How Toy Story Changed Children's Movies

Welcome to our series about famous movie franchises. This month, we're looking at Toy Story, a very successful animated film series.

Toy Story has been a leader in computer animation and storytelling for kids for over 30 years.

It's been six years since we last saw Andy's toys, which are now Bonnie's.

The toys are back in Toy Story 5, and this time they're dealing with technology.

Here's what you need to know before watching the movie.

The history of Toy Story

In the early 1990s, Pixar was not yet a big movie maker. It was a small company that made animations and computers.

At that time, most animated movies were made by hand and were 2D. Disney was the biggest company making these movies.

But Pixar had a talented director named John Lasseter, who used to work for Disney.

Disney wanted to work with Lasseter, so they made a deal with Pixar to make three computer-animated movies.

Lasseter's first idea for Toy Story was about a ventriloquist doll, but it changed over time.

The movie went through many changes before it became the funny story we know today.

In 1993, the actors started recording their lines, but the movie was not yet good enough.

The team took three months to rewrite the script and make it better.

Toy Story was released in the US in 1995 as the first fully computer-animated movie.

The impact of Toy Story

The first Toy Story movie made a lot of money and was very successful.

People loved the movie's storytelling and animation, and it was nominated for three Oscars.

Toy Story made history as the first computer-animated movie.

The director, John Lasseter, was honored with a special award.

After the success of the first movie, people started talking about making a sequel.

But it wasn't until 1997 that the project started to move forward.

In 1998, Pixar made another successful movie called A Bug's Life.

It took over a decade for Pixar to make another Toy Story movie.

In the meantime, Pixar made many other successful movies, including Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo.

Work on Toy Story 3 started, but the story changed over time.

The final version of Toy Story 3 was very successful and made a lot of money.

The movie was also critically acclaimed and won several awards.

It took nine years for Toy Story 4 to be made, and it was also very successful.

All four Toy Story movies have made over $3.3 billion at the box office.

A brief look at all four Toy Story movies

Toy Story

Change is inevitable.

In the first movie, Woody's life is disrupted by the arrival of Buzz Lightyear.

Buzz has to come to terms with being a toy, not a real space ranger.

The movie is not too sad, but it might make you cry a little.

Toy Story 2

Love doesn't end, it transforms.

In the second movie, Woody is stolen by a toy collector.

Woody teams up with Jessie to escape from the collector.

The movie is more emotional than the first one, and it might make you cry.

Toy Story 3

We all grow up sometime.

In the third movie, Andy is going to college, and the toys are left behind.

The toys must escape from a daycare center and get back to Andy.

The movie is very emotional, and it might make you cry a lot.

Toy Story 4

Different is good.

In the fourth movie, Woody meets a new toy named Forky.

Forky is struggling to understand his new existence as a toy.

The movie is more existential than the others, but it's also funny.

What is Toy Story 5 about?

In the fifth movie, the toys have to deal with technology.

Woody is not around, and the other toys have to navigate a new world.

Jessie gets lost and must find her way back to Bonnie.

Toy Story 5 is now in cinemas.

The movie was released on June 19, 2026.

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