Chris Evans is stepping into the role of our beloved animated space ranger. During Disney’s Investor Day on Dec. 10, 2020, the former Captain America was revealed to be voicing Buzz Lightyear in Disney and Pixar’s upcoming film “Lightyear,” an origin story that predates the “Toy Story” movie series.
Right after the reveal, Evans expressed his excitement on social media, writing, “Working with Pixar is a dream come true. I’ve been a massive fan of their films since the very beginning. My team could barely contain their excitement when they told me that Pixar had a pitch for me. All they said was ‘Buzz Lightyear.'” Though the actor wrote that Tim Allen’s voice work could never be touched, he went on to say, “This one is gonna special, and it doesn’t step on a single thing. I can’t even put my excitement into words. I smile every time I think about it.”
Described as “the definitive story of the original Buzz Lightyear,” the Pixar film follows the journey of a young test pilot who becomes the space ranger that spawns the ever-popular Buzz Lightyear action figure from “Toy Story.” In the latest trailer, released on Feb. 9, Evans’s Buzz Lightyear finds himself on a space mission on a remote planet where he and his colleagues are faced with aliens and robots. But have no fear, Buzz has his “personal companion robot,” aka his robot cat named Socks, to help him out, too.
Ahead, get all the details about the origin film, including the cast, premiere date, and trailers, before it hits theatres this year.
