Bad Bunny is going to infinity and beyond. Disney and Pixar have officially announced that the Puerto Rican global superstar, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is joining the voice cast of “Toy Story 5,” taking on a brand new character named Pizza with Sunglasses, or Pizza con Gafas. The character, described by the studio as “effortlessly cool and mysterious,” is a literal slice of pepperoni pizza in black shades who belongs to a small community of forgotten toys living in an abandoned backyard shed. Pixar introduced the character via an animated teaser on social media, showing the pizza slice bouncing and laughing, and the internet’s response suggested Bad Bunny had found a role that required approximately zero distance from his actual personality.
The casting is not as random as it might initially appear. During the early days of the 2020 pandemic lockdown, Bad Bunny documented a homemade cinematic universe on social media using his personal collection of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Rex, and Forky figures. The clips, which fans called “Toy Story in the Times of Coronavirus,” circulated widely and made his genuine affection for the franchise unmistakably clear. The character he has been given in the actual film, a cool, mysterious, forgotten toy operating outside the main cast’s world, feels like it was designed with exactly that history in mind. Few casting announcements in recent Pixar history have felt quite this inevitable.
Who Else Is In the Film
Bad Bunny has been cast as Pizza with Sunglasses in ‘TOY STORY 5’. pic.twitter.com/yAGmSexrPa
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Bad Bunny joins a stacked ensemble that balances franchise legacy with fresh arrivals. Tom Hanks returns as Woody, Tim Allen returns as Buzz Lightyear, and Joan Cusack is back as Jessie, the original trio fully intact for a film that reportedly centres on the classic toys fighting for Bonnie’s attention against the modern allure of iPads and smart devices. The generational anxiety at the heart of that premise gives the film an immediately relatable hook for parents and children watching together.
Meanwhile, the new additions alongside Bad Bunny are equally notable. Greta Lee voices a tech-toy tablet named Lilypad, Conan O’Brien plays a potty-training toy named Smarty Pants, and Craig Robinson voices a GPS hippo named Atlas. This lineup indicates Pixar is treating the modern toy landscape with the same comic awareness it brings to the legacy characters. Each new addition represents a different category of contemporary children’s entertainment, and their collective presence against Woody and Buzz’s nostalgia should produce the kind of generational tension Pixar has consistently used to move audiences in unexpected directions.
A Role That Fits Where Bad Bunny Is Right Now
Bad Bunny and ZARA present their 150-piece BENITO ANTONIO collection
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The additional “Toy Story 5” cast announcement arrives at an extraordinary moment in Bad Bunny’s career. The BENITO ANTONIO Zara collection dropped days before this announcement. His Coachella headlining set earlier this year broke commercial records. His acting resume has expanded steadily through Bullet Train, multiple Saturday Night Live appearances, and the upcoming Happy Gilmore 2. Toy Story 5 adds a dimension none of those other credits provide, a Pixar film, aimed at global audiences across every age demographic, arriving in theaters on June 19, 2026.
Pizza with Sunglasses is not a lead role, but it does not need to be. Pixar has a long history of deploying charismatic voice cameos in ways that become the most-quoted moments from a film. A forgotten toy who is effortlessly cool and mysterious, voiced by one of the most effortlessly cool and genuinely mysterious artists on the planet, is an assignment that requires very little reinvention. Bad Bunny brings himself to the role, which is precisely what the role was designed to accommodate.
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