Teaser trailer for Disney and Pixar's Lightyear
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Pixar has released the first teaser trailer for its new Toy Story spin-off, which delves into the backstory of Buzz Lightyear.
The new film, simply titled Lightyear, is scheduled for release next year. It'll focus on how Buzz became captain of the Space Rangers' Universe Protection Unit - doing battle against Zurg, the villainous evil emperor.
In the original Toy Story movie, Buzz Lightyear wrongly thinks he's an actual Space Ranger, rather than just a toy version of one. The new spin-off tells the story of the 'real' Buzz Lightyear, who supposedly inspired the merchandise.
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Who's in the new Buzz Lightyear movie?In the new Buzz Lightyear spin-off film, Chris Evans takes over as the voice of the title character - replacing Tim Allen, who's voiced the toy version of Buzz in all four Toy Story movies so far.
On Twitter, Evans expressed his gratitude at being able to take on the much-loved character, describing the original Toy Story films as "an enormous part of my childhood".
However, the studio is currently keeping other cast details under wraps, so we don't yet know who'll be starring alongside Evans.
Angus MacLane, previously an animator and story artist at Pixar, makes his full-length directorial debut with Lightyear.
When is the Buzz Lightyear movie out?Lightyear - which was first announced by Pixar at Disney's Investor Day in 2020 - is scheduled to debut in cinemas on June 17th 2022.
It isn't yet clear, however, when there'll be another addition to the main Toy Story series.
The last instalment, Toy Story 4, was released in 2019 - so there might be a while still to wait before Toy Story 5 appears.
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