150-494: Toy Story is a 1995 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures . The first installment in the Toy Story franchise , it was the first entirely computer-animated feature film , as well as the first feature film from Pixar. The film was directed by John Lasseter (in his feature directorial debut ), written by Joss Whedon , Andrew Stanton , Joel Cohen , and Alec Sokolow based on
300-406: A 100% approval rating on film aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes . The film is frequently lauded as one of the best animated films ever made and, due to its status as the first computer-animated film, one of the most important films in the medium's history and film at large. The film received three Academy Award nominations— Best Original Screenplay (the first animated film to be nominated for
450-451: A Barbie doll; the latter transformed into Bo Peep as Mattel would not license the character. Whedon also re-visioned Buzz Lightyear from being a dim-witted but cheerful and self-aware character to an action figure who isn't aware that he's a toy—an epiphany that transformed the film. A brainstorming session with members of Disney Animation's creative team resulted in the addition of the three-eyed squeaky toy aliens . Katzenberg approved
600-500: A Toy Story spin-off series that also serves as an in-universe production starring the Buzz character, MacLane, who directed the CG opening sequence for Star Command , said that he did not have it in mind while working on the film, but always pictured the series being developed in-universe after a trilogy of Lightyear films. He later explained that Lightyear serves as a "live-action" film within
750-447: A box-office bomb , grossing $ 226.4 million worldwide and losing the studio an estimated $ 106 million. "In 1995, a boy named Andy got a Buzz Lightyear toy for his birthday. It was from his favorite movie. This is that movie." The statement that opens the film, clarifying Lightyear to be a film within a film of the Toy Story franchise . A Star Command exploration vessel changes course to investigate signs of life on
900-460: A deal allowing him to make it as a Disney film outside the studio. This allowed Pixar to make their movies outside Disney. Both sides were willing. Catmull and fellow Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith had long wanted to produce a computer-animated feature, but only by the early 1990s were the computers cheap and powerful enough to make this possible. In addition, Disney had licensed Pixar's Computer Animation Production System (CAPS), and that made it
1050-413: A director, or I can stay here and make history." Katzenberg realized he could not lure Lasseter back to Disney and therefore set plans into motion to ink a production deal with Pixar to produce a film. Disney had always made all their movies in-house and refused to change this. But when Tim Burton , who used to work at Disney, wanted to buy back the rights to The Nightmare Before Christmas , Disney struck
1200-670: A disappointment given the brand strength of both Pixar and the Toy Story franchise. Los Angeles Times writer Ryan Faughnder believed that the film was at a disadvantage, since, as a spin-off film, it did not have well-known Toy Story characters such as Woody . He also noted that spin-offs tend to not gross as much as the main franchise installments, and compared the film to the spin-off films Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Hobbs & Shaw (2019). Pamela McClintock of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that, in addition to competition from Jurassic World Dominion and Top Gun: Maverick ,
1350-617: A few cat people on the team who were smitten." Lego released three sets based on scenes from the film, which were released on April 24, 2022. On May 29, 2022, Ferrari announced that Lightyear would be a sponsor on their cars starting at the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix . In addition, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. would also be cast for roles in the film, respectively voicing for the Italian and Spanish versions. American food manufacturing company Lightlife , collaborated with Disney and Pixar for launching several food packages inspired from
1500-630: A film that felt true so he asked for a much more toned-down version of Buzz's personality. Being part of the team required an enormous amount of responsibility, but it was really exciting for me professionally". "If you're watching the film in a regular theater, you may not notice. But when you see the film in IMAX , those shots are actually shot "in IMAX," for lack of a better word [...] all of that stuff started back on WALL-E , and each film has kind of had its own version. Like, how do we want to shoot this film? What's
1650-452: A film's atmosphere, character, and story, and therefore, the labels "drama" and "comedy" are too broad to be considered a genre. Instead, his taxonomy argues that comedy is a type of film that contains at least a dozen different sub-types. A number of hybrid genres have emerged, such as action comedy and romantic comedy . The first comedy film was L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed and produced by film pioneer Louis Lumière . Less than
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#17328441264651800-455: A half-hour special, they might as well go all the way and make a feature-length film. Katzenberg also made it clear that he was only working with Pixar to get access to Lasseter's talents, and that the Pixar team would be signing up to work with a self-described "tyrant" and micro-manager. However, he invited them to talk with Disney's animators and get their opinions on working under him and Lasseter
1950-471: A kindergarten classroom where they can be played with every day, was quite different. Katzenberg was unhappy with the treatment drafted by Lasseter, Andrew Stanton , and Pete Docter , as the two character's motivations were too similar. Instead, he encouraged them to write it as a buddy film , giving the two main characters contrasting personalities, and having them only become friends after being forced to work together. Lasseter, Stanton, and Docter delivered
2100-478: A mainstream audience. The success of the American television show Saturday Night Live drove decades of cinema with racier content allowed on television drawing on the program's stars and characters, with bigger successes including Wayne's World , Mean Girls , Ghostbusters and Animal House . Parody and joke-based films continue to find audiences. While comedic films are among the most popular with audiences at
2250-509: A minute long, it shows a boy playing a prank on a gardener. The most notable comedy actors of the silent film era (1895–1927) were Charlie Chaplin , Harold Lloyd , and Buster Keaton , though they were able to make the transition into “ talkies ” after the 1920s. Film-makers in the 1960s skillfully employed the use of comedy film to make social statements by building their narratives around sensitive cultural, political or social issues. Such films include Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Love
2400-493: A modern space cadet action figure, Buzz Lightyear , as Woody develops jealousy towards Buzz when he becomes their owner Andy's favorite toy. Following the success of Tin Toy , a short film that was released in 1988, Pixar was approached by Disney to produce a computer-animated feature film that was told from a small toy's perspective. Lasseter, Stanton, and Docter wrote early story treatments, which were rejected by Disney, who wanted
2550-653: A multimedia franchise, spawning three sequels (and a planned fourth sequel) beginning with Toy Story 2 (1999), a spin-off film Lightyear (2022), and numerous short films . The film also had a theatrical 3D re-release in 2009 as part of a double feature with the second film. A group of sentient toys , who pretend to be lifeless when humans are around, are preparing to move into a new house with their young owner Andy Davis , his infant sister Molly , and their single mother Mrs. Davis . Learning that Andy's birthday party has been unexpectedly moved to an earlier date, several toys — including Mr. Potato Head , Slinky Dog , Rex
2700-428: A never-ending slew of trampling obstacles." Variety 's Owen Gleiberman wrote: " Lightyear in its eminently conventional and likable way, is a far less audacious movie than that. For what is surely not the first time, Buzz 's I-can-do-anything myopic bravado has failed [...] part of that may be that in the Toy Story films, he is a toy — that's part of the joke, one that Buzz is never quite in on. He thinks he's
