'Toy Story 5' set for June 19 Chinese mainland release

"Toy Story 5," the latest installment of the beloved animated film series jointly produced by Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures, is set to open on the Chinese mainland June 19, day-and-date with its North American release.

A poster for "Toy Story 5." File photo

Arriving during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the film invites audiences of all ages to revisit a world where toys come to life that many have grown up with.

The story of "Toy Story 5" picks up two years after the ending of "Toy Story 4." Eight-year-old Bonnie receives a mysterious birthday delivery: a frog-shaped tablet named Lilypad. The device quickly becomes the center of Bonnie's attention, leaving the toys confronting an unsettling question: if children no longer need them, do they still matter?

The film has a runtime of 102 minutes.

Launched in 1995, "Toy Story" is the world's first entirely computer-animated feature film. Over the past three decades, the franchise's four previous films have grossed a total of US$3 billion worldwide.