Tim Allen Teases 'Toy Story 5' After First Voice Recording Session, Says It's Not 'About the Money'

Tim Allen has started work on the next installment of the Toy Story franchise!

The 71-year-old actor is set to reprise his voice role of Buzz Lightyear for the fifth movie, and he recently revealed he had his first voice recording session.

“Well, I don’t know what I’m supposed to say. Yes, I just did the first five-hour session for Buzz, probably a week ago,” he told Collider. “It’s really, really weird to get back in it. I can’t tell you anything.”

Tim then went on to tease the script and was sure to shut down any talk that another movie is just a “cash grab.”

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“It’s a very, very clever story. Do you wanna do five of these? I don’t really believe it’s about the money. I’m sure they want it to be a success, but that’s not why they did it,” Tim said. “Had they not come up with a brilliant script, they wouldn’t have done it and they wouldn’t have called me and Tom [Hanks]. It’s really clever. It was really a struggle to get, and then maybe two hours in, I was doing Buzz.”

“I’m so blessed to be Buzz Lightyear, to be honest. It’s gonna be fun,” he continued. “I think we’re a year out. I’ve gotten up to the third act. We’ll do the third act. And then, we’ll go back and clean it. And then, I’ll do it about five more times. It’s a really good story, guys. It’s really good.”

Back in April, it was revealed that Toy Story 5 is slated to be released in theaters on June 19, 2026!

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