Other series coming up from Pixar include a “Cars” franchise spinoff show and Pixar’s first official long-form animated series, “Win or Lose,” about a coed middle school softball team. Also announced at the time was a spinoff series from Pixar’s “Up” titled “Dug Days,” featuring Bob Peterson. “Lightyear” was first revealed at Disney Investor Day last December. Galyn Susman (the “Toy Story That Time Forgot” short) is producing. I pinch myself every day.”Īnnie Award-winning director and veteran Pixar animator Angus MacLane steps into the director’s chair for “Lightyear.” The filmmaker was a co-director on “Finding Dory” but is now making his solo Pixar directorial debut with the “Toy Story” prequel. Watching them work is nothing short of magic. I can’t believe that I get to be a part of the Pixar family and work with these truly brilliant artists who tell stories unlike anyone else. “Anyone who knows me knows that my love for animated films runs deep.

“The phrase ‘a dream come true’ gets thrown around a lot, but I’ve never meant it more in my life,” Evans said in a statement accompanying the first trailer release. 'Twenty Something': The 2D Pixar SparkShort Explores the Insecurities of Millennial Adulting 'Nona': The Pixar SparkShort Wrestles with Cross-Generational Bonding During Playtime The official synopsis from Disney reads: “The sci-fi action-adventure presents the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear - the hero who inspired the toy - introducing the legendary Space Ranger who would win generations of fans.” On the Hallmark holiday, Pixar, the world-renowned animation studio famous for classic kids films like Toy Story.

Tim Allen famously voiced Buzz in the four “Toy Story” movies, but it’s Captain America himself, Chris Evans, that’s taking on the role of Buzz in “Lightyear.” To infinity and beyond! Disney and Pixar have debuted the action-packed first trailer for “ Lightyear,” the upcoming “Toy Story” prequel that tells the origin story of the real Buzz Lightyear.

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