Toy Story 5's producer and director rejects the idea of a live-action Toy Story movie.

Lindsey Collins suggested Pixar is not interested in Disney doing a version of its animated intellectual property combining real-life actors and physical sets with Computer-Generated Imagery characters, as it did for The Lion King (2019), Lilo + Stitch (2025), Moana (2026), and others.

BAFTA asked Collins and Toy Story 5's director, Andrew Stanton, 60, if a live-action Toy Story film is on the cards, but the pair were quick to shut down the concept.

She said: "Oh, God, no, I hope not. Please God, no. Don't say that loudly! You know that Disney is going to be like [pulls silly face].

"No. The answer is a hard no."

Stanton added: "That's like a hat on top of a hat. I hope not. A hard no."

However, 69-year-old Tom Hanks - who has voiced Woody the Cowboy in all five Toy Story movies - thinks Disney could use artificial intelligence (AI) to recreate the sheriff's voice should Toy Story 6 be made.

He told Entertainment Weekly: "Time is undefeated. The question would be whether or not we could cobble together some version of me. Every word we have ever recorded in time on Toy Story is on digital media somewhere, so they could put together anything they would want."

However, the two-time Oscar winner believes Toy Story 6 should only be made if it is "worthwhile".

Hanks said: "If you're gonna do another Toy Story, it better be worthwhile.

"It better be great. You better be examining some theme that is not just dragging it out because people like the title. I mean, it is a huge corporate business without a doubt, I'm not gonna discount that. But unless it's good, new, fresh, there's no reason to do it at all."

Although Disney and Pixar have not confirmed Toy Story 6, it may be likely, as the fifth flick had a strong performance at the box office in its opening weekend, grossing $312 million worldwide against its $250 million budget.

Toy Story 5 sees Woody, Jessie the Cowgirl (Joan Cusack), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), and the rest of the beloved toys under threat as their owner, Bonnie (Scarlett Spears), gets engrossed with her frog-like tablet Lilypad (Greta Lee).

In April, Stanton teased two more Toy Story films, as there was enough material for new adventures that could possibly introduce a new owner for the characters.

He told Entertainment Weekly: "That's why I feel like it can keep going."

Toy Story 5 is the first film in the franchise Stanton has directed, but he co-wrote every movie in the series.

But Stanton - who also helmed the likes of Finding Nemo (2003), Finding Dory (2016), and WALL-E (2008) - thinks it will be the last Pixar flick he makes, citing age, other priorities, and how long it takes to create an animated film.

The star said: "This is probably the last one I'm gonna do ...

"Four years goes so much faster the older you get, and I want my four years to last so long. I don't wanna blink one more movie and be close to 70. So for me, personally, it's just about my desire to milk the most out of a day and out of a week and out of a month.

"I need to go back to real time instead of what I call 'rock time,' where the rock's still there, and the cities rise and fall, forests cut down and rise up.

"You're on rock time when you work in animation. I've been on rock time for most of my career."

But Pixar's vice president of creative - who is still brimming with ideas - thinks he will be asked to advise on the studio's future movies until he is "in a rocking chair somewhere".

Stanton added: "And I will always have a strong opinion about this. This is probably the best way I can leave my stamp at Pixar - teaching others how this is done."