Disney's <em>Toy Story 5</em> Trailer Recycled Footage Sparks Controversy

TapTechNews August 11th news, Disney released the highly anticipated teaser trailer of Toy Story 5 at this year's D23 Expo. However, some sharp-eyed netizens found that this brand new trailer doesn't seem to be so new after all.

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TapTechNews noticed that social media X user DylanMcDonald pointed out that a large amount of footage in the trailer was suspected to be directly taken from a Toy Story watch face in the 2017 Apple Watch watchOS 4 system. Judging from the comparison video released by him, it can be clearly seen that the two are almost exactly the same.

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Even though Disney owns the copyright of these materials, but such a large-scale direct reuse of old materials from seven years ago as the trailer of an upcoming movie has still sparked heated discussions among netizens, and many netizens questioned whether Disney is too perfunctory.

Toy Story 5 will be released in North America on June 19, 2026.