Lightyear is an American computer-animated science-fiction action film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. A spin-off of the Toy Story film series, the film acts as an origin story for the character Buzz Lightyear. The film stars the voices of Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Taika Waititi, Peter Sohn, Uzo Aduba, James Brolin, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Efren Ramirez and Isiah Whitlock Jr. It was released in theaters June 17, 2022 in the United States, before releasing on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar on August 3, 2022.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
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Buzz Lightyear
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Chris Evans | |
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Izzy Hawthorne
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Keke Palmer | |
| Keira Hairston (younger) | |||
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Sox
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Peter Sohn | |
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Mo Morrison
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Taika Waititi | |
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Darby Steel
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Dale Soules | |
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Emperor Zurg
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James Brolin | |
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Alisha Hawthorne
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Uzo Aduba | |
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I.V.A.N.
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Mary McDonald-Lewis | |
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Commander Cal Burnside
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Isiah Whitlock Jr. | |
 
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ERIC / DERIC
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Angus MacLane | |
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Zyclops
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Featheringhamstan
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Bill Hader | |
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Airman Diaz
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Efren Ramirez | |
| Tim from Launch Control | Tim Peake (UK version only) | ||
International versions[]
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Albanian | Lightyear |
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Macedonian | Лајтиар |
Censorship[]
Notably, the film includes an on-screen same-sex kiss between Alisha Hawthorne and her wife Kiko. The scene was initially omitted from the film during its production, but by mid-March 2022 it had been reinstated into the film, following an uproar from various Pixar employees over The Walt Disney Company's weak response to the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act (disparagingly nicknamed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by its detractors), as well as allegations that Disney outright censored LGBTQ themes within Pixar's own movies.[3]
The scene's reinstatment resulted in the film getting banned from screening in Bahrain, Brunei, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates, after Disney refused to cut the scene as requested by local censors.[4][5][6] In Türkiye, the film was scheduled to release in theaters on June 7, 2022, but it was delayed to September 2nd before being pulled from the schedule indefinitely.[7] It was also banned in Kazakhstan for the same reasons after the country's Culture and Sports Minister responded to complaints from local conservative and religious groups,[8][9] despite the film's official Russian dub being produced in said country.
The aforementioned kiss scene also caused Lightyear to be omitted (along with Baymax!) from Disney+ in Arab countries,[10] despite the fact that full Egyptian and Standard Arabic dubs were produced.[11] However, it was later released uncensored on Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia and Malaysia in August 2022 along with the film's Indonesian and Malay dubs.[12] While the film was ultimately not released in Türkiye and China, full Turkish and Chinese Mandarin dubs were still produced nonetheless, and released on Disney+ outside of these countries in August 2022 for the former and sometime in 2023 for the latter.
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References[]
- ↑ https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=529686502490352&set=a.506842461441423
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=833231514995693&set=pb.100049265566092.-2207520000
- ↑ Vary, Adam B. (March 18, 2022). Same-Sex Kiss Restored in Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Following Staff Uproar Over ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill (EXCLUSIVE). Retrieved on 2024 August 15.
- ↑ Richwine, Lisa (June 14, 2022). Exclusive: Disney/Pixar's 'Lightyear,' with same-sex couple, will not play in 14 countries; China in question. Retrieved on 2022 November 4.
- ↑ Gambrell, Jon (June 17, 2022). Disney’s ‘Lightyear’ banned in Muslim world for lesbian kiss. Retrieved on 2022 August 11.
- ↑ Wei, Nathan. China’s ban of LGBTQ content in movies didn’t begin with ‘Lightyear’. Archived from the original on November 14, 2022. Retrieved on 2022 October 31.
- ↑ Işıkyılı (2022) - Box Office Türkiye
- ↑ Kumenov, Almaz (July 14, 2022). Kazakhstan joins club of countries banning Lightyear over same-sex kiss. Archived from the original on June 12, 2024. Retrieved on 2022 August 13.
- ↑ Buzz Kill: Kazakhstan Bans Animated 'Lightyear' Film Over Kissing Female Characters (July 15, 2022). Retrieved on 2024 January 25.
- ↑ Mullally, William (August 4, 2022). Lightyear will not release on Disney+ Middle East (Exclusive). Retrieved on 2022 August 16.
- ↑ باز يطير - Instagram
- ↑ Bashir, Dale (August 4, 2022). Pixar’s Lightyear Debuts on Malaysian and Indonesian Disney+ as an 18+ Movie. Retrieved on 2022 August 31.
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