2850-433: A new Lightyear toy line consisting of action figures, playsets and vehicles. After Sox's character in the film received praise from insiders, Mattel created "an animatronic interactive version" which costs $ 80, apart from the plush and action figures. Mattel's executive lead, PJ Lewis had said "We knew he was much more than a sidekick and offered multiple ways to drive product innovation for the 'Lightyear' line. Plus, we have
3000-415: A new budget, but the incident led Jobs to rethink their deal with Disney. We couldn't have made this movie in traditional animation. This is a story that can only really be told with three-dimensional toy characters. ... Some of the shots in this film are so beautiful. —Tom Schumacher, Vice President of Walt Disney Feature Animation Recruiting animators for Toy Story was brisk; the magnet for talent
3150-461: A new fuel crystal created using the computer left behind during the mutiny, Buzz and his team embark on a new adventure. In a post-credits scene, Zurg is shown to have survived the explosion. Additionally, Tim Peake appears in an uncredited cameo as a worker at the mission control center . Development of Lightyear began following the production of Finding Dory in 2016. After co-directing Finding Dory with Andrew Stanton , Angus MacLane
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#17328441264653300-623: A number of other actors, including Jason Alexander , Dan Aykroyd , Matthew Broderick , Kevin Costner , Michael J. Fox , Richard Gere , David Hasselhoff , Michael Keaton , Wayne Knight , Bill Paxton , Dennis Quaid , Kurt Russell , Adam Sandler and John Travolta , were also considered for the role of Buzz. Lasseter took the role to Tim Allen , who was appearing in Disney's Home Improvement , and he accepted. Crystal later stated in an interview that he would not have been right as Buzz, and that Allen
3450-585: A parade at the Disney-MGM Studios theme park in Florida. It was screenwriter Joss Whedon's idea to incorporate Barbie as a character who could rescue Woody and Buzz in Toy Story ' s final act. The idea was dropped after Mattel objected and refused to license the toy. Producer Ralph Guggenheim claimed that Mattel did not allow the use of the toy as "They [Mattel] philosophically felt girls who play with Barbie dolls are projecting their personalities onto
3600-466: A pull-string (hence the name "Woody"). This was until character designer Bud Luckey suggested that Woody could be changed to a cowboy ventriloquist dummy. Lasseter liked the contrast between the Western and the science fiction genres and the character immediately changed. Eventually, all of the ventriloquist dummy aspects of the character were deleted as the dummy looked "sneaky and mean". However they kept
3750-407: A real Space Ranger! So when you actually turn Buzz Lightyear into a Space Ranger, you enlarge him and diminish him at the same time." In contrast, BBC 's Nicholas Barber wrote: "The story is thin, repetitive, and almost entirely dependent on the heroes being clumsy" and gave the film two stars. David Ehrlich of IndieWire wrote: " Lightyear remains firmly stuck in the past even as it hurtles toward
3900-407: A really bad musical because it's a buddy movie. It's about people who won't admit what they want, much less sing about it. ... Buddy movies are about sublimating, punching an arm, 'I hate you.' It's not about open emotion." However, Disney preferred to make it a musical, as they had had much success with incorporating Broadway -style musical numbers into their animated films, and encouraged Pixar to do
4050-456: A revised treatment in September 1991 that more closely resembles the final version of the film: Tinny replaces the ventriloquist dummy as a child's favorite toy, their bickering causes them to be left behind at a gas station, they almost catch up to the family at a pizza restaurant, they have to escape a kid that mutilates toys, and the movie ends with a chase scene as the two toys try to catch up to
4200-538: A separate genre, but rather, provides a better understanding of the film. Lightyear (film) Lightyear is a 2022 American animated science-fiction action-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures . Presented as a film within a film , Lightyear is a spin-off of the Toy Story film series and centers on the character Buzz Lightyear , who appears in Toy Story as an action figure of his character in Lightyear . The film
4350-412: A staff of 800. In the early budgeting process, Jobs was eager to produce the film as efficiently as possible, impressing Katzenberg with his focus on cost-cutting. However, the $ 17 million production budget was no longer going to be sufficient, and Jobs requested more funds from Disney to compensate them for the time lost in rewrites based on Katzenberg's notes. Catmull was able to reach a compromise on
4500-451: A story by Lasseter, Stanton, Pete Docter , and Joe Ranft , produced by Bonnie Arnold and Ralph Guggenheim , and features the voices of Tom Hanks , Tim Allen , Annie Potts , John Ratzenberger , Don Rickles , Wallace Shawn , and Jim Varney . Taking place in a world where toys come to life when humans are not present, the plot of Toy Story focuses on the relationship between an old-fashioned pullstring cowboy doll named Woody and
4650-612: A tyrant to a wise leader. It also included a more adult-oriented staff meeting amongst the toys rather than the juvenile group discussion that had existed in earlier drafts. Buzz Lightyear's character was also changed "to make it more clear to the audience that he genuinely doesn't know he's a toy". Katzenberg and Schneider resumed production with the new script by February 1994, and the voice actors returned one month later to record their new lines. The crew grew from 24 people to 110, and now included 27 animators and 22 technical directors. In comparison, The Lion King , released in 1994, required
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4800-686: Is Pixar's first film since Onward (2020) to receive a theatrical release after Soul (2020), Luca (2021) and Turning Red (2022) were assigned direct-to-streaming releases on Disney+ in response to the closure of cinemas due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Lightyear also became Pixar's first film to have virtual IMAX cameras in its progress. Lightyear was banned in the Muslim world (including Bahrain , Brunei , Egypt , Iraq , Jordan , Kazakhstan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Malaysia , Oman , Palestine , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , and
4950-436: Is derived from classical comedy in theatre . Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies , which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during
5100-463: Is fun and clever and reminds us why we loved Pixar in the first place." David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a funny spinoff with suspense and heart, a captivatingly spirited toon take on splashy live-action retro popcorn entertainment." Emma Stefansky of Thrillist said: "There's plenty in Lightyear to enjoy, and it's one of Pixar's better efforts over the last 10 years, but it ultimately feels half-done. It feels like it ought to be
5250-425: Is really a toy. Buzz impresses the others with his high-tech features and becomes Andy's new favorite toy, provoking Woody's jealousy. Two days before the move, Andy's family plans for a dinner at Pizza Planet. To ensure Andy brings him along and not Buzz, Woody tries knocking Buzz behind the desk with RC , the radio-controlled car . However, Buzz is accidentally knocked out of the bedroom window instead, and most of
5400-574: Is still considered sensitive." In Singapore , the scene resulted in the film being allowed only for people above 16 years of age (NC-16). Despite bans across most of the Arab world, Morocco refused to ban the film and showed it in cinemas, despite a petition requesting a ban on the film. The specific scene was initially cut from the film in mid-March 2022, but following then-Disney CEO Bob Chapek 's response to Florida's Parental Rights in Education bill and
