That restructuring combined the film and television groups into a single Disney Entertainment unit and eliminated a division charged with distribution. The cuts, which took place May 23, are part of Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger’s previously announced plan to eliminate 7,000 jobs and slash $5.5 billion in costs. He did not return a call seeking comment. Michael Agulnek, Pixar's vice president of worldwide publicity since 2015, was also laid off, the sources said. MacLane and Susman could not be reached for comment. Susman had been at Pixar since the release of the original “Toy Story” movie in 1995. The cuts included "Lightyear" director Angus MacLane, a 26-year animator who was part of the senior creative team on such acclaimed films as “Toy Story 4” and “Coco.” Galyn Susman, producer of "Lightyear," also departed.
A CGI-animated feature film, Lightyear, is set to be released in 2022, serving as an origin story for the character, voiced by Chris Evans.June 3 (Reuters) - Walt Disney's (DIS.N) Pixar Animation Studios has eliminated 75 positions including those of two executives behind box office disappointment “Lightyear,” sources said on Saturday, the first significant job cuts at the studio in a decade. A video game of the same name based on the series was released in 2000. Lightyear first appeared as an action figure in the 1995 film Toy Story, which features original voice actor Tim Allen in the role Allen's friend Patrick Warburton voices the character in the television series. The series follows the adventures of Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear. and aired on UPN and ABC from October 2, 2000, to January 13, 2001, as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning and Disney's One Too programming blocks. It was preceded by the direct-to-video film Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins. The upcoming 2022 film Lightyear tells an alternative version of the title character's story.
It originally serves as a spin-off of the Toy Story franchise. Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an American animated science fiction adventure comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Pixar Animation Studios.
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