{"id":458199,"date":"2026-06-03T03:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458199\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T03:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:55:13","slug":"fisher-joins-toy-story-5-cast-for-regional-voice-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458199\/","title":{"rendered":"FISHER joins \u2018Toy Story 5\u2019 cast for regional voice role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Set for the Australian and New Zealand versions of the film.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: FISHER \u2013 Instagram<\/p>\n<p>FISHER has joined the cast of \u2018Toy Story 5\u2019, taking on a voice role in the Australian and New Zealand version of the upcoming Disney and Pixar film.<\/p>\n<p>The Gold Coast artist will voice Garden Gnome, a character described as part of a community of forgotten toys living in an abandoned backyard shed. Sharing the news on Instagram on June 1st, FISHER said he was \u201cincredibly excited\u201d to be involved with a franchise his family has loved for years and that he was looking forward to watching the film with his children.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement arrives months after the cancellation of FISHER\u2019s OUT 2 LUNCH Festival, with organisers citing ongoing cost-of-living pressures. Despite the setback, the event is expected to return in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZBqOMWRvIk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-192462 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fisher-Instagram-800x1000.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Set for the Australian and New Zealand versions of the film. Photo credit: FISHER \u2013 Instagram FISHER has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-458199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}