Lightyear

A movie based on a toy in a movie is about as appealing as that description sounds.

Sure there’s lots of fun robot combat and spaceship sputtering, but Buzz is mostly a blinkered jerk in the film. The rest of the voice cast is strong. This is the real guy, so he is a bit more serious, and certainly more directly connected to the majesty of his legacy. Thematically, half of Lightyear is for the kids. He must process the loss of all the years he missed, and de-center himself from his worldview. In the rest of the film, we are simply watching beautiful computer rendering: a distant, ominous planet, the great and endless maw of stars that surrounds it.

'Lightyear' may open, at best, closer to $70 million than $100 million, meaning that it's playing more like a Pixar original than "another Toy Story.'

A similar pattern would give Lightyear a $52 million debut, which would be below even most non-event Pixar “originals.” Conversely, Minions earned $6.2 million on Thursday in July 2015 toward a $115 million debut, and Finding Dory earned $9 million toward a $135 million launch in June 2016. Incredibles 2 earned $18.5 million toward a $183 million debut while Toy Story 4 earned $12 million on Thursday for a $120 million weekend. Or, even simpler, maybe Lightyear, which is being sold as “the movie Andy saw as a kid that made him a fan of Buzz Lightyear,” is going to play more like a Pixar original than Toy Story 5. If Lightyear opens with between $78 million and $96 million, then that’s still good-to-great for a film that really isn’t Toy Story 5. Since then, three excellent, inclusive and/or original Pixar flicks have gone straight to Disney+, with Bob Chapek using Pixar’s A+ reputation as a carrot for those not already on board or not interested in Star Wars and Marvel. So, there is a cruel irony in Lightyear, which is a cynical IP exploitation that’s technically unoriginal and stars a white guy, not just being the first Pixar flick of the Covid era to get a theatrical release but also being tasked with “proving” the viability of Pixar films in theaters for a CEO who would prefer they all go to Disney+. If Lightyear opens with closer to $70 million than $100 million this weekend, it’s worth noting that this is essentially Pixar’s Solo. An underwhelming theatrical performance could be more about general disinterest in Buzz Lightyear getting his own disconnected spin-off origin/prequel movie (with a different actor playing the role no less) than any macro-judgments concerning Pixar’s theatrical value and/or online-only controversies about Tim Allen being replaced and the film’s early same-sex kiss scene between two elderly married women.

Lightyear's Wednesday fan screenings started at 6PM, while Thursday showtimes began at 3PM. The sci-fi origin story of space ranger Buzz Lightyear is booked at ...

The movie will share Imax screens with Lightyear this weekend, but cede them in its third weekend fully to the Disney/Pixar film. First week’s take for Dominion is $191.1M, 7% behind the first week of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Rotten Tomatoes reviews are at 80% certified fresh which is below the high 90%-100% range of the Toy Story movies. Disney’s The Bob’s Burgers Movies made an estimated $280K, for a $3.9M third week and running total of $28.7M. Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness did an estimated $614K, for a $7.9M sixth week and $400.8M running total. Lightyear‘s Wednesday fan screenings started at 6PM, while Thursday showtimes began at 3PM. The sci-fi origin story of space ranger Buzz Lightyear is booked at 4,255 theaters and is expected to do between $70M-$85M. Global start is being eyed at $135M, with the overseas footprint being 43 material markets, representing 79% of international.

The irrepressible Buzz Lightyear, as Toy Story fans will already know, is a toy based on a character from a (fictional) blockbuster movie.

is a space opera fully aware of the sci-fi clichés and determined to make the most of them, such as when Buzz attempts his hyperspace leap in scenes that offer brilliantly imagined visuals whilst also having fun with the science (or, more accurately, the science-fiction) of space travel.is a space opera fully aware of the sci-fi clichés and determined to make the most of them, such as when Buzz attempts his hyperspace leap in scenes that offer brilliantly imagined visuals whilst also having fun with the science (or, more accurately, the science-fiction) of space travel. A tough enough task in itself, but then the evil Emperor Zurg (James Brolin) shows up with an army of robots, all of them dedicated to obliterating Buzz … That movie is(PG), which opens 4.2 million lightyears from Earth, with Buzz (voiced by Chris Evans) marooned on a remote planet and commissioned by his superior, Commander Hawthorne (Keke Palmer), to test-pilot a spaceship designed to make the leap to hyperspace and get their mission back on track.

Films censors said scenes and dialogue were 'found to contain elements promoting the LGBT lifestyle'.

Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you Scenes and dialogue that it “found to contain elements promoting the LGBT lifestyle which violate key aspects of the guidelines on the film censorship” were ordered to “be cut and muted”, the board said in a statement.

Chris Evans takes over from Tim Allen as the voice of Buzz, with Taika Waititi, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, Dale Soules, James Brolin and Uzo Aduba rounding out ...

Mubi, following a one-day event on Wednesday (June 15) in which it played at 22 sites, will put Sundance premiere Pleasure into six locations for a limited release this weekend. Pixar’s Buzz Lightyear origin story has had a lukewarm reception from critics, but the Angus MacLane-directed title will hope to capitalise on the enduring influence of the Toy Story franchise. The second widest new opening this week is Good Luck To You Leo Grande, released by Lionsgate at 171 sites.

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Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story movies is simply a toy representation of this original, fictional Buzz Lightyear (who is voiced by Chris Evans). Despite their ...

His existence is supposed to be a testament to endless possibility, and his adherence to it is so stubborn that it borders on frustrating. Buzz doesn’t see a problem with this because he sees sacrifice as virtuous (it’s one of the qualities that makes him similar to Chris Evans’s other major Disney character, Captain America). This is, in fact, the Buzz Lightyear we know and love — one who is brave and loyal, and doesn’t always have the best ideas. Eventually, Buzz’s final space run is successful and he has the solution to get everyone home! It didn’t need to be about Buzz Lightyear. “Brave and loyal without the best ideas” could apply to lots of characters. This is slightly complicated by a sensibility in Lightyear that, as an audience, we’re smart enough to understand the way money-grabs work. She understands that Buzz will keep charging into space four years at a time, so she gives him a robot cat named Sox (Peter Sohn) to keep him company. And in a creative landscape devoted to ransacking the past, isn’t this a pretty clever idea? Lightyear itself is a sweet musing on the value of friendship, an origin story that gives the titular character a sense of purpose, and a zippy ride through an often-gorgeous cosmic world. As the years tick by, Alisha and her partner have kids and their kids have kids. It’s the idea that Lightyear exists not to just give us a free-standing movie about this space ranger’s feelings, but rather to take advantage of Disney’s very lucrative intellectual property. There’s also a hilarious robot cat named Sox; I am frightened by my own affection toward Sox. All in all, Lightyear is easily in the top half of Disney and Pixar’s filmography. Andy saw Lightyear and wanted the action figure, which his mother purchased for him in the original Toy Story.

Lightyear has finally arrived and it looks to tell the story of the Space Ranger who inspired the Buzz Lightyear toy featured in Toy Story.

Lightyear’s connection to Toy Story is mostly explained at the beginning of the film with a title card which states that in 1995 Andy Davis was gifted a Buzz Lightyear toy from his mother after watching his favorite movie. Lightyear is the story of Buzz Lightyear, a Space Ranger in Star Command, that inspired the beloved toy from Toy Story that was gifted to Andy Davis when he was a child. “One of the funny things about doing these movies is you do a whole recording session and you come in and they say, ‘Okay. So you know how initially when blah, blah, blah? Just before Lightyear officially fades to black, we see the eyes of the suit light up, hinting Zurg may have lived to fight another day. Buzz’s friends - Izzy Hawthorne, Mo Morrison, and Darby Steel - arrive just in time to help with the battle, and old Buzz once again puts on the Zurg mecha-suit to take on his alternate self. While Buzz is obviously the star of Lightyear, Emperor Zurg has a huge part to play in the story. Fearing a temporal paradox, our Buzz refuses to help this older version, and a fight ensues after old Sox the robotic cat helps our Buzz turn on the ship’s self-destruct timer. It's his father.’ And then you'd have to really set up that his father was important in some way. But then the whole time you're like, ‘It's his father. Unfortunately, years pass each time Buzz takes a short flight into space due to time dilation. We’ll tell you right here: Yes, the movie actually has three scenes that take place during and after the credits. Warning: Full spoilers follow for Lightyear. Do you want to know if Lightyear has a post-credits scene or not?

Here are all the details on how you can watch the Toy Story spin-off Lightyear, whether it'll be on streaming, when it hits theaters, and more.

