Tim Allen Says ‘Toy Story 5’ Is Not ‘About the Money’ After Completing ‘First Five-Hour’ Recording Session for Buzz Lightyear: ‘It’s a Really Good Story’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tim Allen recently told Collider that he completed his “first five-hour [recording] session for Buzz” Lightyear’s return in Disney and Pixar’s upcoming “Toy Story 5.” The comedian has been voicing Buzz since the original “Toy Story” film in 1995 opposite Tom Hanks as the voice of Woody.

He said “it’s really weird” to find his Buzz voice again, five years after the release of “Toy Story 4.” “It’s a very, very clever story,” Allen teased of the upcoming fifth installment. “Do you wanna do five of these?

I don’t really believe it’s about the money. I’m sure they want it to be a success, but that’s not why they did it. Had they not come up with a brilliant script, they wouldn’t have done it and they wouldn’t have called me and Tom [Hanks].

It’s really clever.” “It was really a struggle to get and then maybe two hours in I was doing Buzz,” Allen added about his first “Toy Story 5” recording session. “I’m so blessed to be Buzz Lightyear, to be honest.