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 a…
MacLane and Susman’s exits were part of the creative team ofspinoff film based on the astronaut that inspired the Buzz Lightyear toy. The film recruited Chris Evans to voice the titular character.underwhelmed at the box office making $226.
7 million worldwide on a reported $200 million budget. The animated movie was plagued by multiple controversies, including not including Tim Allen and the depiction of a same-sex couple that made countries in the Middle East and Asia turn away from exhibiting the film.
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