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Taylor Swift Confirms Original Song for Toy Story 5; New Marvel Looks

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Taylor Swift Confirms Original Song for Toy Story 5; New Marvel Looks

I was halfway through my coffee when the notification hit: Taylor Swift had posted about Toy Story 5. You probably felt it too—an ordinary morning suddenly rearranged. I’ll take you through what that means for the movie, the awards picture, and the comic-and-superhero crumbs that followed.

On Instagram this morning, Taylor Swift dropped a line that reframed the conversation. Io9 2025 Spoiler warning

At my feed, Taylor confirmed she wrote an original song for Toy Story 5.

I’ll be blunt: when a global pop songwriter ties her name to a Pixar sequel, the ripple effects matter—for Spotify and Apple Music playlists, for Academy voters, and for the film’s promotional arc. Swift posted the song title, I Knew It, I Knew You, on Instagram, which instantly makes it eligible for Oscar consideration under current Academy rules if it’s used in the film. The announcement landed like a pebble in a pond.

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Is Taylor Swift’s Toy Story 5 song eligible for an Oscar?

Yes. You can expect Disney and Pixar to deliver the song commercially—streaming on Spotify and Apple Music, and pushed to awards voters—because original songs tied to major studios are routinely packaged for awards campaigns. If you monitor platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, and awards-season trackers (The Hollywood Reporter, Variety), you’ll see the single and campaign timing line up precisely.

When will Toy Story 5 be released?

Pixar hasn’t posted a firm date yet; production timelines and promotional windows for animated tentpoles are driven by festival plays and holiday seasons. Keep an eye on Pixar’s official channels and Disney press releases for hard dates.

In a comic shop window this week, a promo image caught my eye.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day — Tombstone arrives.

A tie-in promo gave us our first official view of Marvin Jones III as Tombstone for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The new illustrated cover confirms what casting teasers promised: a heavier, comic-faithful take on the character. If you follow outlets like Spider-Man News and comic retailers, this kind of visual drop is meant to stoke preorders and fandom chatter.

If you collect, preorder notices on Comixology and local shops usually follow these reveals within days—so that’s where you should watch if you want a physical tie-in.

On set photos spread across feeds this week; Bullseye looks different up close.

Daredevil: Born Again — Bullseye, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist.

I saw the Getty set shots and thought: the costume team leaned into comic accuracy. Wilson Bethel’s Bullseye now wears a helmet that appears to include a camera, a practical touch that reads on camera and in action sequences. Those set images also show Luke Cage with his daughter Danielle and Danny Rand walking neighborhood streets—small moments that promise quieter, human stakes amid the chaos. Bullseye’s helmet is a lighthouse in a storm.

If you track MCU casting news on platforms like Getty Images and MCU Film News, those behind-the-scenes shots often preview tonal choices—grim realism, street-level family beats—likely to shape the season’s press narrative.

At a trades site I follow, Deadline posted a casting and production update.

Yellowjacket Summer — from The Twilight Zone Magazine to film.

Deadline reports Gary Dauberman’s Coin Operated is producing a film adaptation of Robert McCammon’s 1986 short story Yellowjacket Summer. Daniel Kraus is set to write the script. The premise—parents and children stranded in a dying Georgia town overrun by yellowjackets—reads like prestige horror with an ecological sting, and a novelist-writer team signals a literary approach to screen horror.

On the Rifftrax YouTube channel this week, I watched people on set crack wise.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Rifftrax Experiments — behind the curtain.

Rifftrax posted behind-the-scenes footage of the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 opening title sequence. If you care about tone and how a cult brand modernizes itself, those clips are a primer: they show craft, timing, and how the team is staging riffs for new audiences while keeping old fans invested. Follow the official Rifftrax YouTube page for the full cut.

On festival calendars and horror blogs, release news moves fast.

Hope — Na Hong-jin’s alien feature coming to the U.S.

Bloody-Disgusting reports that Na Hong-jin’s alien invasion movie Hope will hit U.S. theaters via NEON on September 9. If you track international genre releases, NEON’s rollout strategy—festival plays, targeted theatrical windows, then streaming—often determines awards season visibility and box office legs.

On social feeds, an account shared a new image tied to Marvel’s upcoming slate.

Avengers: Doomsday — teased images.

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In streaming and broadcast pressrooms, two returns warranted a note.

Star City and Outlander: Blood of My Blood — episodes and trailers.

Spoiler TV released a press packet for Star City episode three, Bad Dancer, teasing Irina and lunar tensions. Starz released a trailer announcing Outlander: Blood of My Blood returns September 18. These are reminder moments: promotional cadence matters as much as casting reveals.

Want to keep watching these threads? Follow Pixar and Disney for official film dates, Taylor Swift’s Instagram for song announcements, Deadline and Bloody-Disgusting for production scoops, and Rifftrax’s YouTube for behind-the-scenes updates. If you’re betting on awards and playlists, monitor Spotify for releases and Variety for campaign signals—then decide whether this is the start of a mainstream awards push or simply a savvy cross-brand flourish.

So, does a Taylor Swift song make Toy Story 5 a front-runner or just a louder marketing drum—what do you think?