There have been some unexpected casting announcements in the Toy Story 5 lead-up. Conan O'Brien is voicing a character called Smarty Pants. Alan Cumming as Evil Bullseye. Ernie Hudson is stepping into the Combat Carl role following the passing of Carl Weathers. Each one landed as a genuine surprise, and each one made a certain kind of sense once you thought about it for a moment.
And then Pixar posted an Instagram teaser this week that made all of those announcements feel relatively predictable by comparison.
Bad Bunny is in Toy Story 5. He voices a dancing pizza slice wearing black sunglasses. Pixar confirmed it. The teaser shows the character dancing up and down while laughing. It is chaotic and fun, and somehow exactly right for a film built around toys encountering the unpredictable energy of modern childhood.
Bad Bunny será “Pizza with sunglasses” en Toy Story 5. pic.twitter.com/VEf89FSkh2
— Bad Bunny HQ (@BBPRTV) May 26, 2026
Who Bad Bunny Is and Why This Is a Big Deal
Bad Bunny is the stage name of Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. He is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor whose trajectory over the past several years has made him one of the most discussed figures in both music and popular culture simultaneously. His album Debí Tirar Más Fotos became the first Spanish language album to win a Grammy, a genuinely historic achievement that did not happen quietly. He headlined the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, performing for one of the largest single television audiences in American broadcasting history.
This is not his first time in front of a camera in a non-music context. He appeared in Bullet Train with Brad Pitt. Benito was also in Caught Stealing. Most recently, he appeared in Happy Gilmore 2. His willingness to take on varied acting projects across different scales and genres has been consistent throughout his career, but a Pixar animated film aimed primarily at families and children is a different category from any of those previous credits. It is the kind of casting that bridges audiences in a way that feels deliberate rather than accidental.
The Rest of the Cast and What the Film Is About
Bad Bunny joins a cast that has been building toward June 19 with a combination of returning franchise anchors and genuinely unexpected new additions.
Tom Hanks returns as Woody. Tim Allen returns as Buzz Lightyear. Joan Cusack returns as Jessie. Greta Lee voices a new character named Lilypad. Conan O'Brien voices Smarty Pants. Alan Cumming voices Evil Bullseye. Ernie Hudson steps into Combat Carl following Carl Weathers' passing. Blake Clark is expected to return as Slinky Dog, a role he inherited from the late Jim Varney.
The film centers on the gang being challenged when they encounter what kids are obsessed with today, specifically electronics. That premise sets up a generational collision between the analog toy world that the Toy Story franchise has always inhabited and the digital landscape that defines modern childhood in a way the earlier films could not have addressed because the landscape did not yet fully exist.
Toy Story 5 opens in theaters on June 19, 2026.
The Thing That Is Still Unresolved
Bad Bunny's announcement arrives while one significant Toy Story 5 mystery remains officially unanswered.
In early May, Taylor Swift's official website briefly displayed a countdown clock featuring blue-and-white cloud imagery that fans immediately and widely connected to the iconic Toy Story visual palette. The same sky that appears in Andy's bedroom wallpaper has been a franchise signature since the original film in 1995. The countdown pointed to May 2 at 2 p.m. ET before disappearing approximately ten minutes after it first appeared. No official statement was ever made by Swift's team or Pixar.
May 2 passed without a confirmed announcement. The June 19 release date also happens to mark the 20th anniversary of Swift's debut single. Nothing has been confirmed and nothing has been officially denied.
With Bad Bunny's casting landing as a confirmed surprise just weeks before release, the possibility that Pixar has at least one more casting announcement waiting before June 19 is not unreasonable. The dancing pizza slice in sunglasses was not on anyone's prediction list either.
Toy Story 5 opens June 19. Bad Bunny is in it. And somewhere between a website countdown that lasted ten minutes and a release date that carries more than one layer of potential significance, the story may not be finished yet.
