Disney Pixar announces a new cast addition to Toy Story 5 with Conan O’Brien, who will play a new character in the franchise named Smarty Pants.
Conan O’Brien made the announcement on social media joking he first wanted to play Woody or Buzz but was told Tom Hanks and Tim Allen were returning for those roles.
However, Conan O’Brien likes Smarty Pants better and says it’s the best character in the movie.
Conan O’Brien playing Smarty Pants also fits with the plot description, teasing the toys meet tech.
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Release info
Toy Story 5 gets released in theaters on June 19, 2026.
Andrew Stanton, who directed A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo, and Wall-E, is directing with McKenna Harris, who worked in the animation department in Ralph Breaks The Internet. Stanton is also writing.
Plot: Toys meet Tech
The official description for Toy Story 5 offers:
“This time around it’s Toy meets Tech. 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.
Tim Allen also praised the story:
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.”