5550-614: Is the lowest rated film of the Toy Story franchise on Rotten Tomatoes. Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 57 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 85% (including an average 4 out of 5 stars), with 62% saying they would definitely recommend it. Peter Bradshaw 's four-star review for The Guardian stated: "This cracking origin story for Toy Story ' s spaceman hero
5700-524: Is the norm, and that this doesn't have to be some uncharted waters, that eventually this is just the way it is. That representation across the board is how we make films." Lightyear was made available on Disney+ on August 3, 2022, with the option to view the theatrical version of the film or the IMAX Enhanced version. The film was also released on Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia and Malaysia as
5850-522: The Toy Story films that Lightyear explores is Buzz's disagreement over the nature of reality, which, coupled with his heroic ideals, made an amalgam of sci-fi clichés that MacLane intended to make more than just a punchline. In February 2019, Tim Allen , who voiced Buzz in the films, expressed interest in doing another film as he "did not see any reason why they would not do it", while in that May, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , Tom Hanks , who voiced Woody , said that Toy Story 4 (2019) would be
6000-442: The 1989 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film , the first computer-generated film to do so . Tin Toy gained Disney's attention, and the new team at The Walt Disney Company , CEO Michael Eisner and chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg in the film division , sought to get Lasseter to come back. Lasseter, grateful for Jobs' faith in him, felt compelled to stay with Pixar, telling co-founder Ed Catmull , "I can go to Disney and be
6150-661: The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles , on June 8, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 17, in RealD 3D , 4DX , Dolby Cinema and IMAX formats. It became the first Pixar film to be released in theaters worldwide since Onward in March 2020, and the first to include scenes specifically formatted for IMAX theaters. Analysts considered the film to be
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6300-642: The El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 19, 1995, and was released in theaters in North America on November 22 of that year. It was the highest-grossing film during its opening weekend, eventually grossing over $ 373 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1995 . The film received critical acclaim, with praise directed towards the technical innovation of the animation, script, Randy Newman 's score, appeal to all age groups, and voice performances (particularly Hanks and Allen), and holds
6450-538: The Toy Story universe, whereas Star Command serves as a hand-drawn animated series based on the film, from which the toy versions of Buzz and Zurg derive. On May 4, 2022, production of Lightyear was completed after spending five and a half years in development. The budget was approximately $ 200 million. Producer Galyn Susman said that the creative team did not discuss bringing back the original voice actor for Buzz Lightyear, Tim Allen , in any capacity for this film because they believed that his voice would have tied
6600-505: The United Arab Emirates ) due to a scene featuring a same-sex kiss between Uzo Aduba's female character Alisha Hawthorne and her partner Kiko. The People's Republic of China (PRC) also requested that the scene in question be removed; however Disney declined to make the cuts. Indonesia stated that they did not ban the film, "but suggested the owner of the movie think about their audience in Indonesia where an LGBT kissing scene
6750-413: The "Black Friday Incident". The results were disastrous, and Disney's head of feature animation, Peter Schneider, halted production. Katzenberg asked colleague Thomas Schumacher why the reels were bad, to which Schumacher answered, "Because it's not their movie anymore; it's completely not the movie that John set out to make." Lasseter was embarrassed by the current state of the film, later recalling, "It
6900-440: The 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue . Comedy, compared with other film genres , places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In The Screenwriters Taxonomy (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon
7050-584: The Bomb , Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and The Graduate . In America, the sexual revolution drove an appetite for comedies that celebrated and parodied changing social morals, including Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Fanny Hill . In Britain, a camp sensibility lay behind the successful Carry On films , while in America subversive independent film-maker John Waters made camp films for college audiences with his drag queen friends that eventually found
7200-864: The El Capitan, where tickets included admission to the Totally Toy Story funhouse that Disney had built in the Hollywood Masonic Temple next door, the film opened on 2,281 screens on the 22nd and later expanded to 2,574. The film was also shown at the Berlin International Film Festival out of competition from February 15 to 26, 1996. Elsewhere, the film opened in March 1996. Marketing for Toy Story included $ 20 million spent by Disney for advertising as well as advertisers such as Burger King , PepsiCo , Coca-Cola , and Payless ShoeSource paying $ 125 million in promotions for
7350-536: The Space Ranger takes shape as he gets used to some alien surroundings. Also of note would be Lightyear's new companion, a robot cat that will also end up being comedic relief played by Peter Sohn ." Aaron Couch of The Hollywood Reporter had stated "The Lightyear trailer reveals that Buzz is sent on a rescue flight after he and a group of people are stranded on a planet. After a year of hard work, they've managed to send Buzz off world for help." On April 27, 2022,
7500-486: The Star Command crew upon the planet. Having worn out his own fuel, Zurg needs fresh fuel to travel further into the past and complete his mission, so he requests it from his younger self. Realizing this would erase Alisha and Kiko's life together, along with Izzy and the lives of all the other colonists, Buzz refuses. Aided by Zurg's Sox, Buzz and the cadets escape Zurg's ship and set it to self-destruct. On their return to
7650-405: The U.S. and Canada two weeks later. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 74% of 319 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's consensus reads: " Lightyear settles for being a rather conventional origin story instead of reaching for the stars, but this gorgeously animated adventure ably accomplishes its mission of straightforward fun." It
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#17328441264657800-480: The actors recording their lines, and let the software do the inbetweening . To sync the characters' mouths and facial expressions to the actors' recorded voices, animators spent a week per eight seconds of animation, as Lasseter felt that automatic lip syncing would not properly convey a character's emotions. The shading team, led by Tom Porter , used scans of real objects, as well as textures drawn by artists and created with procedural generation algorithms, to "dress"
7950-477: The animation process in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. They said that it is "overwhelming to see the full scale of what computer animation can do on the big screen". The animation team went to NASA to research about spaceships, space suits and overall set pieces as they wanted "everything to look like a live-action film rather than an animation". According to Lee, a 3D animator, who also worked on Toy Story 2 and 3 , said "The director wanted to make
8100-520: The animation took several "visual lessons" from early science fiction and space opera films such as those of the Star Wars franchise, though without intentionally imitating such films. Perception helped with the opening and end credits of the film. To design the vehicles of the film, MacLane used Lego pieces to build various ships such as the Armadillo and pitch them to the designers and artists to match
8250-488: The announcement of the film, a first look was shown at the Disney Investor Day on December 10, 2020. The marketing campaign for Lightyear began on October 27, 2021, with the release of a teaser trailer , set to David Bowie 's " Starman ", that received 83 million views in its first 24 hours. Compared to other Pixar films, the teaser's viewership ranks second behind a teaser for Incredibles 2 (114 million). It
