It’s all so bewildering, and it seems highly unlikely that the release of Lightyear this summer will do anything much to clear up the mess. But when you see the film in IMAX, those shots are actually shot "in IMAX," for lack of a better word [. Allowed to revive the Space Ranger Corps, Buzz unexpectedly selects Izzy, Mo, Darby, and Sox as his first trainees.

According to the streaming aggregator Reelgood, Lightyear was the 10th most watched program across all platforms, during the week of August 12, 2022. The goal is that we can get to a point where it is the norm, and that this doesn't have to be some uncharted waters, that eventually this is just the way it is. The concept differs from Toy Story in that it tells the story of the original Buzz Lightyear character, as opposed to the Tim Allen-voiced toy version which featured alongside Woody and Mr Potato Head in Pixar's film series. The statement that opens the film, clarifying Lightyear to be a film within a film of the Toy Story franchise.Chris Evans on Disney Restoring the Same-Sex Kiss in Pixar's 'Lightyear' and Embracing Buzz's Human Side".

Disney declined to make the cuts and is expected to put "Lightyear" out directly on streaming service Disney+ Hotstar.With a new fuel crystal created using the computer left behind during the mutiny, Buzz and his team embark on a new adventure. According to Nielsen Holdings, Lightyear was the 9th most streamed movie across all platforms, during the week of August 29, 2022, to September 4, 2022. The marketing campaign for Lightyear began on October 27, 2021, with the release of a teaser trailer, set to David Bowie's " Starman", that received 83 million views in its first 24 hours. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for its animation, score, visuals, technical aspects, and entertainment value, but criticism for its screenplay.

Other box office analysts believed family audiences might have not shown up to theaters after becoming accustomed to the availability of Pixar films at home after their three previous films, Soul, Luca, and Turning Red, were released directly to Disney+ during the pandemic. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Lightyear on Ultra HD Blu-ray, DVD and Blu-ray on September 13, 2022.

Producer Galyn Susman said that the creative team did not discuss bringing back the original voice actor for Buzz Lightyear, Tim Allen, in any capacity for this film because they believed that his voice would have tied the film too closely to Toy Story when the film aims to be its own stand-alone story while also saying: "Tim really is the embodiment of the toy Buzz, and this isn't the toy world, so it really doesn't make sense. They are forced to retreat to their exploration vessel after discovering that the planet hosts hostile lifeforms. Lightyear was banned in the Muslim world (including Bahrain, Brunei, [70] Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, [71] and the United Arab Emirates) [72] [73] [74] [75] due to a scene featuring a same-sex kiss between Uzo Aduba's female character Alisha Hawthorne and her partner Kiko. The problem with Pixar's latest feature isn't just that it's the animation house's dullest, dreariest, most spiritually empty to date.