‘Toy Story 5’ Debuts Enchanting CinemaCon Footage: Woody and Buzz Lightyear Fight Over Who Can Save the Toys From Digital Extinction

By Brent Lang

Brent Lang

Executive Editor

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Will Woody or Buzz Lightyear save the toys from extinction?

That question was at the heart of the “Toy Story 5” footage that Disney and Pixar shared with theater owners on Thursday at CinemaCon. One scene, found the toys dealing with being shunted aside by their owner Bonnie (Scarlett Spears), in favor of Lilypad (Greta Lee), a tablet designed in the face of a frog that allows its owner to build chat groups and play interactive games with friends for hours and hours. That could spell the end of the line for Sporkey, Rex, Hamm, Bo Peep and the other dolls and action figures that once delighted Bonnie. So to figure out a way to battle all that screen time, the toys send out an SOS to Woody, who arrives, in the second sequence, paunchier, balder (“someone needs a brown marker”) and wearing a poncho that’s straight out of a Clint Eastwood western. But that makes Buzz feel unappreciated and the two friends soon clash over who has been deputized to save the day.

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