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Among the layoffs that took place at the Walt Disney Company were job cuts at Pixar that included the director and producer of Lightyear, Deadline has confirmed. Director Angus MacLane, a 26-year animator who was part of the Senior Creative Team in animated films like Coco, Incredibles 2 and Toy Story…

Deadline's Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament took a hiatus during the pandemic as movie theaters closed for the majority of 2020-2021 and theatrical day-and-date titles on both the big screen and studios' respective streaming platforms became more prevalent. Coming back from that brink, the studios have…

After working on multiple Toy Story films and shorts, director Angus MacLane began to wonder about the inspiration for the character of Buzz Lightyear. Since Buzz, the toy, is based on Andy’s favorite movie, why not make that movie? Lightyear tells the story of Buzz Lightyear, the space ranger, as he…

Ending a stretch of almost three months when Stranger Things was No. 1 or No. 2, The Sandman knocked it down to third place for the week of August 8 to 14. Nielsen said the fantasy drama series won the week with almost 1.4 billion minutes of viewing. After finishing No. 4 in the previous week, The Sandman added about…

With five titles surpassing 1 billion minutes of streaming, the week of August 1-7 found a familiar champion on the Nielsen streaming chart: Stranger Things. The Netflix mainstay declined 22% from the prior week but still racked up 1.42 billion minutes of streaming, enabling it to hold off the competition. It is the…

Singapore's government has confirmed that it will continue to restrict LGBTQ film and media content to older audiences, despite overturning a decades-old law that banned gay sex. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on national TV on Sunday that the city-state would be abolishing the 377A law, which bans…

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…

Hollywood is spending a lot of time and money in its effort to steer around the culture wars, but some contend it's a hopeless mission: A growing sector of society is so polarized that “left” and “right” have melted into a blur. Hence a same-sex kiss between Lightyear power rangers stirs angst in Florida and bans in…

Disney and Pixar have announced that their latest animated feature Lightyear will be available for streaming on Disney+ starting August 3rd. “‘Lightyear’ looks amazing on the big screen, of course, but we are so excited to bring it to Disney+,” said the film’s director Angus MacLane in a statement. “We devoted years…

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…

UPDATE, writethru: Coming in slightly above the estimates we reported on Saturday, Universal/Illumination's Minions: The Rise Of Gru has boogied to an $87.2M weekend at the international box office. That lifts the offshore cume to $93.7M for $202.2M worldwide to date. The Rise Of Gru, the latest entry in the globe's…