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Will Poulter is finally addressing the memes on social media that compare him to Sid Phillips, the bully from Toy Story. The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 actor recalled in an interview that he was mistaken for the animated character that was voiced in the Disney-Pixar film by Erik von Detten.…

Animated sequels to Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia are in the works, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced on today’s Q1 earnings call. “Today I’m so pleased to announce that we have sequels in the works from our animation studios to some of our most popular franchises, Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia,” Iger…

The U.S. Postal Service today released a series of Forever stamps featuring Buzz Lightyear, the beloved character that originated in Disney-Pixar’s animated Toy Story films. "Go Beyond" is a pane of 20 stamps that feature the Space Ranger as seen in this year’s origins movie Lightyear, who in the Toy Story universe…

Tom Hanks says he “didn't understand” the decision to cast Chris Evans in the role of Buzz Lightyear in the new movie, replacing his longtime co-star Tim Allen. Hanks, the original voice of Woody in the Toy Story franchise, was asked on his Elvis publicity round how he felt to be up against a Buzz Lightyear film in…

The original Buzz Lightyear has finally spoken about the controversy over Chris Evans voicing the main character in Disney/Pixar’s Lightyear origin story. “The short answer is I’ve stayed out of this ’cause it has nothing to do [with my Buzz Lightyear],” Allen told Extra of the new film in an interview published…

A spinoff was bound to come out sooner or later. Did we need an origin story to the Buzz Lightyear character from Toy Story? No. But the Lightyear film by Angus MacLane certainly does know how to build a world around the character we only learned about through the Pixar franchise. The film is about a flight, failure…

To infinity … and before! Here is our first look at Lightyear, the Disney/Pixar origins story of Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story films. Check out the trailer above and the teaser poster below. Chris Evans takes over the titular voice role from Tim Allen, who handled the duties in all four Toy…

Disney and Pixar unveiled the teaser trailer for their upcoming animated Toy Story spinoff feature Lightyear. Directed by Angus MacLane (Finding Dory), the film stars Chris Evans and was written by Pete Docter, who also serves as executive producer, with Galyn Susman as producer.  Lightyear will follow how the young…

Hasbro will rebrand its classic Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head toy line as simply “Potato Head,” adapting and better reflecting today’s modern families and gender identities. The toy brand announced on Thursday that while it will drop the “Mr.” from the toy brand and logo, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head will still remain in the…

Well, it did sound a little too good – and too sad – to be true. A viral video explaining the tragic backstory to Pixar’s 1995 hit Toy Story is fake, says Pixar’s Andrew Stanton, who co-wrote all three Toy Story films. “Complete and utter fake news,” Stanton tweeted today, signing off with the hashtag…

UPDATED: John Lasseter will direct Toy Story 4 and it will be released on June 16, 2017, Disney boss Bob Iger just said in the company’s earnings call with analysts. This is a bit of a shocker as the principals behind the three Disney/Pixar hits have often said there were no plans for a fourth pic in the franchise…

The history of special effects and CG in film and their close relationship with today’s top-notch digital animation is the focus of author Christopher Finch’s new lavish 368-page book The CG Story: Computer Generated Animation and Special Effects, which peels the curtain back on CG pioneers like George Lucas, Steven Sp…