{"id":4753183,"date":"2022-05-31T17:16:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T21:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4753183"},"modified":"2022-05-31T17:16:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T21:16:40","slug":"buzz-lightyear-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/buzz-lightyear-movie-4753183\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buzz Lightyear Movie: Release Date, Cast, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>To infinity and beyond! &#8216;Lightyear&#8217; will show off the space ranger in a very different way than &#8216;Toy Story.&#8217; HollywoodLife has you covered with all the details you need to know about the upcoming movie.<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><em>Toy Story<\/em> fans rejoice! Buzz Lightyear will get his own PG-rated movie outside of the main <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/toy-story-5-4567305\/\"  ><em>Toy Story\u00a0<\/em><\/a>series. Like the original movies, it&#8217;ll be produced by Pixar Studios and distributed by <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/disney\/\"  >Disney<\/a>. <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/27\/lightyear-trailer-chris-evans-buzz-lightyear-video\/\"  ><em>Lightyear\u00a0<\/em><\/a>is expected to put a unique spin on everyone&#8217;s favorite space ranger, with more of an action-adventure tilt than the\u00a0<em>Toy Story\u00a0<\/em>films. While Buzz is a familiar face and Emperor Zurg (who appeared in\u00a0<em>Toy Story 2<\/em>) are set to make appearances, it&#8217;s sure to be a unique take on the original, and it&#8217;ll be Pixar&#8217;s 26th animated feature film. Find out everything you need to know about <em>Lightyear\u00a0<\/em>here!<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wHBBoUtJHhA?version=3&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h2><strong style=\"font-family: 'Playfair Display'; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;\">Release Date &amp; Where To Watch<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">While some animated Disney films are going straight to Disney+, Pixar&#8217;s <em>Lightyear\u00a0<\/em>is sure to be a blockbuster smash for the summer. It will be released in theaters on June 17, 2022. While a number of animated Disney films hit the streaming platform exclusively, <em>Lightyear\u00a0<\/em>is going to get its first release in theaters. While it will definitely be available on Disney+ at some point, it&#8217;s not clear when.<\/p>\n<h2><strong style=\"font-family: 'Playfair Display'; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;\">Cast &amp; Crew<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4753323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4753323\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4753323\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Buzz-Lightyear-movie-shutter-embed-2.jpg?resize=620%2C827\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4753323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Evans will voice the legendary space ranger Buzz Lightyear. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Playfair Display;\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px;\"><b><i>Cast<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">While fans may be well-acquainted with Buzz, the cast is completely different from the original\u00a0<em>Toy Story\u00a0<\/em>(1995) movie. <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/chris-evans\/\"  ><strong>Chris Evans<\/strong><\/a> will lend his voice as Buzz Lightyear himself, but this movie won&#8217;t feature Buzz as a toy. The movie will tell the story of how Buzz became a Space Ranger for Star Command. Director and writer\u00a0<strong>Angus MacLane<\/strong> explained that they were looking for someone with &#8220;gravitas and seriousness&#8221; as well as someone who could &#8220;balance comedy and drama&#8221; in an interview with\u00a0<em><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.withashleyandco.com\/2022\/04\/lightyear-interview-casting-chris-evans-as-buzz-lightyear\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >Ashley and Co<\/a>. <\/em>&#8220;There was a lot of comedy and serious action stuff that we&#8217;d seen Chris Evans do, and I was always impressed by his ability to not seem too goofy but be able to laugh at himself,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Chris was also clearly stoked to work on his first ever Pixar movie. He called playing Buzz a &#8220;dream come true,&#8221; in a December 2020 <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CIo1kCVlq4j\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  >Instagram<\/a> post. &#8220;This one is gonna special, and it doesn\u2019t step on a single thing. I can\u2019t even put my excitement into words. I smile every time I think about it,&#8221; he wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4753325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4753325\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4753325\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Buzz-Lightyear-movie-shutter-embed-3.jpg?resize=620%2C767\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"767\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4753325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taika will play another space ranger Mo Morrison. