{"id":87030,"date":"2026-06-11T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T06:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/inside-toy-story-5-we-try-to-capture-what-were-dealing-with-in-the-moment-that-were-in\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T06:06:00","slug":"inside-toy-story-5-we-try-to-capture-what-were-dealing-with-in-the-moment-that-were-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=87030","title":{"rendered":"Inside\u00a0\u2018Toy Story 5\u2019\u00a0\u2014\u00a0\u2018We try to capture\u00a0what we\u2019re dealing with in the moment\u00a0that we\u2019re in\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tDUBAI: Nearly three\u00a0decades after audiences first met Woody and Buzz Lightyear, Pixar is heading back to the toy box with\u00a0\u201cToy Story 5.\u201d\u00a0But\u00a0for director Andrew Stanton and producer Lindsey Collins, the latest installment is\u00a0not simply an exercise in nostalgia;\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0about reflecting the realities of modern childhood.\u00a0While the beloved franchise reunites familiar characters, the film will also grapple with\u00a0kids\u2019\u00a0shrinking attention spans\u00a0and constant screentime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking to Arab News, Stanton said\u00a0\u201cToy Story 4\u201d\u00a0was never intended as\u00a0the definitive ending of\u00a0one of cinema\u2019s finest franchises \u2014\u202fanimated or otherwise.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI never looked at it as finishing the whole series, that was just Woody\u2019s story,\u201d\u00a0Stanton said.\u00a0\u201cI look at the films like the\u00a0lives\u00a0of the children\u00a0\u2014\u00a0so there\u2019s the Andy\u00a0(the original owner of the toy crew in the first three films)\u00a0years, and they are finished, and now we\u2019re deep in the\u00a0Bonnie\u00a0(who received Andy\u2019s donated toys)\u00a0years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Toy Story 5 | Official Trailer | In Theaters June 19\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c51ND9Hdbw0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn\u00a0\u201cToy Story 5,\u201d\u00a0the\u00a0new territory\u00a0is a deeply contemporary setting: a child whose imagination and emotional life are competing with tablets, phones, and endless streams of content.\u00a0Collins\u00a0feels\u00a0that tension was impossible to ignore.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI think it\u2019s the reality of the world we\u2019re living in,\u201d\u00a0she\u00a0said.\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s what\u00a0(these films)\u00a0are always trying to do\u00a0\u2014\u00a0capture the moment and what toys are dealing with, and what we\u2019re dealing with in the moment that we\u2019re in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tStanton admits the creative team initially flirted with the idea of making technology\u00a0\u2014 in the shape of Lilypad, a frog-shaped tablet \u2014\u00a0an outright antagonist.\u00a0\u201cThat\u00a0was the first instinct,\u201d\u00a0he said.\u00a0\u201cBut then you realize:\u00a0if it really was a villain, parents wouldn\u2019t be buying it, kids wouldn\u2019t be\u00a0using\u00a0it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"image\"><br \/><figcaption>Bonnie (center), the toys&#8217; current owner. (Disney-Pixar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tInstead, the film leans into the ambiguity of\u00a0something\u00a0that is\u00a0both\u00a0irresistible and disruptive.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a seductive element, and\u00a0we haven\u2019t figured out the balance of use of it,\u201d\u00a0said Stanton.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0all-consuming of your attention when you get\u00a0it\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and\u00a0that\u00a0was something\u00a0we felt we could speak\u00a0to\u00a0the truth of\u00a0\u2014\u00a0but it\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0a binary thing.\u00a0How do you navigate and deal with this thing\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0not going away?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe compares it to another disruptive screen that once invaded the living room.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s like television in the\u00a01950s,\u201d\u00a0he said.