Lightyear Archives

Lightyear on Disney+ Trails Encanto But Still a Success

virginiakublawi | Aug 14, 2022 | 0

Audience Analytics company Samba TV released some information on Lightyear‘s Disney+ launch a few days ago. Specifically, the release was a relative success but not on the same level as Encanto last December. Cole Strain, their VP of Measurement Products, offered this statement: “Toy Sto...

Here’s When Lightyear Hits Disney+

virginiakublawi | Jul 19, 2022 | 0

Disney has finally announced Lightyear’s Disney+ premiere date a whopping month after its theatrical release. That date is August 3rd, just two weeks from now. As you’ve likely already heard ad nauseam, Lightyear tells the story of the “real” Buzz Lightyear (Chris Evans) that inspired Tim...

Tom Hanks on Tim Allen Not Being in Lightyear

virginiakublawi | Jul 5, 2022 | 0

CinemaBlend recently spoke to Tom Hanks about Elvis and asked him about his movie being in cinemas simultaneously with Lightyear. This led to Hanks commenting on Tim Allen’s absence from the film. Check out what he had to say here: “How about that? I actually wanted to go head-to-head with Ti...

Tim Allen: Lightyear Has “Nothing to Do With the First Movies”

virginiakublawi | Jun 30, 2022 | 0

In an interview with Extra, Tim Allen said Pixar’s Lightyear is a different beast from the Toy Story movies. “This is a whole new team that really had nothing to do with the first movies,” he said. Allen voiced the Buzz Lightyear action figure(s) across the four theatrical Toy Story films, as...

Lightyear’s Main Flaw Isn’t Casting or Representation

virginiakublawi | Jun 26, 2022 | 0

I was pleasantly surprised with Pixar’s Lightyear, an unnecessary prequel/spin-off/toy commercial that I was dreading. It’s not a perfect movie, but I ultimately enjoyed the respect it pays to its characters’ emotions and dilemmas. My sci-fi nerd husband liked it even more. I have no problem ...

Woke Publicity Grounds Lightyear

AlexGherzo | Jun 20, 2022 | 0

“To infinity and beyond” may be aiming a little high for Disney. Leading into the weekend, Pixar’s new animated feature, Lightyear, was projected to take in $70-85 million domestically, with a worldwide total of $135 million. Those numbers took into account things like spinoffs generally earni...