
(Disney/Pixar) 'It needed to feel real and grounded' Directed by Angus MacLane (co-director “Finding Dory”) and produced by Galyn Susman (“Toy Story That Time Forgot”), “Lightyear” releases June 17, 2022. Also joining the cast are Uzo Aduba, James Brolin, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Efren Ramirez and Isiah Whitlock Jr. The all-new story follows the legendary Space Ranger on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits (voices of Keke Palmer, Taika Waititi and Dale Soules), and their robot companion Sox (voice of Peter Sohn). TEAMING UP – Disney and Pixar’s “Lightyear” is a sci-fi action adventure and the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear (voice of Chris Evans), the hero who inspired the toy. A toy knows its purpose, a toy, it doesn’t have to worry about disease… The impacts of the choices that we make as people are a little bit more consequential and it’s fun to put Buzz against that backdrop.” “The Buzz that we all know is obviously a toy and as a toy, there are certain ways that they can move through the world without the weight that we may carry. “I loved all the characters in Toy Story deeply.”

“When Toy Story came out, it kind of kicked the doors down in terms of a new approach to the medium, so I was thrilled and excited to know that there was more to come,” Chris Evans told reporters. In one last attempt to “finish the mission,” Buzz ends up on an alien planet and has to team up with a group of amateur, aspiring Space Rangers to save the colony, including Izzy Hawthorne (Keke Palmer), Alisha’s granddaughter, all while Buzz's cat companion Sox (Peter Sohn) is by his side.

That means Buzz returns to an older Alisha, who gets married, has a child and continues to age with every test trip. Directed by Angus MacLane (co-director “Finding Dory”) and produced by Galyn Susman (“Toy Story That Time Forgot”), the sci-fi action-adventure opens in U.S. MAKING SPACE – In Disney and Pixar’s “Lightyear,” Buzz Lightyear (voice of Chris Evans) and Alisha Hawthorne (voice of Uzo Aduba)-his long-time commander, fellow Space Ranger and trusted friend-are marooned on a hostile planet.
