Pixar's chief creative officer Pete Docter attempted to explain why "Lightyear" flopped at the box office. However, the Pixar executive refused to address boycotts by conservatives surrounding Disney's spinoff of the massively successful "Toy Story" franchise.
Last June, "Lightyear" made nearly $20 million less in its opening weekend than Disney anticipated.
Docter gave an interview to the entertainment website The Wrap this week. Docter was asked why the $200 million-budgeted "Lightyear" animated movie flopped at the box office. The Pixar executive claimed the movie tanked because fans of "Toy Story" – an animated movie about toys coming to life – couldn't understand that action figure toy Buzz Lightyear is a space ranger from a fictional galaxy where he battles Emperor Zurg – a robot alien villain.
"We've done a lot of soul-searching about that because we all love the movie," Docter began. "We love the characters and the premise."
Docter said, "I think probably what we've ended on in terms of what went wrong is that we asked too much of the audience."
He continued, "When they hear Buzz, they’re like, 'Great, where's Mr. Potato Head and Woody and Rex?' And then we drop them into this science fiction film that they’re like, 'What?'"
"Even if they’ve read the material in press, it was just a little too distant, both in concept, and I think in the way that characters were drawn, that they were portrayed," Docter said. "It was much more of a science fiction."
Docter said the characters in "Toy Story" are "much broader," and there was likely a "disconnect between what people wanted/expected and what we were giving to them."
Docter failed to mention that conservatives boycotted "Lightyear" because there was a same-sex lesbian kiss in the animated movie for children.
"Lightyear" originally had a same-sex kiss, but then was reportedly removed before the movie was released. However, the lesbian kiss was reinstated after Pixar employees demanded the LGBTQ validation gesture be restored as a pushback against the Parental Rights in Education bill being passed in Florida by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The bill prohibits teachers from teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity to students in kindergarten through third grade.
Pixar also replaced the iconic voice of Buzz Lightyear. Tim Allen had been the voice of Buzz Lightyear since "Toy Story" was released in 1995. Pixar replaced Allen, who is a conservative, with liberal actor Chris Evans.
Tom Hanks, the voice of Sheriff Woody, slammed Pixar for making the change.
Speaking about "Lightyear," Allen declared, "It just doesn’t seem to have any connection to the toy. There's really no 'Toy Story,' Buzz without Woody."
Evans previously said people who are "trying to hold on to what was before" will "die off like dinosaurs," and anyone against "representation" and "diversity" are "idiots."
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Pamela Anderson is doubling down on her accusations of impropriety against Tim Allen.
In her new memoir, Anderson claims that on the first day of filming for "Home Improvement," the hit sitcom that aired from 1991 to 1999, Allen exposed himself. She suggested Allen did this because she had appeared in Playboy magazine.
Anderson claimed in her book, according to Variety:
On the first day of filming, I walked out of my dressing room, and Tim was in the hallway in his robe. He opened his robe and flashed me quickly — completely naked underneath. He said it was only fair, because he had seen me naked. Now we’re even. I laughed uncomfortably.
Anderson, who played a minor role on "Home Improvement," was 23 years old at the time of the alleged incident; Allen was 37.
For his part, Allen has unequivocally denied the allegations. "No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing," he said, later following up on those comments by suggesting that Anderson's memory is faulty.
Anderson told "ET Canada" that Allen was forced to deny what she says is true because admitting to the allegations could trigger a domino effect against him.
"He has to deny it because look at the times we're in. If he said, 'Oh yeah, I did that…' he'd be — a lot of these stories are just the tip of the iceberg," she said.
Anderson also denied making it up — in fact, she suggested that such a story could not be made up — and said she put her allegation in the book because "Home Improvement" was her first significant acting job and she believed it was an "important" story to tell.
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In another interview with Variety published last month, Anderson appeared to defend Allen.
"Tim is a comedian, it's his job to cross the line. I'm sure he had no bad intentions," she said. "Times have changed, though. I doubt anyone would try that post-#MeToo. It's a new world."
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Actor Tim Allen has once again responded to allegations levied by Pamela Anderson that he flashed her more than 30 years ago.
According to Allen, executives at ABC/Disney are "disappointed" in her, suggesting that she has a poor memory.
"She was a great co-worker, I'll tell you that. She's a fun girl. Everybody loved her, but everybody at ABC is a little disappointed in her ... memory, put it that way," he told the Daily Mail last week. "All of us at Disney/ABC, really."