8400-406: The aspect ratio? What do we want the feel of it to be from the lens? And it all sounds like kind of small, little things. But they all add up. Jeremy Lasky, about the shooting of Lightyear in IMAX format. For the IMAX release, Lightyear is the first ever animated feature film to have its aspect ratio opened up from 2.39:1 to 1.43:1 for select sequences of the film. Jane Yen, who served as
8550-560: The atmosphere to be puzzling and contentious. They later learned that while Katzenberg was pushing the idea of working with Pixar, Schneider did not want to bring in a non-Disney animation studio. Katzenberg arranged to meet directly with the Pixar contingent, this time including Lasseter and Jobs. The Pixar team proposed a Christmas television special , A Tin Toy Christmas , as a first step, but Katzenberg countered that as long as they were gearing up to transition from 30-second commercials to
8700-411: The availability of Pixar films at home after their three previous films, Soul (2020), Luca (2021), and Turning Red (2022), were released directly to Disney+ during the pandemic. Some box office analysts theorized that family audiences were reluctant to attend theaters in general due to COVID-19 concerns, although this was disproven after Minions: The Rise of Gru opened to $ 107 million in
8850-649: The award), Best Original Song for " You've Got a Friend in Me ", and Best Original Score —in addition to being honored with a non-competitive Special Achievement Academy Award . In 2005, Toy Story was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", one of nine films designated in its first year of eligibility. The success of Toy Story launched
9000-590: The beginning of something, like its narrative is a prologue stretched into a feature awaiting the much more interesting second and third and fifth installments down the road." RogerEbert.com -based critic Odie Henderson praised the score who called it as "one of Giacchino's best scores" and "a delectable spoof of bombastic space movie music that elevates every scene it plays under". Valerie Complex of Deadline Hollywood stated: " Lightyear does not rely too much on Toy Story lore to build its world, but it would have benefited from showing some connection to that part of
9150-708: The box office, there is an 'historical bias against a close and serious consideration of comedy' when it comes to critical reception and conferring of awards, such as at the Academy Awards . Film writer Cailian Savage observes "Comedies have won Oscars, although they’ve usually been comedy-dramas, involved very depressing scenes, or appealed to stone-hearted drama lovers in some other way, such as Shakespeare in Love ." According to Williams' taxonomy , all film descriptions should contain their type (comedy or drama) combined with one (or more) sub-genres. This combination does not create
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#17328441264659300-462: The character with a "dry sense of humor and blunt vocal delivery and also an innocence and caring nature". On May 5, 2022, a poster, stills from the film, and a "special look" trailer was released online. Fandango Media 's managing editor Erik Davis , and John Rocha, film critic for Outlaw Nation , predicted a demand for Sox toys, even before the film's release. Mattel , which had the master toy license for Toy Story franchise , had announced
9450-462: The character, and try to make some fresh tracks in the snow while paying homage to his work in the film". He eventually felt comfortable with his own interpretation and had to lower his voice for the role. Keke Palmer , Dale Soules , Uzo Aduba , James Brolin , Mary McDonald-Lewis, Efren Ramirez and Isiah Whitlock Jr. were reported to have been cast in supporting roles in February 2022, following
9600-436: The character, like the one in A League of Their Own , is down-and-out and despicable." To gauge how an actor's voice might fit with a character, Lasseter borrowed a common Disney technique: animate a vocal monologue from a well-established actor to meld the actor's voice with the appearance or actions of the animated character. This early test footage, using Hanks' voice from Turner & Hooch , convinced Hanks to sign on to
9750-511: The characters, Woody was the most complex, as he required 723 motion controls, including 212 for his face and 58 for his mouth. The first piece of animation, a 30-second test, was delivered to Disney in June 1992, when the company requested a sample of what the film would look like. Lasseter wanted to impress Disney with several things in the test that could not be done in traditional, hand-drawn animation, such as Woody's yellow plaid shirt with red stripes,
9900-435: The characters. 27 animators worked on the film, using 400 computer models to animate the characters. Each character was first either created out of clay or modeled from a computer-drawn diagram before reaching the computer-animated design. Once the animators had a model, its articulation and motion controls were coded; this allowed each character to move in a variety of ways, such as talking, walking, or jumping. Out of all of
10050-589: The chunky feel within the film. Originally, like Lego films , the world sets within the film via design and concept art. However, for the film, this is the first Pixar film to use Lego as part of their pipeline than what Lego does. MacLane already made a Lego design for WALL-E for the Lego Ideas set. Zurg was redesigned for the film, influenced by anime robots, to look more grounded and menacing than his previous appearances which MacLane believed were too comical. Korean animators Chun Sung-uk and Lee Chae-yeon worked on
10200-512: The designers and artists. For its IMAX scenes, the team used two virtual cameras, a regular camera with a 35mm equivalent sensor, and a larger sensor equivalent to 65 millimeters, a procedure earlier initiated by Pixar in WALL-E (2008). Development on Lightyear lasted for five and a half years, on an approximate $ 200 million budget. Michael Giacchino composed the film's score, while Ren Klyce served as its sound designer. Lightyear premiered at
10350-413: The doll. If you give the doll a voice and animate it, you're creating a persona for it that might not be every little girl's dream and desire." Hasbro likewise refused to license G.I. Joe (mainly because Sid was going to blow one up, prompting the filmmakers to instead use a fictional toy, Combat Carl ), but they did license Mr. Potato Head . The only real-life toy in the film that was not in production
10500-425: The drama [...] Chris Evans has the gravitas and that movie-star quality that our character needed to separate him and the movie from Tim's version of the toy in Toy Story ." Evans visited Pixar's offices one day and they pitched him the project during a visit; he accepted the offer immediately, given his love for animation. Evans credited Tim Allen as his guideline and also wanted to "create his own understanding of
10650-408: The family's moving van. The script went through many changes before the final version of it. Lasseter decided Tinny was "too antiquated"; the character was first changed to a military action figure in the likes of G.I. Joe and was then given a space theme. Tinny's name changed to Lunar Larry, then Tempus from Morph, and eventually Buzz Lightyear (after astronaut Buzz Aldrin ). Lightyear's design
10800-432: The film did not release theatrically in these territories following the demand of removing the same-sex kiss. The movie was released under the ratings of 18+ for Malaysia and 21+ for Indonesia (both Indonesian and Malaysian equivalents of the adults-only NC-17 ), with mature content warning included prior to the start of the film. IGN Southeast Asia also confirmed that the same-sex relationship remained untouched, even for
10950-479: The film earned $ 34.6 million from 43 international markets, bringing its worldwide three-day debut to $ 85.2 million. In its second weekend, Lightyear declined 64.1% to $ 18.2 million, the second-lowest sophomore drop for a Pixar film after Onward (73%), which opened at the onset of the pandemic. Both Deadline Hollywood and Variety attributed the performance to competition from Jurassic World Dominion and Top Gun: Maverick , though ultimately noted it as