Together, the two do everything they can to complete Carl’s promise to Ellie, even as a dangerous hunter named Charles Muntz (Christopher Plummer) crosses their path. Along for the adventure is Russell (Jordan Nagai), an eight-year-old "Wilderness Explorer" who wants to earn a badge for assisting the elderly. Wall-E: On an uninhabitable Earth in 2805, a lonely trash-compacting robot named Wall-E (Ben Burtt) tries to clean up all the rubbish humanity left behind. The first film focuses on Sheriff Woody (Tom Hanks) and his rocky relationship with Andy’s new favorite toy Buzz Lightyear ( Tim Allen). As the series goes on, more toys get their turn in the spotlight as their adventures continually up the stakes and become so much more emotional. Helping Buzz to save the universe, defeat Zurg, and return home, are a ragtag trio of soldiers; Izzy Hawthorne (Keke Palmer), Mo Morrison (Taika Waititi), and Darby Steel (Dale Soules). In the United States, Lightyear is currently scheduled to come out exclusively in theaters on Friday, June 17, 2022.

Does Lightyear have post-credits scenes? Will Lightyear have a sequel? Does the movie connect to the Disney TV show Buzz Lightyear of Star Command?

MacLane tells Polygon that the 2000 animated series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and the movie that kicked it off are unrelated to Lightyear. He compares those shows to the 1980s Star Wars animated series Ewoks and Droids, non-canon series that draw on the same mythos as the Star Wars films, but don’t take place in the same continuity. Not because Zurg is still out there, but because the ending is so clearly framed as “Now that all the main characters have learned their lessons about confidence, teamwork, and living in the moment, the real adventures can begin!” When Buzz, Izzy, Mo, and Darby blast off for their first mission as newly empowered Space Rangers, there’s a sense that their real story is just beginning. Its ending is entirely open to one big rematch with Zurg, or a series of clashes over time. Lightyear’s ending seems particularly well suited for a space-series approach, with Buzz and his Rangers traveling from planet to planet, encountering new life and new civilizations, boldly going where etc., etc., you know the drill. And yeah, after a few weeks of sleep, we’ll discuss it further.” Director Angus MacLane implied there’s a lot more of Buzz Lightyear’s story to be told: “We don’t go into his academy years so much, and we don’t go into the adventures after it. It’s early to ask that — it may depend on how the film does at the box office — but it sure seems like Lightyear is setting up for one. But another oddity about it is that it seems perfectly primed to set up any number of sequels or spinoffs, in a way that isn’t typically true for Pixar movies. Burnside, who talked up the laser-shield a couple of times in previous scenes, just chuckles and repeats “Laser shield!” to himself, clearly feeling vindicated. until his red LED eyes suddenly light back up, indicating that he’s still alive, kicking, and ready to come back for the sequel. It’s a tie-in to the Toy Story film series, even though it doesn’t take place in the same universe or continuity, and doesn’t feature characters who are toys. It’s pretty sad to be Deric, thinking he’s part of a team when that team couldn’t even be bothered to tell him they were leaving. Kind of a bummer, especially after the movie’s triumphant ending, with its emphasis on bonding and friendship.

In 1995, Andy from the Toy Story saga saw what would become his favorite movie and ultimately asking for the toy from that high flying adventure.

It’s rare that I get to say this, but in this case the 3D definitely improves the movie on display, as it showcases a result that does draw you deeper into the movie. Don’t let that stop you from seeing Lightyear in 3D, as the end result is something that lives up to Buzz Lightyear’s iconic catchphrase. Judging by the Before and Beyond the Window factors that are supposed to be linked to this component, the perfection isn’t hard to justify. It’s just a shame the brightness for my showing was off, and that no one’s offering an IMAX 3D variant. Lightyear has the good fortune of being such a movie, and in the case of the Before the Window aspect, it’s absurdly impressive. Motion sickness and eye strain won’t be a problem, even with the potential slight dimming of the picture. In the best cases, the Before and Beyond the Window components of a 3D visual can go hand in hand. Nope, and that means the archives of To 3D or Not To 3D are about to get a little fuller. In those moments where one is tempted to remove their glasses, you should see the classic blur of the 3D image that’s joined together once you put your glasses back on. With the 3D showing I attended at a local cineplex, not even the slight dimness or the buffering quality for long stretches of the movie could totally ruin Lightyear’s charms. Having seen this movie in 2D prior to my 3D screening, the experience counts for something. The film was Lightyear, and in the universe it exists in, it’s hard to believe that it would have been shown in the 3D format.

"Lightyear" (Disney) blasts off in cinemas with controversy in its wake.