By contrast, when Allen was asked if his memory is good, he responded, "Yeah." In effect, then, Allen is accusing Anderson of misremembering something that he says never happened.
The alleged incident, which Anderson revealed in her memoir that was released on Tuesday, would have taken place in 1991 before the taping of the "Home Improvement" pilot episode.
Prior to taping, Anderson alleged that Allen flashed her. She wrote in her book, according to Variety:
On the first day of filming, I walked out of my dressing room, and Tim was in the hallway in his robe. He opened his robe and flashed me quickly — completely naked underneath. He said it was only fair, because he had seen me naked. Now we’re even. I laughed uncomfortably.
After the allegation surfaced last week, Allen denied that it ever happened.
"No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing," he told Variety.
His pushback, however, did not stop Anderson from doubling down.
"This true story is just one of many surreal and uncomfortable situations I learned to navigate," Anderson later said in a statement. "My book goes into how it made me feel over the course of my life and, in this case, my career. I have no ill will toward Tim. But like the rest, it should never have happened."
In yet another interview, this time with Variety, Anderson appeared to defend Allen, though she did not retract her allegations.
"Tim is a comedian, it’s his job to cross the line. I’m sure he had no bad intentions," she said. "Times have changed, though. I doubt anyone would try that post-#MeToo. It’s a new world."
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Patricia Richardson, lead actress of the 1990s hit sitcom "Home Improvement," defended her co-star, Tim Allen, this week after an old video clip surfaced, purportedly showing Allen flashing Richardson.
Richardson's comments are particularly noteworthy after Pamela Anderson, who played a minor role on "Home Improvement," alleged that Allen flashed her before the filming of the show's pilot episode.
Variety reported on Anderson's allegations, which are featured in her forthcoming memoir, set to be released next week. Anderson wrote:
On the first day of filming, I walked out of my dressing room, and Tim was in the hallway in his robe. He opened his robe and flashed me quickly — completely naked underneath. He said it was only fair, because he had seen me naked. Now we’re even. I laughed uncomfortably.
Allen has denied the accusations.
"No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing," he told Variety.
After Anderson's allegations were published, TMZ obtained video of a "Home Improvement" blooper reel.
The clip shows Richardson's character, "Jill Taylor," and Allen's, "Tim Taylor," standing in the living room set of the show. Allen's character is wearing a kilt when he appears to flash Richardson, who responds, "Hangs long, I just wish it was shorter." Both characters then laughed.
The clip was used to perhaps give credence to Anderson's accusations against Allen. But Richardson quickly shut down any hint of impropriety.
"People ask me what was under the kilt when he flashed me, he was well dressed under there, I was just shocked that he lifted the kilt, not by a man in boxer shorts," Richardson told TMZ.
Anderson responded to Allen's denial this week by doubling down on her accusation.
"This true story is just one of many surreal and uncomfortable situations I learned to navigate," Anderson said in a statement. "My book goes into how it made me feel over the course of my life and, in this case, my career. I have no ill will toward Tim. But like the rest, it should never have happened."
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Actor Tim Allen has responded to explosive accusations that he exposed himself to Pamela Anderson on the set of "Home Improvement" in the 1990s.
Anderson's forthcoming memoir — "Love, Pamela" — details the creepy accusation.
According to Variety, Anderson claims in her book that on the first day of filming for "Home Improvement," the hit sitcom that aired from 1991 to 1999, Allen exposed himself because Anderson had appeared in Playboy.
Anderson claims in her book:
On the first day of filming, I walked out of my dressing room, and Tim was in the hallway in his robe. He opened his robe and flashed me quickly — completely naked underneath. He said it was only fair, because he had seen me naked. Now we’re even. I laughed uncomfortably.
At the time of the alleged incident, Anderson was just 23 years old. "Home Improvement" was one of Anderson's earliest TV credits; she played Lisa the Tool Girl, who assisted Tim Taylor, played by Allen, and Al Borland, played by Richard Karn, on a show-within-a-show "Tool Time," which featured Tim and Al as they demonstrated various home-improvement projects.
Anderson only appeared on "Home Improvement" for 23 episodes. Instead, she reached stardom after being cast as a regular on "Baywatch."
Allen, who would have been 37 years old at the time of the alleged incident, unequivocally denied Anderson's accusations.
