Lightyear

Pixar's “Lightyear,” an origin story based on the beloved astronaut Buzz Lightyear from the “Toy Story franchise,” takes the series into new galaxies with a ...

“During the first mission, take a look at the stars in the sky. That level of detail was essential in enhancing that level of reality to the film. Pixar’s “ Lightyear,” an origin story based on the beloved astronaut Buzz Lightyear from the “Toy Story franchise,” takes the series into new galaxies with a fleet of NASA-inspired spaceships.

Well, all these years later, we decided it's time to make that film.” That makes Lightyear kind of a prequel to Toy Story while also being a movie that exists ...

Also, “the human Buzz Lightyear that the toy is based on,” voiced by Evans, looks like a de-aged Patrick Warburton fused with Jay Leno? He’s alllllllll chin, baby. The animation is so advanced and lifelike that it makes the stylized human characters with their bush baby eyes a little unsettling. Well, all these years later, we decided it’s time to make that film.” That makes Lightyear kind of a prequel to Toy Story while also being a movie that exists within the world of Toy Story. If that’s the case, shouldn’t its trailer be done in a fun, throwback ’90s style?

Pixar's new Lightyear trailer gives Buzz — based on the Toy STory character — some new friends, voiced by Taika Waititi and Keke Palmer, while Buzz himself ...

Thankfully, he also meets a lovable-seeming cast of characters voiced by actors like Taika Waititi (Our Flag Means Death), Keke Palmer (Nope), and Dale Soules (Orange is the New Black). Buzz himself is voiced by Chris Evans, while his best friend, and her granddaughter in the future, are voiced by Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black). Once he arrives in this mysterious new time, Buzz encounters hostile robots, including his eventual nemesis, Zurg. Lightyear is set to arrive in theaters on June 17.

Walt Disney dropped a third theatrical trailer for Pixar's Lightyear this morning, one timed to play with DreamWorks Animation's (pretty damn enjoyable) The ...

Lightyear opens June 17, six weeks after the 25th anniversary of the first Austin Powers and also over/under the 40th anniversary of Tron, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan and Blade Runner. Between you and me, I’m hoping for sci-fi weirdness closer to The Black Hole. It’ll “premiere” at next month’s Cannes film festival. That film, along with being a loving spoof of James Bond movies (and 007 knockoffs of the In Like Flynt variety), was a surprisingly potent look at the perils of nostalgia and the refusal to acknowledge how society has progressed past your reference point. Sure, there’s some Captain America to this (I’m assuming Lightyear isn’t going to hook up with young Izzy Hawthorne), but the core set-up is also quite reminiscent of a film that’s about to celebrate its 25th anniversary, namely Mike Myers’ Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. That modern comedy classic launched a blockbuster franchise and gave false hope to decades of would-be franchise-starters everywhere.

Disney has released new images and a poster for the highly anticipated in-universe Toy Story spinoff, Lightyear, coming to theaters this summer.

As Buzz tries to find a way back home through space and time, he’s joined by a group of ambitious recruits and his charming robot companion cat, Sox. Complicating matters and threatening the mission is the arrival of Zurg, an imposing presence with an army of ruthless robots and a mysterious agenda. The new images show Buzz preparing to depart on a space exploration mission. The definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the hero who inspired the toy, “Lightyear” follows the legendary Space Ranger after he’s marooned on a hostile planet 4.2 million light-years from Earth alongside his commander and their crew. Buzz’s helmet reflects the light of distant stars, as the explorer seems ready to take us on a journey to infinity and beyond. From textures to lightning, everything in the images looks stunningly good, and it will surely be a treat to catch Lightyear in theaters. “Buzz’s world was always something I was excited about.

Pixar 's latest film, Lightyear , is an origin story of sorts for the character of Buzz Lightyear, serving as the film that Andy would have seen that made ...

That's thinking about five and a half years in the future all the time…at the same time, we need to be experiencing our lives as they are, our families as they are, as we're going through that. McLane said he wanted to explore that aspect of humanity because of how easy it is to miss the present moment. "…That aspect was always baked into the story idea of the movie, but it also reflects the passion that we have as a studio to represent a wide variety of experiences of people, and even if they aren't our own, getting in people to help educate and make sure those [representations] are authentic."

Disney and Pixar have released a new poster and images for Lightyear.

Writer and director Angus MacLane has since explained how Lightyear will fit into the Pixar universe, and reveals that he has always wanted to move away from the plastic figure and explore the real-life Buzz Lightyear. “Buzz’s world was always something I was excited about,” the filmmaker said previously. The first image from Lightyear depicts Buzz preparing to depart and head off into the unknown, while the second shows the Space Ranger discussing his upcoming mission with a fellow space exploring colleague. Directed by Angus MacLane, Lightyear stars Captain America himself, Chris Evans, as the voice of the title character.