11100-548: The film lost the studio $ 106 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues. In the United States and Canada, Lightyear was projected to gross $ 70–85 million from 4,255 theaters in its opening weekend, with some estimates reaching as high as $ 105 million. However, after making $ 20.7 million on its first day (including $ 5.2 million from Thursday night previews), estimates were lowered to $ 51–55 million. It went on to debut to $ 50.6 million, finishing second behind holdover Jurassic World Dominion . Additionally,
11250-430: The film to look "cinematic" and "chunky" in order to evoke the feeling of the science fiction films MacLane grew up with. In order to achieve this, they asked a former Industrial Light & Magic employee to build a spaceship model for them, from which the animators drew inspiration; this technique was inspired by designers for early science fiction films using models as inspiration for their sets and props. MacLane said
11400-406: The film too closely to Toy Story when the film aims to be its own stand-alone story while also saying: "Tim really is the embodiment of the toy Buzz, and this isn't the toy world, so it really doesn't make sense. There's not really a role. It would just cause more confusion for audiences instead of helping them understand the movie we're trying to tell." Chris Evans was announced as the voice of
11550-501: The film's scene with a same-sex kiss is inappropriate for children, saying that Disney sexualizes them. When asked about Lightyear in 2023, Pixar's chief creative officer Pete Docter stated that while the studio "love[s] the characters and the premise", he believed "we asked too much of the audience. When they hear Buzz, they're like, great, where's Mr. Potato Head and Woody and Rex? And then we drop them into this science fiction film that they're like, What ? [...] so I think there
11700-435: The film's tone to be "edgier". After several disastrous story reels , production was halted and the script was rewritten to better reflect the tone and theme Pixar desired: "toys deeply want children to play with them, and ... this desire drives their hopes, fears, and actions". The studio, then consisting of a relatively small number of employees, produced Toy Story under minor financial constraints. Toy Story premiered at
11850-495: The film's visual effects supervisor, spoke to /Film stating that the team had developed virtual IMAX cameras to shoot the sequences in 1.43:1 and then would be cropped to standard-definition. The film includes 30 minutes of IMAX animation. The team shot this footage using two different virtual cameras, a regular camera with a 35mm equivalent sensor and a 65mm equivalent sensor, which was earlier initiated by Pixar in WALL-E (2008). Recurrent Pixar composer Michael Giacchino
12000-459: The film. Billy Crystal was approached to play Buzz, and was given his own monologue, utilizing dialogue from When Harry Met Sally . However, he turned down the role, believing the film would be unsuccessful due to its animation. Crystal regretted this upon seeing the film; he subsequently accepted the role of Mike Wazowski in the 2001 Pixar film Monsters, Inc. . In addition to Crystal, Bill Murray , Chevy Chase and Jim Carrey , along with
12150-458: The film. It also planned for a sweepstake promotion, which enable customers to win several prizes, including private film screening and Disney merchandises. Singapore -based WE Cinemas announced the debut of "Lightyear Premium Pack" with refreshments marketed with stills and images from the film. A half-hour-long documentary featurette entitled Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
12300-582: The film. Marketing consultant Al Ries reflected on the promotion: "This will be a killer deal. How can a kid, sitting through a one-and-a-half-hour movie with an army of recognizable toy characters, not want to own one?" Despite this, Disney Consumer Products was slow to see the potential of Toy Story . When the Thanksgiving release date was announced in January 1995, many toy companies were accustomed to having eighteen months to two years of lead time and passed on
12450-414: The film. The film's signature song " You've Got a Friend in Me ", was written in one day. The song " Hakuna Matata " from The Lion King is heard briefly during the climax when Woody and Buzz are trying to get into the truck while riding RC. On Newman, Lasseter said, "His songs are touching, witty, and satirical, and he would deliver the emotional underpinning for every scene." The soundtrack for Toy Story
12600-418: The films and characters, including the rights to make sequels without Pixar's involvement, while Pixar would get approximately 12.5% of ticket sales. These early negotiations became a point of contention between Jobs and Eisner for many years. An agreement to produce a feature film based on Tin Toy with a working title of Toy Story was finalized, and production began soon thereafter. Originally, Toy Story
12750-473: The final installment in the franchise, but producer Mark Nielsen disclosed a possibility of a fifth film, as Pixar was not ruling out that possibility. In December 2020 at a Disney Investor Day meeting, Lightyear was announced as a spin-off film depicting the in-universe origin of the human Buzz Lightyear character, with Chris Evans providing the character's voice. When asked about the relationship between Lightyear and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command ,
12900-586: The first 30 minutes of the film was premiered at CinemaCon along with the second trailer, which released online six days earlier. It was positively received by critics, who referred to the film as "Pixar's Star Wars " and a "beautifully animated, fun, and emotional journey", and appreciated the cinematic qualities, including animation and visuals. Critics further went on to praise the robotic cat Sox voiced by Sohn, and called him "the standout performer." CNBC 's Sarah Whitten compared Sox, with K-2SO of Rogue One and Baymax from Big Hero 6 , attributing
13050-461: The following day. Overnight, Woody helps Buzz realize that his purpose is to make Andy happy, restoring Buzz's resolve. Sid takes Buzz out to blow him up, but Woody rallies the mutant toys to come to life in front of Sid and frighten him into never harming toys again. Now freed, Woody and Buzz pursue the Davis' moving truck , but Scud attacks Woody. Buzz stays behind to fight off the dog; Woody climbs into
13200-567: The following night at the Regency Center in San Francisco. According to David Price's 2008 book The Pixar Touch , the film deeply resonated with audiences, with even the adults being noticeably moved by the film. In some international territories, the theatrical release of the film was preceded by a re-release of the Roger Rabbit short Roller Coaster Rabbit . In addition to showing at
13350-453: The franchise instead of using title cards." She further praised the technical aspects, and wrote: "The animation is gorgeous and hyper-realistic. The art department put their all into designing this universe and its characters and robotic villains," but criticized the screenplay saying "sometimes the story becomes convoluted and drags on, almost like there was a need to pad the runtime, causing Lightyear to get into even more trouble and creating
13500-501: The funds necessary to negotiate with Disney as an equal partner, and optimistic about the impact the finished film would have, Jobs decided that he would schedule an initial public offering (IPO) of Pixar just a week after the film's November release. Both Disney and Pixar held separate premieres for Toy Story , with Disney holding theirs at their flagship El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 19, 1995, and Pixar holding theirs
13650-498: The future. And while screenwriters Jason Headley and Angus MacLane need that push-pull in order to tell a story about reconciling the lure of nostalgia with the potential for something new, it's hard for a movie to sell us on living in the moment when every scene feels like it's settling for less." Kaleem Aftab of Time Out called the film "a franchise low, Pixar's meta Toy Story spin-off gets lost in space." The film has received criticism from some conservatives, who have argued that
13800-517: The gang from Andy's room, we thought it would be great to let audiences experience the first two films all over again and in a brand new way. Translating the film into 3-D involved revisiting the original computer data and virtually placing a second camera into each scene, creating left eye and right eye views needed to achieve the perception of depth. Unique to computer animation, Lasseter referred to this process as "digital archaeology". The process took four months, as well as an additional six months for