\u00a0\u201cAs much as that\u00a0may have caused some disruption and damage to\u00a0certain\u00a0dynamics in the family, it never went away.\u00a0So\u00a0we just tried to lean into the mess of that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn saying farewell to the stoic Sheriff\u00a0Woody,\u00a0who\u2019d\u00a0been in charge of\u00a0the toy crew for years,\u00a0\u201cToy Story 4\u201d\u00a0closed the book on one kind of leadership.\u00a0\u201cToy Story 5\u201d\u00a0shifts the spotlight onto\u00a0cowgirl\u00a0Jessie, who is\u00a0now\u00a0in charge of\u00a0the\u00a0gang\u00a0in Bonnie\u2019s room.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cEver since\u00a0\u2018Toy Story 2,\u2019\u00a0I think there\u2019s been a strong desire to give Jessie her moment and her film, and this felt like the right time,\u201d says Collins.\u00a0\u201cThe minute we heard that Andrew\u2019s idea was to\u00a0write\u00a0a story\u00a0with\u00a0Jessie\u00a0as the lead, I think everybody at Pixar was super-excited at the thought. Anybody\u00a0who\u2019s\u00a0seen\u00a0\u2018Toy Story\u00a02,\u2019\u00a0this movie feels like such a companion piece to that. It feels like this great gift for Jessie.\u00a0She\u2019s\u00a0leading Bonnie\u2019s room, and\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0kind of like\u00a0Woody in some ways, but she handles some things so differently.\u00a0She\u2019s\u00a0kind of unhinged. In the best way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/pictures\/June\/445491\/2026\/3_-_much_of_the_action_in_the_new_film_takes_place_outside_in_nature_-_disney-pixar.jpg\" width=\"1200\"\/><br \/><figcaption>Much of the action in the new film takes place outside in nature. (Disney-Pixar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFive films in, the franchise now faces an inevitable question. How do you speak both to today\u2019s children \u2014 many of whom meet Woody and Jessie for the first time via streaming \u2014 and to adults who grew up with Andy? Stanton insists the answer is to stop thinking\u00a0about\u00a0demographics altogether.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve never divided\u00a0(the audience)\u00a0between children and adults, and I think that\u2019s actually one of\u00a0our\u00a0strengths,\u201d he says.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve\u00a0just thought about\u00a0what\u2019s\u00a0universal;\u00a0what still speaks to us and resonates with us as\u00a0an adult\u00a0about our childhood.\u00a0I think\u00a0as long as\u00a0you get into the truth of childhood and\u00a0the\u00a0struggles\u00a0that\u00a0go\u00a0on during it,\u00a0that\u00a0speaks to everybody.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn the visual and technical side, Collins describes\u00a0\u201cToy Story 5\u201d\u00a0as a balance between restraint and evolution. Pixar\u2019s tools are more powerful than ever, but the aim is to keep the\u00a0\u201cToy Story\u201d\u00a0world recognizable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re\u00a0actually pretty good at\u00a0it by\u00a0now,\u201d\u00a0she said.\u00a0\u201cTechnologically, obviously, our tools are always improving, and so the goal, in some ways, with\u00a0\u2018Toy Story,\u2019\u00a0is almost to kind of hold ourselves back a little and make sure that we\u2019re always grounding these films in a look and a feel that\u2019s\u00a0familiar.\u00a0We\u2019re\u00a0never throwing the audience outside of what feels familiar visually, but\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0always pushing ourselves to try some new things.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tShe cited the fact that, in \u201cToy Story 5,\u201d a lot more of the action is outside, in nature, as an example of how improved technology has given the studio greater freedom, adding: \u201calso in our fantasy playtime we\u2019re\u00a0taking\u00a0some\u00a0real\u00a0stylistic chances\u00a0\u2014going inside Bonnie\u2019s imagination in a way that feels totally different\u00a0to\u00a0what we\u2019ve done in the past.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe try to do both,\u201d she continues. \u201cWe try to ground it in\u00a0the\u00a0familiar, but also really push some boundaries.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2646737\/lifestyle\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: Nearly three\u00a0decades after audiences first met Woody and Buzz Lightyear, Pixar is heading back to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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