Overview
- Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance at the Dolby Theatre premiere on Tuesday, June 9 and played the film’s original song, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” which she co‑wrote and co‑produced with Jack Antonoff.
- Swift invited longtime franchise composer Randy Newman onstage and they duetted on “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” a moment that amplified media coverage of the event.
- Early press screenings produced broadly positive reviews that single out Jessie’s expanded emotional arc and place Toy Story 5 alongside the franchise’s strongest entries.
- Pixar says the film, directed for the first time in the main saga by Andrew Stanton, examines how modern screens and devices like the fictional Lilypad change the way children play.
- The movie reunites legacy voices such as Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack, and is scheduled to open in parts of Latin America on June 18 and in the U.S. and Canada on June 19.