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">While some fans may be disappointed that\u00a0<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/tim-allen\/\"  >Tim Allen<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>won&#8217;t be offering his voice to the character, it&#8217;s very intentional that the\u00a0<em>Home Improvement\u00a0<\/em>star isn&#8217;t voicing Buzz. Simply put, Tim voiced the Buzz Lightyear toy, while Chris is meant to voice the real Buzz Lightyear that the action figure in the <em>Toy Story\u00a0<\/em>universe is based on.\u00a0Producer\u00a0<strong>Galyn Susman\u00a0<\/strong>explained the separation to\u00a0<em>Ashley and Co.\u00a0<\/em>&#8220;When casting Buzz, it was important to differentiate our hero Buzz from the toy that&#8217;s made on his character and represented in the\u00a0<em>Toy Story<\/em> movies,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Of course, Chris isn&#8217;t the only talent lending his voice to\u00a0<em>Lightyear<\/em>.\u00a0<strong>James Brolin\u00a0<\/strong>will voice Buzz&#8217;s nemesis: the evil Emperor Zurg. On Buzz&#8217;s side,\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/uzo-aduba\/\"  ><strong>Uzo Aduba\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>is playing Alisha Hawthorne, Buzz&#8217;s friend and commanding officer, while\u00a0<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/keke-palmer\/\"  >Keke Palmer<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>will be Alisha&#8217;s granddaughter Izzy.\u00a0<strong>Taika Waititi\u00a0<\/strong>will voice Mo Morrison, who appears to also be a space ranger, based on the trailer.\u00a0<strong>Peter Sohn\u00a0<\/strong>will also play Sox, a robotic feline who keeps Buzz company. While this will be James, Uzo, Keke, and Taika&#8217;s first time in Pixar movies, Peter has worked on tons,\u00a0 lending his voice to <em>Ratatouille, Monsters University\u00a0<\/em>and more. Besides his voice acting work, Peter has been behind-the-scenes on a number of Pixar movies in a wide range of roles, including directing, writing, and being both a production and story artist, as well as other roles. He was on the senior creative team for modern Pixar classics like\u00a0<em>Finding Dory\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Turning Red<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4753326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4753326\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4753326\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Buzz-Lightyear-movie-shutter-embed-5.jpg?resize=620%2C930\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4753326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keke Palmer will be playing Izzy Hawthorne. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Playfair Display;\"><span style=\"font-size: 30px;\"><b><i>Crew<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Besides the all-star cast, the crew behind the scenes are just as exciting! The screenplay was written by\u00a0<em>Onward\u00a0<\/em>writer\u00a0<strong>Jason Headley\u00a0<\/strong>along with director Angus MacLane. The music is composed by another Pixar veteran\u00a0<strong>Michael Giacchino<\/strong>, who also made music for\u00a0<em>The Incredibles, Ratatouille,\u00a0<\/em>and more. The set director is\u00a0<strong>Greg Peltz<\/strong>. Other art directors include:\u00a0<strong>Paul Conrad, Matt Nolte, Garrett Taylor\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Bill Zahn.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4753328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4753328\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4753328\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Buzz-Lightyear-movie-shutter-embed-4.jpg?resize=620%2C902\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"902\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4753328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Sohn is voicing Buzz&#8217;s robotic companion. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">Angus seems like the perfect pick for the\u00a0<em>Lightyear\u00a0<\/em>film! He explained that the movie about Buzz was one of the films he pitched to Pixar after he co-directed\u00a0<em>Finding Dory\u00a0<\/em>in an October 2021 interview with\u00a0<em><a  href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/lightyear-director-angus-maclane-pixar-interview-buzz-lightyear\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  >Collider.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>&#8220;The last thing that I pitched was basically, &#8216;What was the movie that Andy (from <em>Toy Story<\/em>) saw? Why don\u2019t we just make that movie?'&#8221; he explained. &#8220;Buzz is a character I\u2019ve been working on, since I started at the studio. When I first saw\u00a0<em>Toy Story<\/em>, he\u2019s the character I was most excited about, mostly because he\u2019s a great looking toy that is really robot-esque and deals with sci-fi, which I love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong style=\"font-family: 'Playfair Display'; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;\">Premise<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">As mentioned before, the story behind\u00a0<em>Lightyear<\/em> is the origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the character from the <em>Toy Story\u00a0<\/em>franchise. Rather than exploring the origin of the toy, it&#8217;ll follow the story of how Buzz became a Space Ranger for Star Command.