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The film will delve into the origins of Buzz Lightyear, the toy we met in "Toy Story"
Who is Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story universe? We met the charismatic astronaut in the first installment of the Pixar franchise in 1995, where he initially appeared as Woody's great competition in Andy's room. When jeans went out of fashion, children began to play with this character and imagine themselves inside spaceships by imitating what they saw on television. The latter will be what the public will discover in the new animated film.
This February 8, the official trailer of the next animated bet titled Lightyear was revealed, whose protagonist will have the voice of Chris Evans to represent him this time on the big screen. The purpose of this next spin-off will be to delve into the origins of this astronaut in fiction that was later turned into a famous series of toys and other forms of entertainment.
In the new preview, the battle between Buzz and Zurg appears as one of the most important axes around the plot. The space ranger embarks on a mission accompanied by his friendly robotic cat, but the shadow of the evil Zurg grows larger and larger and the two will come to face each other across the universe.
Pixar's new Lightyear is directed by Angus MacLane (also co-director of Finding Dory) and written by Pete Docter (Soul, Inside Out, and Up). The cast is made up of Chris Evans, in the voice of Buzz, and Taika Waititi. It is a project of Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. According to the company's official release schedule, it will be released on June 17 in theaters in the United States.
Pixar's big return to the big screen?
The pandemic caused various animated titles to be seen away from traditional projection, that is, they focused solely on digital releases to avoid delays due to the closure of theaters due to protocol measures in the face of COVID-19. Soul (2020) was the film that inaugurated this new era for Pixar in which it left aside the big screen to maintain exclusive releases on the Disney + platform.
The same thing happened with Luca (2021) and the next Turning Red will suffer the same fate. At the beginning of this year, it was confirmed that the film by cartoonist and screenwriter Domee Shi would arrive on the streaming service on March 11 and would not have a face-to-face format release for theaters. For this reason, Lightyear will be a golden opportunity for the animation studio, since it is a character already known to audiences who would receive the expected attention upon arrival on the billboard.