13950-542: The hostile planet T'Kani Prime with his commander and crew, tries to find a way back home while encountering a threat to the universe's safety. The concept of a human Buzz Lightyear, who exists in a fictional universe within a fictional universe , was first introduced in the 2000 direct-to-video film Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins , which was the pilot for the TV series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000–2001). MacLane, an avid science-fiction fan, pitched
14100-455: The human Buzz Lightyear along with the project's announcement in December 2020. Evans was the first and only choice MacLane had for Buzz; MacLane defended the recasting as "Tim's version of Buzz [Lightyear] is a little goofier and is a little dumber, and so he is the comic relief. In this film, Buzz is the action hero. He's serious and ambitious and funny, but not in a goofy way that would undercut
14250-414: The human world, that's when I really blew out the 3-D to make it feel dangerous and deep and overwhelming. Comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor . These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending , with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it
14400-410: The hyperspace fuel. With every test, four more years pass on T'Kani Prime, until eventually over sixty-six years have passed. During this time, the colony develops, with Alisha raising a son with her wife Kiko, subsequently dying of old age, while Sox improves the fuel's composition, allowing it to obtain faster-than-light speeds. Against the orders of Alisha's successor Commander Cal Burnside, Buzz uses
14550-420: The idea of a film featuring Buzz Lightyear at Pixar, after finishing work on Finding Dory (2016). The project was officially announced in an investor meeting held by Disney in December 2020. The animators gave the film a "cinematic" and "chunky" look, evoking the science-fiction films MacLane grew up watching. To design the vehicles of the film, MacLane used Lego pieces to build various ships and pitch them to
14700-403: The internal polarizing uproar it caused within Disney, the scene was reinstated. Speaking to Variety 's Angelique Jackson, Evans had stated about the scene saying: "I've been asked the question a few times — it's nice, and it's wonderful, it makes me happy. It's tough to not be a little frustrated that it even has to be a topic of discussion [...] The goal is that we can get to a point where it
14850-508: The lackluster opening was attributed to brand confusion in the film's marketing. McClintock, Martha Ross of The Mercury News , and The Washington Post ' s Sonny Bunch also questioned if the response from people over the inclusion of a lesbian couple kissing and the decision not to cast Tim Allen in the role of Buzz Lightyear were the reasons for the film's low opening. Other box office analysts believed family audiences might have not shown up to theaters after becoming accustomed to
15000-426: The largest customer for Pixar's computers. Jobs made it apparent to Katzenberg that although Disney was happy with Pixar, it was not the other way around: "We want to do a film with you," said Jobs. "That would make us happy." Catmull, Smith, and head of animation Ralph Guggenheim met with Walt Disney Feature Animation president Peter Schneider in the summer of 1990 to discuss making a feature film, but they found
15150-401: The layout department, led by Craig Good, avoided the sweeping camera shots popular in computer animation at the time, and instead focused on emulating what would have been possible had the film been shot in live-action with real film cameras. The animation department, led by Rich Quade and Ash Brannon , used Pixar's Menv software to hand pose the characters at key frames based on videotape of
15300-415: The main character in a story should be defined by how they react to the obstacles they face, and that it is those obstacles that make characters interesting. Disney also appointed the duo Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow and, later, Joss Whedon to help develop the script. Whedon thought that while the script did not work, it had "a great structure". He added the character of Rex and sought a pivotal role for
15450-571: The name "Woody" to pay homage to the Western actor Woody Strode . The story department drew inspiration from films such as Midnight Run and The Odd Couple , and Lasseter screened Hayao Miyazaki 's Castle in the Sky for further influence. Since Toy Story ' s script writers had little experience with feature films, they attended a seminar given by screenwriter Robert McKee . They were inspired by his guidance, based on Aristotle 's Poetics , that
15600-414: The new fuel composition for a successful hyperspace test. However, he skips another twenty-two years into the future during which T'Kani Prime has been invaded by Zyclops robots led by Zurg, the robots' commander. Buzz meets up with members of the colony's defense forces, including Alisha's now-adult granddaughter Izzy Hawthorne, Mo Morrison, a fresh, naïve recruit, Darby Steel, an elderly paroled convict, and
15750-399: The objects in the film. The film required 800,000 machine hours and 114,240 frames of animation in total, divided between 1,561 shots that totaled over 77 minutes. Pixar was able to render less than 30 seconds of the film per day. Lasseter did not want to make Toy Story into a musical, as he felt that it would make the film feel less genuine. Whedon later agreed, saying "It would have been
15900-456: The other toys believe Woody has deliberately killed Buzz. Andy takes Woody with him, but Buzz furiously confronts him in the car. The two fight, fall out of the car, and are left behind; after a further quarrel, they hitch a ride to the restaurant on a Pizza Planet delivery truck. At Pizza Planet, Buzz mistakes a claw crane full of toy aliens for a rocket, and climbs in, pursued by Woody. Sid Phillips , Andy's sadistic next-door neighbor, takes
16050-456: The planet after the successful hyperspace test: without the robot army to detain them, soldiers from the colony attempted to arrest Buzz under Burnside's orders, forcing him to flee into space. This Buzz and his Sox escaped at full speed and, via time dilation, flew hundreds of years into the far future, where he encountered and stole extremely advanced technology, and eventually developed a way to travel back in time to prevent himself from stranding
16200-561: The planet via a crash landing, Zurg attacks and takes the fuel for himself. Buzz ejects to shoot the fuel, causing an explosion that seemingly kills Zurg. With the fuel gone, Buzz finally accepts T'Kani Prime as his home. Burnside arrests the group with the intention of detaining them for their reckless actions, but relents in light of Buzz's bravery against the robot armada. Allowed to revive the Space Ranger Corps, Buzz unexpectedly selects Izzy, Mo, Darby, and Sox as his first trainees. With
16350-524: The previously mentioned same-sex kiss. Disney+ in the Middle East and North Africa region (excluding Israel ) did not include the film as they decided to align with local censorship rules, meaning that content aimed at children that include LGBTQIA+ references, including this film, will not be released in these territories. It was streamed by 1.7 million U.S. households during its first five days on Disney+ according to Samba TV . According to Nielsen , it
16500-433: The production shutdown was "a very scary time" according to story department manager BZ Petroff. Schneider appealed directly to Eisner to cancel the project altogether. Stanton and the other story artists worked to quickly produce new script pages, with help from consultants such as Whedon, and the first revisions were completed in two weeks as promised. Pixar's script rewrites took three months, and saw Woody transformed from
16650-517: The project. Disney shopped the film at the Toy Fair trade show in February 1995, where only the small Canadian company Thinkway Toys, was interested in licensing the toy rights for the Toy Story characters. Disney promoted the film by inserting its trailer into the home-video re-release of Cinderella , showing a behind-the-scenes documentary on the Disney Channel , and incorporating the characters into
