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To infinity and 'Toy Story 5'! Tim Allen confirms return as Buzz Lightyear

Tim Allen confirmed this week that he will reprise his role as Buzz Lightyear in the newly announced "Toy Story" sequel.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2023

Lightyear: Pixar’s Toy Story spin-off proves Buzz kill at the box office

The Toy Story spin-off has met major competition from Jurassic World Dominion

Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2022

'Lightyear's' Alisha Hawthorne breaks new ground for Pixar. She wasn't part of the original pitch

Every hero has an origin story — especially ones that launch a line of toys. But even those heroes need someone who believes in them first.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 21, 2022

‘Lightyear’: He’s not a toy, he’s a space ranger in film offering stunning animation and thoughtful messages

A relatively minor Pixar effort starring Buzz from ‘Toy Story’ nevertheless succeeds as escapist summer entertainment for the family.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2022

'Lightyear' review: Mission failure for beloved Pixar hero

A needlessly complicated and narratively underwhelming space adventure, "Lightyear" is not worthy of its titular action hero, Buzz Lightyear, who at this point is nearly as beloved in American pop culture as real life astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022

Lightyear review: Not a disaster, but lacking in Pixar’s trademark imagination

You should drop some of your pessimism around this ‘Toy Story’ prequel-slash-spin-off, but definitely not all of it

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022

Movie review: Sci-fi story 'Lightyear' nimbly blends adult drama, kid adventure

Disney has made big business mining content from content, with spinoffs and sequels and multiverses dancing through multiplexes and streaming apps. “Lightyear,” the latest Disney/Pixar animated film, has been extracted from the much-beloved “Toy Story” universe, but it’s a bit unique. It’s sort of a prequel, in that it’s intended…

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2022

Lightyear: Director explains why Chris Evans replaced Tim Allen as voice of Buzz Lightyear

Allen voiced the beloved character in all four original ‘Toy Story’ films

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Lightyear movie review: Pixar’s origin tale is no Toy Story but it’s a very big adventure all the same

The lantern-jawed Space Ranger gets his own movie

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2022

Disney and Pixar's Lightyear cast and UK cinema release date amid Disney+ release date speculation

The animated feature film is a spin-off/prequel/origin story exploring the hero who inspired Buzz's character in Toy Story

Manchester Evening News · Jun 10, 2022