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Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Confirmed for Theatrical Release in New Trailer (Video)

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#Lightyear, only in theaters June 17. pic.twitter.com/ZLpO6t5yCAEven bigger than the new footage is the news that “Lightyear” will be headed to theaters, including IMAX large format theaters.

This will be the first Pixar animated feature to have a wide theatrical release since “Onward” came out in the spring of 2020 just a few days before the pandemic shut everything down.There have been various reports that Pixar animators were disappointed by their relegation to Disney+ original films, although they have been hugely popular – “Soul” won the Best Animated Feature Oscar last year and “Turning Red,” released earlier this March, set records on Disney+.Still, it stood to reason that “Lightyear,” tangentially part of the “Toy Story” franchise and carrying with it the colossal weight and expectation (and oversized merchandise potential) that goes along with it, would be a theatrical-exclusive endeavor.

It was far from a sure thing, though, so it is good to know that it will be hitting theaters – and IMAX too!“Lightyear” stars Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Josh Brolin (as Zurg!), Peter Sohn, Uzo Aduba and Taika Waititi, uncovers the origins of the famed space ranger and is fashioned as a hard sci-fi spectacle, directed by Pixar stalwart Angus MacLane.

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