16800-418: The reflections in Buzz's helmet and the decals on his spacesuit, or Venetian blind shadows falling across Andy's room. There were eight teams that were responsible for different aspects of all of the shots. The art department was responsible for determining the overall color and lighting scheme. The layout department was responsible for determining the position of all elements of the shot, as well as programming
16950-458: The release of the official trailer. On May 6, 2022, European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake was revealed to have a cameo as "Tim from Mission Control". On May 25, it was revealed that Formula One drivers Carlos Sainz Jr. and Charles Leclerc would cameo in the film; both playing the same undisclosed character for the Spanish and Italian dubs of the film, respectively. The animators wanted
17100-442: The robot DERIC. While initially reluctant to work with them, Buzz eventually warms to them after they escape from a nest of insects and investigate a mining facility to repair their ship. Together, they plan to destroy the invading force at Zurg's mothership. As they head back to the ship, Zurg intervenes and captures Buzz, then reveals himself to be an older version of Buzz from an alternate timeline, which split upon Buzz's return to
17250-422: The same. As a compromise, although the characters would not sing, the movie would feature non-diegetic songs as background music. Despite this not happening, the first musical number is seen at the end of Toy Story 2 (1999), and Toy Story: The Musical (2012) is the first version of the original to actually feature the cast of characters singing. Randy Newman was hired, and composed three original songs for
17400-450: The scene where Sid interrogates Woody with a magnifying glass. The torture scene was removed because the crew felt that the audience would be so invested in Buzz and Woody's characters by that point that they would be uncomfortable watching them being subjected to such violence. Another scene, in which Woody tries to get Buzz's attention when he was stuck in the box crate while insincerely apologizing for accidentally getting him knocking out of
17550-427: The scenes. The "Render Farm" used Sun Microsystems computers, running around the clock, to produce the final frames of the film. The camera team recorded the finished frames, which had been rendered at a resolution of 1536 by 922, onto film stock. Finally, Skywalker Sound mixed sound effects, the musical score, and the dialogue to create the audio for the film. In order to make the film feel as realistic as possible,
17700-477: The script on January 19, 1993, at which point voice casting began. Paul Newman , who subsequently accepted the role of Doc Hudson in the 2006 Pixar film Cars , was considered for the role of Woody. Robin Williams and Clint Eastwood were also considered for Woody, but Lasseter always wanted Tom Hanks to play the role. Lasseter claimed that Hanks "has the ability to take emotions and make them appealing. Even if
17850-430: The start of the winter holiday season. Sources indicate that Jobs lacked confidence in the film during its production, and had been exploring the possibility of selling Pixar to companies such as Hallmark Cards and Microsoft . However, as the film progressed, Jobs, like Schneider, became increasingly passionate about the film and the transformative nature of what Pixar might be able to accomplish. Eager for Pixar to have
18000-453: The sunroof of Mrs. Davis' car, landing safely inside. As the toys listen in on the Christmas gift opening in the new house, Mr. Potato Head is delighted when Molly gets a Mrs. Potato Head . Woody and Buzz jokingly ponder what gift could be "worse" than Buzz, only to nervously smile at each other when Andy gets a dachshund puppy . John Lasseter 's first experience with computer animation
18150-422: The test pilot for the hyperspace fuel crystal they will need to develop to return home. One year later, the crew has constructed a new colony to conduct repairs. However, after a four-minute test flight, Buzz finds that four years have passed on T'Kani Prime, due to the effects of time dilation from having traveled at relativistic speeds. Buzz is introduced to an orange robotic feline Sox and continues testing
18300-503: The toys with laughter. Toy Story was both Hanks' and Allen's first animated film, and they recorded their lines together to make their characters' chemistry and interactions realistic. Every couple of weeks, Lasseter and his team showed Disney their latest storyboards or footage. Disney was impressed by Pixar's technical innovation, but less so of the plot. Katzenberg discarded most of Pixar's script ideas, giving his own extensive notes. Katzenberg primarily wanted to add "more edginess" to
18450-402: The truck, and pushes RC out to rescue Buzz. Still thinking Woody has killed another toy, the others also toss him out of the truck. Woody and Buzz pursue the truck on RC, and the other toys see them and realize their mistake. RC's batteries run out, forcing Woody to ignite the rocket strapped to Buzz. Buzz opens his wings to sever the tape just before the rocket explodes; he and Woody glide through
18600-429: The two films to add the 3-D. The lead stereographer Bob Whitehill oversaw this process and sought to achieve an effect that affected the emotional storytelling of the film: When I would look at the films as a whole, I would search for story reasons to use 3-D in different ways. In Toy Story , for instance, when the toys were alone in their world, I wanted it to feel consistent with a safer world. And when they went out to
18750-421: The two from the crane to his house, where they encounter his Bull Terrier Scud and his "mutant" toys, made from parts of other toys he has destroyed. Buzz, after watching a television commercial promoting him, suffers an existential crisis , realizing he is a toy after all. He attempts to fly but falls and breaks his arm. After Sid's toys fix Buzz, Sid tapes Buzz to a firework rocket , planning to blow him up
18900-505: The two main characters, as Disney wanted Toy Story to appeal to both children and adults, and they asked for adult references to be added to the film. The characters ended up being stripped of their charm, with Hanks, while recording Woody's dialogue for the story reels, pointed out that the Woody character had been made into a "real jerk". Pixar screened the first half of the film for Disney executives on November 19, 1993—an event they later dubbed
19050-467: The two worried about the arrival of Andy's new puppy. The crew had difficulty analysing the film's quality due to footage being in scattered pieces. Some animators felt the film would be a significant disappointment commercially but felt animators and animation fans would find it interesting. Schneider had grown optimistic about the film as it neared completion, and he announced a United States release date of November, coinciding with Thanksgiving weekend and
19200-441: The tyrannosaur , Hamm the piggy bank , and Bo Peep the porcelain doll — become concerned that Andy might receive something that will replace them. To calm them, Sheriff Woody , Andy's favorite toy and their de facto leader, sends Sarge and his green army men to spy on Andy's birthday party with a baby monitor . Andy receives a Buzz Lightyear action figure , who believes he is an actual Space Ranger and does not know he
19350-418: The unknown world T'Kani Prime. Woken from hibernation, Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear and his commanding officer and best friend Alisha Hawthorne explore with a new recruit. They are forced to retreat to their exploration vessel after discovering that the planet hosts hostile lifeforms. Blaming himself for damages the vessel sustained during the retreat, forcing the crew to return to the surface, Buzz volunteers as
19500-425: The virtual camera's position and movements. The animation department created the movements of the characters, generally with one animator being assigned to animate an entire shot, but occasionally with each character having its own animator. The shading team used Pixar's RenderMan software to assign surface textures and reflectivity properties to objects. The lighting team placed global, spot, and flood lighting within
