Watch: Adorable Chinese Short Film Promoting Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 5’

“This isn’t flying. This is falling with style.” To promote the release of Pixar’s sequel Toy Story 5 in China coming up this summer, Disney commissioned the Shanghai Animation Film Studio to create a special short film inspired by the toys. Specifically about a Buzz Lightyear toy. The 3-minute short has debuted online for everyone to watch – it’s a “silent” short without any dialogue to translate. After 3 sequels before, this time the toys are finally going to deal with the elephant in the room – technology. Buzz, Woody, Jessie are challenged after being introduced to what kids are obsessed with today: electronics. The villain is a high-tech frog-shaped smart tablet named Lilypad voiced by Greta Lee (introduced in the teaser). The regulars are back in TS5: Tom Hanks returns as ever loyal cowboy Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, and Joan Cusack saddles up again as Jessie. And interestingly, Andrew Stanton is directing – he has made plenty of Pixar movies before, but this is his first Toy Story movie. From Toy Story 4 (in 2019), Tony Hale is returns as Forky, and Bonnie is back to round up her toys, too. This short film is titled “Toy Story 5: Zhuazhou” and follows the story of a special Buzz toy (and his pals) being passed down to the next generation. Watch below. // Continue Reading ›