Overview
- TheaterEars is making Andrew Stanton’s in-theater director’s commentary for Toy Story 5 available on July 3, with the director narrating creative choices and scene notes timed to the film.
- The app synchronizes the commentary by listening to the movie’s audio so the track plays in step with what is on screen, and users must download the free TheaterEars app and use headphones during the showing.
- Toy Story 5 is the first animated feature in TheaterEars’ Director’s Experience lineup, following earlier synchronized releases this year for Project Hail Mary and Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian.
- Viewers are asked to use the app discreetly and keep volume low to avoid disturbing other patrons, and the commentary offers extra incentive for repeat theater visits and deeper fan engagement.
- Andrew Stanton’s long tenure at Pixar and the film’s strong box-office performance give the project institutional weight and signal a wider push to add premium, tech-driven extras to the theatrical window.