Playtime has officially come home for the fifth time. After the triumphant return of Woody, Buzz, and Jessie to theaters this summer to the tune of over $1 billion at the box office, Toy Story 5 is now available to power on through digital retailers with another emotional adventure that changes the state of play forever. Pixar’s beloved franchise has tackled growing up, letting go, identity, and more through Andy and now Bonnie’s favorite toys, but with their latest outing, they finally come face to glowing face with the greatest threat to all of toykind in the modern era — tech. Enter Lilypad, an all-purpose entertainment machine voiced by Past Lives star Greta Lee that has everything Bonnie could ever want to keep occupied.
From the very first teaser, the happy-looking frog-themed tablet was poised as the latest big bad for Buzz and the gang, threatening their jobs as Bonnie spends all her time glued to the screen. Lily has her own ideas for what’s best for the kiddo and her social life, and that doesn’t involve the low-tech space man and cowgirl couple. Her presence is such an existential crisis for the toys that Woody has to return home and give his old pals a hand to stop her machinations. However, there’s more to this antagonist than pure villainy. Collider can exclusively share a featurette sneak peek that dives into Lee’s performance with help from the actress herself, writer-director Andrew Stanton, her co-star Joan Cusack, and more.
The general sentiment of the video is that everyone involved saw Lilypad as the perfect counter to Jessie specifically, and that’s in part because of Lee’s performance. Stanton praised her comedy chops, but she also brings a sense of sarcasm and know-it-all nature and the supreme confidence of a being with all of human knowledge at her fingertips through the power of the internet. That’s also framed through the vessel of a child’s tablet with a naturally cheerful voice that still cuts through whatever she does. However, beneath how she looks down upon the toys and pushes their buttons is some genuine care for her kid that especially comes through when she realizes the error of her ways. Lee had a lot of laughs in the booth, along with plenty of catharsis in helping to tell a story of children and tech that all parents in the modern day know all too well.
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
‘Toy Story 5’ Welcomes Loads of New Technological Toys
Lee was one of several new voices joining veterans Cusack, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and more for Toy Story 5. Conan O’Brien is also heard as the voice of the talking toilet training toy Smarty Pants, with other newcomers including Mykal-Michelle Harris, Craig Robinson, Shelby Rabara, and Ernie Hudson, who takes over the role of Combat Carl from the late Carl Weathers. With the home release, the fresh cast will be highlighted in the featurette “Casting Playtime,” one of several extra goodies accompanying the film, alongside “The Toys Are Back in Town,” which reintroduces the toys old and new, “50 Buzzes and the Great Escape,” breaking down the creation of the army of Lightyears, “The Lost Toys,” exploring cut characters and early designs, a gag reel, commentary, and deleted scenes. A music video for Taylor Swift‘s song “I Knew It, I Knew You” will also be included exclusively for digital buyers.
Although it’s been over 30 years since the first Toy Story, critics and audiences largely agreed that Woody and Buzz haven’t lost a step. Toy Story 5 currently holds a Certified Fresh 93% and a Verified Hot 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, with high praise for this latest reunion of the toys for a very timely, ever-relevant story. Collider’s Taylor Gates hailed the consistency of the franchise in her 8/10 review, praising the humor this time around and saying “the impressive fifth installment not only justifies its existence but feels like a necessary response to how much the world has changed in the past three decades.”
Toy Story 5 debuts on digital platforms today and hits store shelves in 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 22. A limited edition steelbook will also release on the same day. Check out our exclusive sneak peek in the player above.
