Although Pixar was started in 1986, the animation studio made the jump to theatrical filmmaking in 1995 with Toy Story, the first entirely computer-animated feature film. 30 years later, not only is Pixar still regularly churning out movies, but the Toy Story franchise remains thriving. With half a year to go until Toy Story 5 hits the 2026 movies schedule, Tom Hanks, the voice of Woody, explained why “almost 80 minutes” of the original movie needed to be “completely thrown out,” thus necessitating the delay of its release.
When Hanks stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to plug his new play, This World of Tomorrow, the titular host mentioned that its been 30 years since the public met Woody, Tim Allen’s Buzz Lightyear and the rest of these anthropomorphic toy characters. Hanks then started talking about how much longer it’s been for Toy Story cast and crew:
