‘Toy Story 5’ Trailer: Woody Is Back (with a Poncho) to Take on Technology

Woody is back, and this time, he’s wearing a poncho. And has a bald spot.

The new trailer for “Toy Story 5” has dropped, and it returns Woody (from retirement? exile?) to his old friends and to help out Jessie’s owner Bonnie from yet another new threat taking kids away from their beloved toys: a tablet.

The new trailer shows Woody Eastwood teaming up with Buzz and the gang to curb the influence of Lilypad, an interactive, talking green teaching tablet shaped like a frog that has Bonnie obsessed with screen time.

Franchise newbie Greta Lee voices Lilypad, and we get a taste of her character in a scene in which Jessie confronts her and asks if she’s even listening, to which Lilypad replies, “I’m always listening” and then repeats Jessie’s words in both English and Spanish. Lilypad soon conspires to send the toys away and have “tech” take over playtime from the toys.

There’s a number of newcomers here alongside the previously announced Lee, including Melissa Villaseñor as a plastic knife named Karen Beverly and Conan O’Brien as the toy Smarty Pants. Craig Robinson is Atlas, a cheerful talking GPS hippo toy; Shelby Rabara is the excitable camera toy Snappy; Scarlett Spears is the sweet and shy 8-year-old Bonnie; Mykal-Michelle Harris is Blaze, an independent 8-year-old girl who loves animals; and Matty Matheson is the tech-fearing toy Dr. Nutcase.

All the other favorites are also returning, including Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Blake Clark, Jeff Bergman, Anna Vocino, Annie Potts, Bonnie Hunt, John Hopkins, Kristen Schaal, Ernie Hudson, and even Tony Hale as Forky and Keanu Reeves as Canadian daredevil toy Duke Caboom, both of whom debuted in “Toy Story 4.”

“Toy Story 5” is directed by Andrew Stanton (“WALL•E,” “Finding Nemo,” “Finding Dory”), making it the first time the Pixar veteran is taking on the “Toy Story” franchise as a director specifically, even though he co-wrote all four previous entries (he’s the sole screenwriter on this entry). The film is co-directed by Kenna Harris (“Ciao Alberto”) and produced by Lindsey Collins. Randy Newman is also back to score his fifth “Toy Story” feature.

Each of the last “Toy Story” films, including the third in 2010 and the fourth in 2019, surpassed $1 billion at the box office globally. “Toy Story 5” releases in theaters nationwide on Friday, June 19. Watch the film’s new trailer below.