'Toy Story 5' Director On Taylor Swift, Inclusion & All Things Jessie

'Toy Story 5' Director On Taylor Swift, Inclusion & All Things Jessie

For the better part of three decades, Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen), and the gang have kept audiences company through the ups and downs of growing up. Now, Toy Story 5 finds the franchise entering a new chapter, with Jessie (Joan Cusack) taking center stage and technology changing the way children play. Co-writer and […]

Andrew Stanton on his reluctance to direct ‘Toy Story 5,’ why Jessie takes the lead, and how that surprise ‘Bambi’ homage happened

The Pixar filmmaker tells Gold Derby how Jessie’s history, the rise of technology and a 50-Buzz Lightyear sequence shaped the fifth film.