Buzz Lightyear: Last News

Kate Middleton lends a helping hand and folds up a onesie during her visit to The Baby Bank on Monday (April 24) in Windsor, England.

Disney and Pixar have announced that their latest animated feature Lightyear will be available for streaming on Disney+ starting August 3rd.

Tom Hanks has Tim Allen's back. The actor, who is starring in the Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic , has sparked headlines after weighing in on Allen's absence from Disney and Pixar's , the origin story for 's Buzz Lightyear. The animated film, which hit theaters in June, instead stars Chris Evans as the voice of the titular character. «I wanted to go head to head with Tim Allen,» Hanks told CinemaBlend when asked about Elvis and Lightyear being in theaters at the same time.

“Lightyear.”The 69-year-old portrayed the animated toy astronaut Buzz Lightyear in the Disney franchise from 1995 until 2019. But Chris Evans is voicing the character in 2022’s “Lightyear” — and Allen recently discussed why he was not involved in the new project.“This is a whole new team that really had nothing to do with the first movies,” Allen told “Extra” on Wednesday.“The short answer is I’ve stayed out of this ’cause it has nothing to do [with his character],” the “Home Improvement” alum added.Allen recalled thinking that the flick would be “live action” with “real humans” and “not an animated thing.”However, Allen noted: “There’s really no ‘Toy Story’ Buzz without Woody.” Woody is Buzz’s best pal and was played by Tom Hanks in the “Toy Story” films.Allen stated that even though the new movie has “a wonderful story, it just doesn’t seem to have any connection to the toy.”“I wish there was a better connection,” the “Santa Clause” star declared.“Lightyear” is posed as a spinoff-prequel to “Toy Story,” showing Buzz in his early days when he put on the iconic purple and green spacesuit.Buzz about the lack of Allen’s participation in the movie has caused a stir, with his friend Patricia Heaton recently calling out Disney for replacing Allen with Evans, 41.The “Everybody Loves Raymond” star wrote on Twitter earlier this month: “Saw the trailer for Buzz Lightyear and all I can say is Disney/Pixar made a HUGE mistake in not casting my pal Tim Allen in the role that he originated, the role that he owns.

Universal Pictures' Jurassic World Dominion dominated the box office over Father's Day weekend by earning $58.6M domestically out of 4,697 US theaters.The sixth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise - which brought back OG stars Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill - has earned a total $623.4M at the box office globally.Colin Trevorrow's $185M-budget movie currently has a dismal 30% critic approval rating (out of 343 reviews) and a 78% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Dino-tastic! Universal Pictures' Jurassic World Dominion dominated the box office over Father's Day weekend by earning $58.6M domestically out of 4,697 US theatersJurassic World Dominion also stars Chris Pratt, BD Wong, Bryce Dallas Howard, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, and Omar Sy.Disney's Toy Story spin-off Lightyear took second place with $55M domestically from 4,255 US theaters for a total of $85.6M global debut.

Buzz Lightyear’s cute robot cat, Sox, has been sent to infinity and beyond from the Peak District. A toy version of Sox, featured in the new Lightyear movie, has been sent beyond the Earth’s atmosphere into space - and landed in Spalding.

Chris Evans in "Lightyear," not Tim Allen, who voiced the Buzz Lightyear character in four "Toy Story" films. "Saw the trailer for Buzz Lightyear and all I can say is Disney/Pixar made a HUGE mistake in not casting my pal Tim Allen in the role that he originated, the role that he owns," she wrote. "Tim IS Buzz! Why would they completely castrate this iconic, beloved character?"Saw the trailer for Buzz Lightyear and all I can say is Disney/Pixar made a HUGE mistake in not casting my pal @ofctimallen Tim Allen in the role that he originated, the role that he owns.

Patricia Heaton isn’t impressed with Pixar’s “Lightyear” casting decision.

Lightyear in a sleek white dress with a feathered hem, and she looks absolutely radiant.ICYMI, Lightyear is about the adventures of Buzz Lightyear, an adult man in the Pixar Universe whose likeness inspires the Buzz Lightyear toy Andy plays with in Toy Story. Voiced by Chris Evans, he's, I dunno, a space ranger or something.

Toy Story prequel. Instead, it’s on a mission to deliver classic sci-fi action, starring not the plastic Buzz Lightyear toy voiced by Tim Allen that we know and love from Toy Story, but the fictional human hero who inspired it (now voiced by Chris ‘Captain America’ Evans).The animated origin story sees Captain Buzz Lightyear marooned with his crew on a hostile planet, 4.2 million light-years from Earth, after Buzz’s maverick heroics go wrong.

Back when the Pixar movie Lightyear was announced in December 2020, voice star Chris Evans tried to explain the film’s plot in a tweet… and he didn’t do that well.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorPixar’s “Lightyear,” an origin story based on the beloved astronaut Buzz Lightyear from the “Toy Story franchise,” takes the series into new galaxies with a fleet of NASA-inspired spaceships. Chris Evans voices Buzz, a human astronaut who inspired Andy’s favorite toy in the movie that takes place years before the events of the first “Toy Story.” Opening in theaters on June 17, Buzz travels through time and space as he sets out on his first mission out of Star Command — the peacekeeping organization consisting of Space Rangers.Set art director Greg Peltz spoke with Variety as Pixar unveiled a new trailer for the animated feature, and explained the idea was to draw from the films and retain the work that had been laid out before, but he also wanted create a more defined look for this film.

To infinity… and beyond!

“There’s a starman waiting in the sky.”

Tom Hanks’s Toy Story co-star Tim Allen has led a host of stars in wishing the actor and his wife Rita Wilson well after they were diagnosed with coronavirus.

Audience has seen Buzz and Woody's adventure in four films of "Toy Story". Allen feels that the franchise can last longer."We can have a Buzz spin-off.