Tim Allen Says ‘Lightyear’ Is a ‘Wonderful Story,’ But Has ‘Nothing to Do’ With the Character He Originated
thewrap.comtold Extra. But the actor’s claim that “a whole new team” created “Lightyear” is, perhaps unsurprisingly, categorically untrue.
Angus MacLane, who co-wrote and directed “Lightyear,” has been at Pixar for many years. In fact, the first feature he worked on for the studio was 1999’s “Toy Story 2.” He worked on “Toy Story 3” and directed “Small Fry,” a “Toy Story” short that Allen starred in, as well as “Toy Story of Terror” (also co-starring Allen). “Lightyear” was green lit and championed by John Lasseter, the Pixar exec who directed “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2.” (He left the studio in 2018 after sexual misconduct allegations.) Composer Michael Giacchino scored “Toy Story of Terror” and “The Toy Story That Time Forgot.” And the list goes on from there.Allen, who last voiced Buzz in 2019’s “Toy Story 4,” also claimed that he thought the “Lightyear” project was a live-action film and not an animated feature.“It’s a wonderful story,” Allen said. “It just doesn’t seem to have any connection to the toy, and it’s a little … I don’t know.
It just has no relationship to Buzz. It’s just no connection. I wish there was a better connection to this.”To recap: “Lightyear” is the movie that Andy saw that made him want a Buzz Lightyear toy.
The actual toy that appears in the “Toy Story” movies is actually from an animated series that probably followed in the wake of the “Lightyear” movie (as “The Real Ghostbusters” followed “Ghostbusters”).
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