19650-467: The window, was shortened because the creators felt it would lose the energy of the film. A test screening in July 1995 received encouraging responses from the audience, but the film was not rated as highly as had been hoped, leading to another last-minute round of edits. Eisner, who attended the screening, suggested that the final shot of the film should be of both Woody and Buzz, leading to the film's final shot of
19800-464: Was Slinky Dog, which had been discontinued since the 1970s. When designs for Slinky were sent to Betty James (Slinky inventor Richard James 's wife) she said that Pixar had improved the toy and that it was "cuter" than the original. On October 2, 2009, Toy Story was re-released in Disney Digital 3-D . The film was also released with Toy Story 2 as a double feature for a two-week run which
19950-453: Was "fantastic" in the role. Before Wallace Shawn and Jim Varney were cast as Rex and Slinky Dog, Rick Moranis and John Cleese were originally considered for the roles. To cast Andy, Pixar held an open call for young male actors to bring a toy with them. John Morris (who voices Andy in the film) brought multiple toys, specifically 45 X-Men figures, contrary to the instructions of bringing just one, and Pixar reacted to his dumping of
20100-400: Was a story filled with the most unhappy, mean characters that I've ever seen." Katzenberg allowed him to take the script back to Pixar for rewrites, and the production crew shifted to television commercials while the head writers worked out a new script, being funded personally by Jobs until Disney resumed production. Although Lasseter attempted to keep morale high by remaining outwardly buoyant,
20250-470: Was allowed to pitch the idea of making a Buzz Lightyear film, having always wondered what movie Andy Davis saw in the original Toy Story (1995) to get interested in a Buzz Lightyear action figure. MacLane, a science fiction fan, had felt attracted to the character of Buzz since he started working at Pixar , feeling that the film's story was very "personal" for him, whose favorite movie since childhood had been Star Wars (1977). An aspect present in
20400-447: Was announced to compose the score for the film, marking his eighth collaboration with the studio and the second time he would score an installment to a film franchise from Pixar that is traditionally scored by Randy Newman , after Cars 2 (2011). He earlier scored for the Toy Story television specials: Toy Story of Terror! (2013) and Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014), the former was written and directed by MacLane. Following
20550-417: Was directed by Angus MacLane and produced by Galyn Susman, from a screenplay and story written by MacLane and Jason Headley, both of whom co-wrote the latter with Matthew Aldrich. It stars Chris Evans as the voice of the title character, with Keke Palmer , Peter Sohn , Taika Waititi , Dale Soules , James Brolin , and Uzo Aduba in supporting roles. The film follows Lightyear who, after being marooned on
20700-415: Was during his work as an animator at Walt Disney Feature Animation , when two of his friends showed him the light-cycle scene from Tron . It was an eye-opening experience that awakened Lasseter to the possibilities offered by the new medium of computer-generated animation. Lasseter tried to pitch The Brave Little Toaster as a fully computer-animated film to Disney, but the idea was rejected and Lasseter
20850-485: Was extended due to its success. In addition, the film's second sequel, Toy Story 3 , was also released in the 3-D format. Lasseter commented on the new 3-D re-release: The Toy Story films and characters will always hold a very special place in our hearts and we're so excited to be bringing this landmark film back for audiences to enjoy in a whole new way thanks to the latest in 3-D technology. With Toy Story 3 shaping up to be another great adventure for Buzz, Woody, and
21000-524: Was fired. He then went on to work at Lucasfilm and in 1986, he became a founding member of Pixar . In 1986, Pixar was purchased by entrepreneur and Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs . At Pixar, Lasseter created short, computer-animated films to show off the Pixar Image Computer 's capabilities. In 1988, Lasseter produced the short film Tin Toy , which was told from the perspective of a toy, referencing Lasseter's love of classic toys. Tin Toy won
21150-453: Was going to feature "Tinny", the wind-up one-man band toy from the Tin Toy short film, along with "the dummy", a ventriloquist's dummy . While the film's premise was still about toys' desire to be played with by children, the rest of the film's script, which involved Tinny being left behind at a gas station, meeting up with the dummy, and having a series of adventures before finding their way into
21300-441: Was impressed with what he heard. The two companies began negotiations, although they disagreed on key points including whether Disney would get the rights to Pixar's animation technology or whether Pixar would retain partial ownership of the films, characters, and home video and sequel rights. As Pixar was nearing bankruptcy and desperate for funds, they settled on a deal that would allow Disney to have complete ownership and control of
21450-462: Was modeled on the suits worn by Apollo astronauts as well as the aforementioned G.I. Joe action figures. Also, the green and purple color scheme on Lightyear's suit was inspired by Lasseter and his wife, Nancy, whose favorite colors are green and purple, respectively. Woody was inspired by a Casper the Friendly Ghost doll that Lasseter had when he was a child; he was a ventriloquist's dummy with
21600-412: Was not mediocre pay but the allure of taking part in the first computer-animated feature. Lasseter said of the challenges of computer animation, "We had to make things look more organic. Every leaf and blade of grass had to be created. We had to give the world a sense of history. So the doors are banged up, the floors have scuffs." The film began with animated storyboards to guide the animators in developing
21750-435: Was positively reviewed by commentators, with CNN -based editor Leah Asmelash writing, "the trailer filled many millennials with sentimentality". The first trailer was released online on February 8, 2022, and was then aired at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022. ComicBook.com 's Aaron Perine opined that "the animated movie will be as comedic as expected of these family movies" and further stated "Chris Evans' version of
21900-402: Was produced by Walt Disney Records and was released on November 22, 1995, the week of the film's release. The film's editors, including Lee Unkrich , worked on Toy Story up until the September 1995 deadline to deliver a final cut for scoring and sound design. According to Unkrich, a scene removed from the original final edit featured Sid torturing Buzz and Woody violently at his house before
22050-518: Was released on the Disney+ streaming service on June 10 in anticipation of the film's release, chronicling the conception and production of Lightyear . Lightyear premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles , on June 8, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 17, 2022, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in RealD 3D, 4DX, Dolby Cinema, and IMAX formats. It
22200-455: Was the 2nd most watched movie in the United States across all platforms, during the weekend of August 5, 2022, to August 7, 2022. According to the streaming aggregator Reelgood, Lightyear was the 10th most watched program across all platforms, during the week of August 12, 2022. According to Nielsen Holdings , Lightyear was the 9th most streamed movie across all platforms, during the week of August 29, 2022, to September 4, 2022. Lightyear
22350-470: Was the most watched movie worldwide on Disney+ in August 2022. It was on the number one spot on the platform for 35 days consecutively. Lightyear grossed $ 118.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 108.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 226.4 million. It was the fourth highest-grossing animated film of 2022 in the U.S. and the fifth worldwide. Deadline Hollywood calculated
22500-419: Was viewed for 1.3 billion minutes and ranked third overall in streaming titles for the week. Its viewership fell sharply in the second week to 700 million minutes, with the film being positioned tenth overall and third among all streaming films. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Lightyear on Ultra HD Blu-ray , DVD and Blu-ray on September 13, 2022. According to Whip Media , Lightyear
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