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Apr 26, 2022 · The Perfect Sci-Fi Setting for a Video Game. Teased in the exhilarating opening to Toy Story 2, and fleshed out a little more in the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command animated show, Buzz Lightyear's ...
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Updated: Apr 21, 2022 8:51 pm
Posted: Apr 21, 2022 4:00 pm
From the moment Pixar Animation Studios announced that they were making an origin story movie about the real Buzz Lightyear, fans of the Toy Story franchise have been kind of confused. Lightyear is the brainchild of longtime Pixar animator and director Angus MacLane (Finding Dory), who wanted to explore what inspired the Buzz Lightyear toy that was so near and dear to Andy in the Toy Story movies. He hypothesized a film franchise akin to Star Wars in which Buzz was a real Space Ranger who has a huge cinematic adventure which was then distilled into the marketing version of Buzz which has been voiced by actor Tim Allen since 1995.
MacLane’s meta pitch is now the meta Pixar movie Lightyear, which arrives in theaters on June 17, 2022. IGN recently sat down with MacLane and his producer Galyn Susman to unpack the decision to cast actor Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) as this iteration of Buzz Lightyear and not use Allen’s voice.
Susman says that not confusing audiences was paramount to making Lightyear work. “There was so much initial confusion about our pitch, that it became really clear that we needed to have some clear delineators,” she tells IGN. “We needed a different voice. And our Buzz had to have hair. We needed some things that made it clear that this is not the Toy Story Buzz.”
Evans’ tenure as the MCU’s Captain America did indeed influence his casting as Buzz, which the filmmakers say he was the first and only choice for the role. “He had played a character that was a lantern-jawed hero that when I was out of time, it's a different character. But you could see how trapped in the future he doesn't recognize he plays that very comedically Well, and what would play it at a level that was subtle, taste-wise,” MacLean explained at the time. “We're so thrilled that (Evans) warmed to the project immediately and has been such a wonderful partner for us.”
In his interview with IGN, MacLane says he conceptualized the Lightyear movie as one that Andy watched in the early ‘80s on VHS and made a huge impact on him. When asked if he thought of it as a part of a series, a la Star Wars or more of a standalone, the director shares he thinks of the movie and the story that is on the back of toy Buzz’s packaging as two separate things.
As for how they came to some of the support voice cast in Lightyear, the pair said in the case of Taika Waititi, who voices a rogue named Mo Morrison, Susman admits she had to beg the incredibly busy writer/director and actor to carve out some time to join their cast. And it worked.
But when it came to Keke Palmer, Susman says they did a lot of listening research to find new voices to add to their roster. “For the Izzy role, which is played by Keke, we weren't as familiar with all of our options. But then once we had a session with Keke, that was it. She's just got so much energy. She's just a powerhouse.”
Lightyear also continues a Pixar tradition of using their own in-house creatives to voice an important character. Director Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur) is the very Zen voice of Buzz’s AI companion, Sox the cat.
“We're asked not to cast internally,” Susman admits about that particular tradition that is flouted regularly. “You have to really want that person and you have to make a really good case for that person. And we did try. We really earnestly tried to find somebody else to play the role of Sox. We just couldn't get it. Not the way Peter brings that sweet vulnerability and that cleverness. We just couldn't get it from anybody else.”
For more Lightyear coverage, read up on Disney restoring the film's same-sex kiss and watch the latest trailer, and then find out where the Toy Story films land on IGN's ranking of Pixar movies. For more on Tim Allen, check out the upcoming Santa Clause Disney+ show.
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Jun 17, 2022 · Lightyear explores the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Chris Evans) - the hero who inspired the toy. Producers. Pixar Animation Studios. Distributors. Walt Disney Studios ...
