Toy Story 4 trailer, cast and release date: Everything we know about the Pixar sequel

Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Joan Cusack will all return as the voices of Woody, Buzz, and Jessie

Toy Story will be back on screens in 2019. A fourth film is set to arrive after nearly a nine-year gap since Toy Story 3, and more than two decades after the original, which was released in 1995.

Here’s everything we know about the highly anticipated Pixar sequel.

Who’s in the cast?

Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Joan Cusack will all return as the voices of Woody, Buzz, and Jessie. New characters for the film are Forky (Tony Hale), Ducky (Keegan-Michael Key) and Bunny (Jordan Peele). Ant-Man and the Wasp's Madeleine McGraw will also voice Bonnie, who was introduced in 2010's Toy Story 3.

Don Rickles, the voice of Mr Potato Head, died in 2017 and did not record any lines for the sequel. Although a teaser has confirmed the character’s return, there has been no confirmation on whether a new actor was cast in the role.

Tim Allen revealed Keanu Reeves has a very small role in the sequel, adding: “Keanu Reeves has got a great part. Actually, a little inside story, even [Reeves] said — gentle, wonderful guy that he is — ‘This sounds too much like Buzz Lightyear.’ And his character does have an edge to that. And the guy said, ‘So we calmed him down a little bit,’ and they reminded me his toy is only that big.”

The film will also feature the return of Bo Peep, voiced by Annie Potts, who was notably absent from Toy Story 3. As one of the toys that Andy didn’t gift to Bonnie before he left for college, Bo has spent years on her own, and it appears the experience has changed her.

Director Josh Cooley told E! News: “Bo’s taken control of her own destiny. While Woody was watching Andy grow up, Bo gathered dust until she took it upon herself to head out into the world. And when Woody shows up, they can’t believe that they’ve found each other again.”

What’s the plot?

The official synopsis for the film reads: “Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called ‘Forky’ to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.”

Hanks teased the climax of the film as a “moment in history“, adding: “The way you record Toy Story, you’re in a room with the team that has created it. When I went in for my last day of recording, I wanted to have my back to them, because usually, you’re facing him so he can look right up and you can talk about it. But I didn’t want to see them and pretend they couldn’t see me.”

Are there any trailers?

You can watch the full-length trailer below.

When is the film released?

Toy Story 4 will be released in cinemas on 21 June 2019.