After 30 years we still get a Buzz from Joy Story

NO ONE wanted the story to end... so there is thrilling news for fans of Woody and Buzz Lightyear.

- BY SARA WALLIS TV Columnist

The lovable cowboy and fearless space ranger are about to take us to infinity and beyond for a fifth time.

Toy Story was an instant hit 30 years ago, capturing the hearts of audiences, and its beloved characters continued to enchant the world in three hugely successful sequels.

The 1995 original was Pixar's first feature film and the studio's top production designer Bob Pauley is really excited about Toy Story 5, billed as toys v tech, which is due out in June next year.

He says: "I worked on Buzz 30 years ago. That was fun, amazing.

"Now we're upgrading Buzz,and there's a lot of them, and there are some really cool things on them. I think everyone will be knocked out with this movie and with what these new Buzzes do." Tom Hanks will return as the voice of Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz and Joan Cusack as Jessie but there will also be new characters as well as old friends.

Lily Pad, a frog-themed electronic tablet voiced by Anna Faris, and Smarty Pants, a potty-training toy (Conan O'Brien) will be mixing with an army of malfunctioning, rogue Buzz Lightyears.

Bob says: "It's so hard not to tease stuff, it's like holding lightning in a bottle.

We're just so giddy because it's such a beautiful, fun thing and it takes all our energy not to tell anyone." The adventure, friendship and fun in Toy Story, released in US cinemas in November 1995, meant it took more than £276million worldwide.