saying that “it’s a very, very clever story,” adding, “I don’t really believe it’s about the money. 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.”
He continued, “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.”
Allen has voiced Buzz Lightyear since the first film’s release in 1995.
Toy Story 5 is set to premiere in theaters on June 19, 2026.
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