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">The official trailer, released on April 21, 2022, showed Buzz going through a test flight and getting lost in Space, only to return and find out that over 60 years have passed. It shows the Space Ranger forming a friendship with his pal Alisha Hawthorne&#8217;s granddaughter Izzy. It also shows them planning to fight an alien spaceship. The <em>Lightyear\u00a0<\/em>film also appears to be influenced by\u00a0<em>Star Wars,\u00a0<\/em>as Angus spoke about how much he loved the sci-fi classics in an April press conference, per<a  href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/lightyear-disney-pixar-interview-trailer-chris-evans-1848799721\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >\u00a0<\/a><a  href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/lightyear-disney-pixar-interview-trailer-chris-evans-1848799721\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  ><em>Gizmodo.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4753321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4753321\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4753321\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Buzz-Lightyear-movie-everett-embed-1.jpg?resize=620%2C349\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4753321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Lightyear&#8217; will explore Buzz&#8217;s journey to becoming a Space Ranger. (Everett)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">This isn&#8217;t the first time that Disney has explored the context that the Buzz Lightyear toy existed within the\u00a0<em>Toy Story\u00a0<\/em>universe. There was also a cartoon series called\u00a0<em>Buzz Lightyear\u00a0<\/em><em>of Star Command,\u00a0<\/em>which aired from 2000 to 2001, per <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0260602\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  >IMDb<\/a>. The show featured\u00a0<strong>Patrick Warburton\u00a0<\/strong>as Buzz, and it explored the Space Ranger&#8217;s many adventures in the universe.<\/p>\n<h2><strong style=\"font-family: 'Playfair Display'; font-size: 30px; font-style: italic;\">Production Trivia<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-13\">Angus revealed that he started developing\u00a0<em>Lightyear\u00a0<\/em>after\u00a0<em>Finding Dory\u00a0<\/em>premiere in 2016 in an interview with\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.fandango.com\/movie-news\/director-angus-maclane-calls-chris-evans-such-a-joy-as-buzz-in-lightyear-pixars-love-letter-to-sci-fi-adventure-movies-754435\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  ><em>Fandango<\/em><\/a>. The first <em>Lightyear <\/em>teaser trailer for the movie was released in October 2021. The runtime for\u00a0<em>Lightyear\u00a0<\/em>is an 1 hour and 40 minutes, per<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/lightyear\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >\u00a0<em>Rotten Tomatoes<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-14\">Besides exploring Buzz&#8217;s backstory, the movie will also reportedly contain a same-sex kissing scene, according to a report from\u00a0<em><a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/pixar-lightyear-same-sex-kiss-1235209179\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  >Variety<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>A source told the outlet that the character Alisha will share a kiss with another woman, who she has a relationship with. The scene was restored in wake of Florida&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Say Gay&#8221; bill, after employees at Pixar sent a statement to Disney, claiming that the company had censored scenes with same-sex shows off affection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To infinity and beyond! &#8216;Lightyear&#8217; will show off the space ranger in a very different way than &#8216;Toy Story.&#8217; HollywoodLife has you covered with all the details you need to know about the upcoming movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191609816,"featured_media":4753318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"The Buzz Lightyear Movie: Release Date, Cast, and More","mt_seo_description":"Find out everything you need to know about the upcoming Buzz Lightyear origin story film from Pixar 'Lightyear.'","_pmc_canonical_override":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2022-05-31T21:17:24Z","apple_news_api_id":"809de7a7-9c60-4eb3-9019-321fe0d86623","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-05-31T21:17:25Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AgJ3np5xgTrOQGTIf4NhmIw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[190,378004978],"tags":[195856,24873,404573],"_post-options":[378006328,378007567,378007568],"coauthors":[378007519],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Buzz-Lightyear-movie-everett-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C350","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc8i1J-jWwf","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191609816"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4753183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4753332,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753183\/revisions\/4753332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4753318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4753183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4753183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4753183"},{"taxonomy":"_post-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post-options?post=4753183"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4753183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}