
Pixar Has Buzz Lightyear Origin Movie In Works With Chris Evans & ‘Turning Red’ From ‘Bao’ Filmmaker Domee Shi
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Pixar said Thursday during its Disney Investor Day that Lightyear, an origin story about Toy Story‘s Buzz Lightyear, is in the works with Chris Evans voicing the lead.
Lightyear will follow how the young test pilot became the space hero that spawned the Buzz Lightyear action figure made famous in Pixar’s Toy Story movies. Angus MacLane, the co-director of
Finding Dory, will be taking the reins on Lightyear. The movie will be released in theaters June 17, 2022.
Also, Bao filmmaker Domee Shi has Turning Red, about a teenage girl named Mei who transforms into a giant red panda when excited, in development. Shi and Becky Neiman’s Bao won the Oscar for
best short film in 2019.