“There’s a starman waiting in the sky.”
On Tuesday, Disney debuted the new trailer for the Pixar animated film “Lightyear”, a space adventure about the character Buzz Lightyear, who inspired the toy in the “Toy Story” series.
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“Buzz’s world was always something I was excited about,” said director Angus MacLane. “In ‘Toy Story’, there seemed to be this incredible backstory to him being a space ranger that’s only touched upon, and I always wanted to explore that world further. So my ‘Lightyear’ pitch was, ‘What was the movie that Andy saw that made him want a Buzz Lightyear toy?’ I wanted to see that movie. And now I’m lucky enough to get to make it.”
In “Lightyear”, Buzz heads out on an intergalactic space adventure, accompanied by a talking robot cat named Sox, and takes on the evil Emperor Zurg.
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Chris Evans voices Buzz, with Peter Sohn as Sox. Uzo Aduba, James Brolin, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Efren Ramirez, and Isiah Whitlock Jr. also feature.
“Lightyear” opens in theatres June 17, 2022.
