Pixar has buzz lightyear origin movie in works with chris evans & ‘turning red’ from ‘bao’ filmmaker domee shi

Buzz Lightyear Origin Movie In Works At Pixar With Chris Evans Starring You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content December 10, 2020 4:44pm SERVICES TO SHARE

THIS PAGE. 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. > Here’s a first look of the young 

test pilot that became the Space > Ranger we all know him to be today. Lightyear launches into theaters > June 17, 2022. pic.twitter.com/Ho2ChPrQbx >  > — Disney (@Disney) 

December 11, 2020 > Director of the Academy Award-winning short Bao, Domee Shi, brings > us Turning Red. Meet Mei: she experiences the awkwardness of being a > teenager, with an 

added twist: when she gets too excited, she > transforms into a giant red panda. Turning Red comes to theaters > March 11, 2022 pic.twitter.com/2s5NgzqBHP >  > — Disney (@Disney)

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