The CEO of Disney announced to his shareholders: the Toy Story saga will continue on the big screen in the coming years. What can we expect from Toy Story 5?
It looks like Disney is refocusing on its fundamentals for upcoming animated productions. At least that’s what Bob Iger, current CEO of the entertainment corporation, said when calling shareholders regarding the company’s first quarter financial results. On this occasion, the president of Disney lifted the veil on several of the studios’ upcoming animated productions. Among these, a certain Toy Story 5, which is therefore one of the future projects of the Pixar studio. The previous opus, the aptly named Toy Story 4, was released in 2019 and met its audience, generating more than 1.07 billion in revenue. A spin-off dedicated to Buzz Lightyear was also released in 2022, attracting a total of $ 226 million in revenue.
After the failure of Avalonia at the American box office at the end of 2022, Disney seems to be looking for new assured successes and therefore wishes to dedicate itself again to the production of sequels or spin-offs. It is in this context that Toy Story 5 was announced, just like Frozen 3 but also Zootopia 2. As a reminder, at the end of Toy Story 4, Woody decided to leave the group of well-known toys in the saga. . Buzz and Woody are therefore effectively separated at the end of the fourth opus. We can imagine that the fifth episode could see them meet again for new adventures. As for a potential release date for Toy Story 5, that has yet to be revealed at this point.