Pixarin tuleva animaatioelokuva on Lightyear, jossa kerrotaan Toy Story -elokuvista tutun Buzz-hepun tarina. Äänenä kuullaan Chris Evansia eikä suinkaan Tim Allenia, kuten ehkä olisi sopinut odottaa. Nyt ohjaaja Angus MacLane on kertonut syyn ratkaisulle.
IGN:n mukaan ohjaaja halusi jotain erilaista, ja jotain sellaista, joka ei vaikuta hauskalta.
"Because (Buzz's) voice is so iconic, you run the risk of, of imitation. And I never wanted as someone that was going to imitate that that character voice, but I wanted something to be different."
"I wanted somebody who was not going to be goofy, funny. It is so hard to make a character that is a side character to a main character. You need to kind of step back and rethink it a little bit. I knew that the character was iconic enough that you needed someone with the gravitas and seriousness and the balance of comedy and drama for the actor was a very, very narrow window of actor that could do it. And there was a lot of comedy and serious action stuff that we'd seen Chris Evans do and and had always exemplified, and it was always impressed by his ability to not seem too goofy, but be able to laugh at himself. And it is really essential for the character."
Edelleen MacLanen mukaan Chris Evans oli ensimmäinen vaihtoehto rooliin siksi, että Evans muistetaan Marvelin Captain American roolistaan.
Lightyear saapuu ensi-iltaan 20. heinäkuuta 2022.