Pixar is giving its old-school toys a decidedly fashionable antagonist: a pill.
During the studio’s Friday showcase at Annecy’s International Animation Film Festival in France, chief inventive officer Pete Docter revealed that Toy Story 5’s villain is Lily Pad, a “sneaky” and “prickly” pill pill that convinces eight-year-old Bonnie that mates and video games on a tool beat dusty ol’ toys within the closet.
The first idea artwork reveals the frog-faced pill looming over Buzz, Jessie and Bullseye like a touchscreen tyrant of the toy field. As you’ll be able to in all probability foresee, this can be a battle between analog animation and always-on tech. (You can stream Toy Story films 1 by means of 4 on Disney Plus.)
The Lily Pad reveal topped a jam-packed Walt Disney Animation and Pixar showcase the place the corporate rolled out up to date launch dates, never-before-seen footage and a pair all-new authentic movies.
Toy Story 5: The enemy is tech
The premise of Toy Story 5 is eight-year-old Bonnie Anderson getting a Lily Pad for college chat and on-line video games. However, the pill decides that her toys, together with Woody, Buzz and Jessie, are holding her again. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack are all returning, whereas Ernie Hudson steps in as Combat Carl, honoring the late Carl Weathers.
Doctor shared the opening scene of Toy Story 5, which reveals a crate filled with stranded Buzz Lightyears attempting to flee a desert island. Toy Story 5 is being launched on June 19, 2026.
Toy Story 5 begins off with Buzz Lightyear motion figures, caught in toy mode, trying to find Star Command.
Pixar introduced two new authentic movies
Daniel Chong’s Hoppers, releasing March 6, 2026, turns an eco-heist right into a critter-powered caper: 14-year-old Mabel uploads her thoughts right into a robotic beaver to save lots of her native pond from a freeway challenge.
Gatto, slated for summer time 2027, facilities on Nero, a black cat in Venice who’s burned by means of most of his 9 lives doing jobs for a feline mob boss. Now, questioning whether or not he is wasted these lives, Nero stumbles into an surprising friendship that might lastly give him objective. The movie might be shot in a “residing storybook” type, which is new to Pixar.
And we acquired to see new footage from Zootopia 2 and Elio
Jared Bush, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ chief inventive officer and director/author of the Zootopia 2, confirmed some new footage and pictures from the anticipated sequel, which might be launched in November. The viewers additionally acquired to look at a 27-minute sizzle reel from Elio, the cosmic coming-of-age journey, which opens June 20.
