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Disney created a “decoy version” of Toy Story 5 to keep Taylor Swift’s involvement a secret, even from the cast and crew.

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Yesterday (June 5), Swift shared ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’, a song she wrote and produced alongside Jack Antonoff specifically for the film. The track is written from the perspective of cowgirl Jessie, and it sees Swift going back to her country roots.

The film is released on June 19, but Swift’s involvement was only officially confirmed in recent days, despite the project having been in production for multiple years. It had, however, been the subject of rampant speculation among Swifties in recent months, something that Swift fuelled when she posted a cryptic countdown on her website in May.

Now, Thomas Jordan, who worked as a VFX supervisor on the film, has revealed that even many of those working on the film did not know that Swift had contributed a song.

Speaking at a SXSW London panel, he said only “a very small group” knew about ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’, with Disney and Pixar showing press and staffers a version of the finished film without the song.


“The crew that made Toy Story 5 did not know about this secret until last week,” Jordan said (via Variety), explaining that a “decoy version” was used in early previews.

“Turns out, Taylor Swift is a huge Toy Story fan like many of us,” Jordan added. “She actually saw an early version of the film, she requested to see it before it was finished and she wrote the song and then asked us if we wanted it. And we said, ‘Uh, yes! Yes we do.’ That was in February, so we’ve had to keep it a secret ever since then.”

After the song was finally announced, Swift wrote: “I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a five year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie. I fell instantly in love with Toy Story 5 when I was lucky enough to see it in its early stages, and I wrote this song as soon as I got home from the screening. Sometimes you just know, right?”

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She added a video of herself as a child dressed as Jessie, noting: “Writing this song felt like a musical departure and coming home at the same time.

“Creating something for Jessie was a new challenge and also felt like second nature all at once. And being a @toystory kid from the age of five til now… is an adventure I plan to be on, to infinity and beyond.”

The film will pick up after Woody left to stay with Bo Peep at the end of the last movie. Jessie is now the leader of Bonnie’s room, with Buzz Lightyear her second-in-command, but Bonnie is now enamoured with her new favourite toy, a frog-like tablet named Lilypad.

Bad Bunny is another music superstar involved in the project, after it was recently revealed that he will be the voice of a talking pizza slice, ‘Pizza With Sunglasses’, who is described as a forgotten toy living in an abandoned backyard shed.

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like seriously i keep accidentally leaving my mug on top of my tower and its always lukewarm by the time i remember it ... wouldnt it be genius if cases came with a little heated pad or something for your coffee?? ngl obvs itd need safeties so you dont fry your pc but cmon thats the dream!! id pay extra for that feature tbh

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Spider-Noir is streaming in full now, but does Nicolas Cage’s Ben Reilly become The Spider again? Find out below.

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The show is based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man Noir and follows Reilly, an aging private investigator and superhero in 1930s New York who grapples with his past in the aftermath of a personal tragedy.

It is set within the world of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, with Cage reprising his role from the 2018 film, and all eight episodes of the show are streaming now on MGM+ in the US and on Amazon Prime Video internationally.

It was developed by Oren Uziel, previously known for 22 Jump Street and The Cloverfield Paradox, and it also starred Brendan Gleeson, Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Abraham Poppola and Jack Huston.

Watch the trailer here:


NME gave the show a three-star review, noting: “In the end, Spider-Noir may face an uphill battle for ratings – how much crossover do the modern Marvel blockbuster and pre-war crime fiction fandoms have? – but there’s a lot of fun to be had here. Much more than with any other recent Spider-Man spin-off, that’s for sure.”

The ending of Spider-Noir explained: does Ben become The Spider again?​

Throughout the season, Cage’s Ben Reilly was resisting re-embracing his superhero alter ego, choosing to run from his past following the death of his girlfriend.

At the start of the finale, Brendan Gleeson’s Silvermane and his gang have captured him and his secret identity is on the verge of being exposed. Cat Hardy (Li Jun Li) reveals that she had betrayed Silvermane, however, while Robbie Robbertson (Lamorne Morris) disguises himself as The Spider to protect Ben.

Cat kills Silvermane as his mob empire collapses, while Ben faces off with the superpowered Dirk Leyden, in his persona of Megawatt, eventually throwing him into the path of an oncoming train and killing him.

Ben finally has access to the last dose of the antidote, which could let him escape the burden of The Spider for good, but instead he gives it to Flint Marko, saving him and allowing him to be with Cat.

By giving up his own chance at freedom, Ben accepts the responsibility that he had previously been resisting, and embraces his role and destiny as The Spider.

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I think that DJs earn a good amount of money in clubs. However, becoming a DJ is not that easy. You need to have a good understanding of music. There are many people who want to become a DJ, but they end up choosing a different profession. So, have you ever thought about becoming a DJ?

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I think that terminator is one of the most popular movies out there and there are many people who like terminator movies. Some people claim that earlier movies of terminator were much better. So, do you like terminator movies?

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