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The famous Space Ranger from Toy Story will have the right to a solo film this year with Buzz Lightyear the movie (Lightyear in VO). The new trailer released in February allowed us to learn more about this galactic Origin Story. The editorial staff of HelloSolar.info takes stock of the information to remember about this new project carried out by Pixar studios.
Who is Buzz Lightyear?
It’s hard to miss Buzz Lightyear as he marked several generations of spectators. Appeared for the first time in 1995 in Toy Story first of the name, the character is the last toy that young Andy has just received. Since then, he has been present in the four films of the saga made to date. Serving first as antagonist and then as protagonist alongside Woody, Buzz is heavily inspired by astronaut Buzz Aldrin. His popularity is such that he is the only character in the franchise to have had the right to a solo spin-off with the animated series The Adventures of Buzz Lightyear, released in 2000.
Always popular with the general public, the Space Ranger has the right to a new spin-off with Buzz Lightyear the movie. This project intends to offer our hero a new start, closer to the Adventures of Buzz Lightyear series than Toy Story.. The work will focus on the story of Buzz the human, astronaut and adventurer, and will not take up the “toy character” of the first films, friend of Woody, Zigzag, Rex and Mr. Potato Head.
As said before, Buzz Lightyear the movie is not about the eponymous toy, but about a human astronaut of the same name. In fact, this work must be considered either as a story completely disconnected from the original filmseither as a cinematographic work belonging to the diegesis of Toy Story, and whose toy Buzz Lightyear would be a product derived from said film. Both the toy and the human share the same fictional story, but are not the same character strictly speaking.
An intergalactic Origin Story
The latest trailer released allowed us to learn many elements of the plot developed by the film upon its release.. Buzz is a seasoned astronaut, stuck with other human colonists on a hostile planet for a year now.. The colony has spent this time preparing for a return trip, and Buzz must scout out to repatriate his fellows. Except that the space flight will not go as planned, and the space explorer will quickly find himself confronted with mysterious enemies.
Apart from Buzz himself, we still have little information on the secondary characters. Buzz will be supported by an engineer during part of the plot, then he will eventually find other Space Rangers. As is often the case with science fiction films, our hero will be accompanied by an artificial intelligence which, in this case, will take the form of a robotic cat named Sox. But the most important information concerns the main antagonist, a role taken on by the terrible Emperor Zurg. As of now, nothing is confirmed, but the figure chasing Buzz in the trailer shares some striking similarities with the character that appeared in Toy Story.
A summer outing
With this new trailer, the release date of this Pixar production becomes clearer. It will be necessary to wait until mid-June 2022 to attend the first supposed sessions of Buzz Lightyear in France. Supposed sessions, because Disney could reserve the right to release the film directly on its Disney+ streaming platform. The new media timeline allows the studio to release its productions 17 months after their theatrical releases, a time frame that does not particularly suit the American giant. Anyway, you will have to wait until June 22 to discover this new space adventure in theaters or directly in your living room..
