3 days Ago By Kevin Low
share 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tim Allen , the voice of Buzz Lightyear in Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story animated film series, has sung praises for its upcoming fifth installment while reflecting on voicing the character again after five years. The actor and comedian has voiced Buzz since the original 1995 Toy Story film, alongside co-star Tom Hanks, who voices Woody. Speaking to Collider , Allen admits that it was strange to return to a character he had not voiced since 2019’s Toy Story 4 .
“I just did the first five-hour session for Buzz, probably a week ago,” Allen said. “It’s really, really weird to get back in it.” With Buzz being the focus of the upcoming 2026 sequel, it’s no surprise that the star has nothing short of praise for the film, assuring fans that the movie wasn’t created solely for the money.
Advertisement ▼ “It’s a very, very clever story. Do you wanna do five of these? 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. It’s really clever.” he said.
“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,” he added, “It’s gonna be fun. It’s really good.
” While the franchise’s long-running nature might make new entries seem like a cash grab, it has constantly proven naysayers wrong by exceeding expectations in quality. Toy Story 4 earned rave reviews while grossing over US$1 billion at the global box office, winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature (both achievements mirrored by 2010’s excellent Toy Story 3 ), so let’s hope that the fifth movie can continue this upward trend. Directed by Andrew Stanton, Toy Story 5 will focus on Woody, Buzz and the gang as they come face to face with the electronics that currently take up children’s attention.
The film is scheduled for a 19 June 2026 release date. Kevin Low Kevin is a reformed PC Master Race gamer with a penchant for franchise “duds” like Darksiders III and Dead Space 3 . He has made it his life-long mission to play every single major game release – lest his wallet dies trying.
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