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Toy Story 5 shows 'terror' of children's screen addiction, says Tom Hanks
Key takeaways
- The fifth instalment of the animated franchise sees Woody, Buzz and Jessie threatened by a new frog-like tablet known as Lilypad, which captivates the film's children.
- Hanks said the cast related to the storyline because they had all "met that disinterest" of young people who "look down at their phone, look up, look down, look up".
- "This is a generational thing," he told the BBC's David Sillito, "where one generation has this thing that defines them technologically in society, and they pour everything into it."
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Steven Mc Intosh Entertainment reporter Disney Toy Story 5, released later this month, sees the toys threatened by the arrival of a new tablet US actor Tom Hanks has said the latest Toy Story film highlights children's addiction to screens, an issue that he says strikes "terror in the heart".
The fifth instalment of the animated franchise sees Woody, Buzz and Jessie threatened by a new frog-like tablet known as Lilypad, which captivates the film's children.
Hanks said the cast related to the storyline because they had all "met that disinterest" of young people who "look down at their phone, look up, look down, look up".
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