Alisha is now a grandmother, and her granddaughter, Izzy (voice of Keke Palmer), seeks to follow in her ranger footsteps. One year passes, and Buzz volunteers to test a new fuel source which could hold the key to escape. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III — adults. A prominent female character, Alisha Hawthorne (voice of Uzo Aduba), gets engaged to a woman, shares a kiss, marries and raises a family. He finds one in a robotic cat called Sox (voice of Peter Sohn). Encountering hostile life forms, the crew evacuates in haste, but the ship crashes.

We dig into the ending of Pixar's Lightyear with the help of director Angus MacLane.

Buzz, finally free of his guilt and his obsession with getting back to Earth, accepts the colony’s life on Tikana and accepts the mission… It was those droids and Ewoks cartoons that spawned the Buzz Lightyear we know. It stands to reason, of course, that if Lightyear was a hit in its universe, then sequels must exist too. He is left isolated and alone by his own decision-making to only focus on his past and his mistake.” After all, we follow “our” Buzz (the younger one), the whole movie only to discover at a certain point that there is an older version of himself walking around. “While this is not explained, Old Buzz did find a way, technologically, to break the timeline, to branch out and go back,” the director says. “So now they’re in the same timeline, but if Buzz were to break his arm, it doesn’t immediately break Old Buzz’s arm because Old Buzz basically broke off [from this] timeline. “The thing about Zurg being Buzz’s dad is that back in 1999, that reference was novel and somehow hilarious,” says director Angus MacLane when we bring up this detail to him. and thereby preventing them from ever chasing Young Buzz toward the old man’s grim fate. The director adds, “Buzz’s hubris, and the thing he wanted more than anything becoming a destructive force became really interesting to us. And while he obsesses over the course of 62 years (or about 16 days from his perspective) about getting them all back home, they build a life on the planet, one that includes children, aging, and death. Buzz does eventually perfect hyperspace travel again—although largely thanks to his robotic cat Sox (voiced by Pete Sohn), who figures out the formula.

Actor Chris Evans, the voice of Buzz Lightyear, dismissed the offended critics as “idiots,” while Disney was applauded by progressives for refusing to censor ...

Hirsch has called out Disney on Twitter before, mocking the company for embracing Pride aesthetics while censoring every single hint of same-sex attraction in their stories. The majority of Disney films feature heterosexual characters kissing - it’s never been a problem before. Online, Disney’s half-hearted inclusivity is often referred to as “passive progressive.”

Pixar's 'Lightyear' has three post-credits scenes, but the final one is there for some very specific reasons.

According to producer Galyn Susman, the scene revealing Zurg survived was not originally conceived of as post-credits tag. The third scene, which arrives after all of the credits have been shown, is brief but more obviously teases that the story hasn’t ended between Buzz and Zurg. It turns out Zurg is not as dead as audiences were initially led to believe. That’s really the ending for both the hero and the villain. This story contains spoilers for “Lightyear” and is meant to be read after seeing the movie. The first two scenes serve as extensions of jokes set up during earlier parts of the film, and are similar to post-credits tags that have been featured on other Pixar films. “I don’t think you’d want that to be the end of Zurg,” said director Angus MacLane about that final “Easter egg.” “You want the movie to be self-contained but allude to the fact that the adventure will continue.

Wondering where to stream Lightyear after watching it in theaters? Here's how soon Chris Evans' Buzz Lightyear will be free on Disney Plus.

You can check out Verizon’s FAQ here to find out how to sign up for its free Disney+ subscription and watch Lightyear online for free. Now that we know Lightyear is coming to Disney Plus, you may be wondering if there’s a way to watch Lightyear online for free on the streamer. Another great way to watch Lightyear online for free is with Amazon Music’s Unlimited subscription. Amazon Prime also offers a 30-day free trial, so customers can sign up for the free trial and subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited for a cheaper price. Well, the good news is, there are some ways to snag a free Disney+ subscription to watch Lightyear online for free. If you’re a student, you can also receive a free six-month trial of Amazon Prime, as well as an Amazon Music Unlimited subscription for just 99 cents per month. Don’t worry; there’s a way to snag Amazon Music Unlimited for free, too. You can also find Disney Plus as part of The Disney Bundle, which includes Hulu, Disney Plus and ESPN Plus for $13.99 per month for Hulu with commercials and $19.99 per month for Hulu without commercials. So, is there a way to watch Lightyear online? Whether you’re catching the film in theaters first or waiting until it lands on streaming services, we have all the details you need to know about how to watch Lightyear online for free, below. In the meantime, fans can still catch Lightyear at a theater near you. And yes, that includes a free option for fans looking to save!

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