Tim Allen Distances Himself from ‘Lightyear’: ‘It Just Doesn’t Seem to Have Any Connection to the Toy’
The actor laments that Pixar’s new movie “just has no relationship to Buzz.”
The actor laments that Pixar’s new movie “just has no relationship to Buzz.”
“We will do all we can to fast-forward through that scene, but it might not be exact,” a sign posted at the Oklahoma theater read.
The “Toy Story” origin story didn’t blast off in theaters, but its fortunes could radically change on Disney+.
Double Take: The “Toy Story” spinoff divided critics, confounded audiences, and fizzled at the box office. Is it time for Pixar to course correct?
It was a $163 million weekend, 20 percent better than 2019 — but after “Doctor Strange” at #4, theater attendance plummeted.
Working in IMAX was quite complicated for Pixar, requiring a new way of handling shot composition and editorial. But “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” was a great inspiration.
Evans hasn’t hit the gym as hard since hanging up his Captain America shield.
Reviews for the Disney feature have not been great, but that’s only one part of the box-office problem.
Evans criticized homophobic reactions to the “Toy Story” prequel after multiple Middle Eastern nations banned the film.
Evans hopes “we get to a point where it is the norm, and that this doesn’t have to be some uncharted waters, that eventually this is just the way it is.”
It should be illegal to put critics in any situation where they have to argue that Chris Evans is somehow a step down from Tim Allen.
The “Captain America” icon looked to “Toy Story” vet Allen as a “blueprint” for voice acting.