Alternate Versions of Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ That We’ll Never See
thewrap.com“Lightyear” has landed … on VOD and Disney+.The latest Pixar adventure imagines the movie that Andy watched in 1995 that inspired his love of the Buzz Lightyear character. (The actual toy is most likely from a Saturday morning cartoon spin-off, hence the cartoon-y look of the action figure.) “Lightyear” is a rip-roaring ride, with this version of Buzz (now voiced by Chris Evans), attempting to rescue a community of colonists from a hostile planet, after their ship crash lands and their fuel cell is damaged.
Combining hard sci-fi with the kind of emotionality you expect from a Pixar movie, it might have been overlooked in theaters but can find a loving audience at home.Of course, as with any Pixar movie, “Lightyear” went through some major changes along the way to its final version.
Here are some of the versions of “Lightyear” that you’ll never see, with commentary from co-writer/director Angus MacLane and producer Gayln Susman. (We used the wonderful “Art of Lightyear,” from Chronicle Books, for reference.
And suggest you check out the deleted scenes section of the digital release of “Lightyear” too.) As Susman said at one point during our conversation, “Trust me, you saw the best version of the movie.
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