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Toy Story 5 shows 'terror' of children's screen addiction, says Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks has stated that *Toy Story 5* will explore the "terror" of children's screen addiction, as the new film features a tablet competing for the toys' attention. The soundtrack will include a new song by Taylor Swift, who expressed her lifelong admiration for the *Toy Story* characters.

BBC News - WorldFiled 2026-06-01 · 23:08 GMTLean · CenterRead · 2 min
Toy Story 5 shows 'terror' of children's screen addiction, says Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks has stated that *Toy Story 5* will explore the "terror" of children's screen addiction, as the new film features a tablet competing for the toys' attention. The soundtrack will include a new song by Taylor Swift, who expressed her lifelong admiration for the *Toy Story* characters. The article also touches on the original film's unexpected success, noting that critics initially underestimated it despite its groundbreaking computer animation. Early development of the first *Toy Story* involved challenges in finding the right comedic tone and character dynamics, with early edits showing Woody and Buzz in constant conflict before their personalities were refined.

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Early edits of Toy Story were not good, with characters fighting and one version being too caustic.

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Taylor Swift will have a new song, 'I Knew It, I Knew You,' on the Toy Story 5 soundtrack.

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Tom Hanks says Toy Story 5 will show the 'terror' of children's screen addiction.

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The original Toy Story was the first entirely computer-animated film.

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Critics did not expect much from the original Toy Story before its 1995 release.

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A new song by Taylor Swift called I Knew It, I Knew You, will be featured on the soundtrack. The singer said she had "always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I've adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie."Before its release in 1995, critics did not expect much from the original film, which was seen as a children's movie with the added gimmick of being the first ever entirely computer-animated film. But Toy Story had an engaging storyline and sharp script to match its impressive visuals. Kids naturally loved the idea of toys coming to life, while some sharp jokes were sprinkled in for their parents. Allen said it had been "really startling" when he and the team saw what the film would look like for the first time, adding the aesthetic took some getting used to. "Anybody who saw the first one, compared to cell animation, thought it looked weird. It looked like, 'what are we watching?' But the story was really clever and they put it together with the two of us," he said, referring to himself and Hanks.Early edits of the film showed promise, but, Allen noted, it took a while for the creative team to find the comedy, and for Woody and Buzz's character traits to develop. "They shot one that didn't come out so good," he said. "They made one that was a little bit too caustic. "The two characters were fighting the whole time, it wasn't very interesting. But then they made Woody be a little more understanding and Buzz a little, forgive the word, dumber.
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