"No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing," he told Variety.
Anderson, however, insists that it did.
"This true story is just one of many surreal and uncomfortable situations I learned to navigate," Anderson said in a statement. "My book goes into how it made me feel over the course of my life and, in this case, my career. I have no ill will toward Tim. But like the rest, it should never have happened."
Anderson's book is set to release on Jan. 31.
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Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks spoke out recently about his friend Tim Allen losing his role as the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the new Pixar "Lightyear" movie.
Actor Chris Evans voiced the iconic character in the film despite Allen voicing Buzz Lightyear in every previous installment of the "Toy Story" franchise.
Director Angus MacLane explained the character change was necessary because the Buzz Lightyear character needed to be less "goofy."
"Tim’s version of Buzz is a little goofier and is a little dumber, and so he is the comic relief," MacLane told Vanity Fair.
"In this film, Buzz is the action hero. He’s serious and ambitious and funny, but not in a goofy way that would undercut the drama," he added. "Chris Evans has the gravitas and that movie-star quality that our character needed to separate him and the movie from Tim’s version of the toy in Toy Story."
Speaking in a recent interview promoting his new movie "Elvis," Hanks was asked what he thought about Allen losing his role. The question is personal for Hanks, who voices Woody, the other leading "Toy Story" character.
Hanks responded that he does not understand why Allen was not cast for one of his signature roles.
"Is it gonna be strange to be in theater's opposite of the Buzz Lightyear film?" a reporter asked Hanks.
"How about that?" Hanks replied. "Why it’s not— I actually, I wanted to go head to head with Tim Allen and they didn’t let Tim Allen do it. I don’t, I don’t understand that."
Hanks then changed the subject when the journalist interviewing him mentioned that Evans is voicing Buzz in "Lightyear."
"Yeah, yeah, I know," Hanks shot back. "But here here’s the thing: Just as long as people come back to the motion-picture theater. I want to go back into the theater with a bunch of strangers and leave with something in common. That’s what I want to do."
"Going to see a movie with him — I’m looking forward to that," he added, though it's not clear to whom Hanks was referring.
Allen recently addressed the situation, explaining why he has remained "silent" on not receiving the role.
"The short answer is I’ve stayed out of this ’cause it has nothing to do [with my Buzz Lightyear]," Allen said. "This is a whole new team that really had nothing to do with the first movies."
Allen also disclosed that he originally thought "Lightyear" would be a live-action movie but was surprised to learn it is an animated film. He also knocked the film for not including Woody.
"It just doesn’t seem to have any connection to the toy," Allen said of the new movie. "There's really no 'Toy Story,' Buzz without Woody."
Tim Allen has been the voice of Buzz Lightyear since the first "Toy Story" movie was released in 1995. Since then, Allen has been the voice of the action figure brought to life in four "Toy Story" films and six "Toy Story" video games. However, Allen is not the voice actor in Disney's latest "Lightyear" movie. Allen broke his silence on the new Buzz Lightyear movie and pointed out the mistake Disney made in the new animated movie.
Disney tapped Chris Evans to voice the main character in the movie "Lightyear," a spin-off prequel to "Toy Story." Instead of a toy coming to life, the "Lightyear" sci-fi film focuses on the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command – on whom the Buzz Lightyear toy is based.
The animated children's movie features a lesbian kiss – which caused 14 Asian and Middle Eastern countries to ban the film because of the gay scene. Actress Patricia Heaton slammed Disney for replacing Allen. She said Disney and Pixar "made a HUGE mistake" in not casting Allen as Buzz Lightyear and added, "Why would they completely castrate this iconic, beloved character?"
"Lightyear" flopped at the box office – making significantly less money in its first weekend than anticipated.
Allen explained to "Extra" why he has been silent on the new "Lightyear" movie. "The short answer is I’ve stayed out of this ’cause it has nothing to do [with my Buzz Lightyear]."
"This is a whole new team that really had nothing to do with the first movies," Allen said on Wednesday.
Allen admitted that he thought "Lightyear" would be a "live-action" movie with "real humans" and was surprised that it was an animated film.
The "Home Improvement" star said Disney made a mistake: "It just doesn’t seem to have any connection to the toy."
"There's really no 'Toy Story,' Buzz without Woody," Allen explained, making a reference to Lightyear's cowboy pal Sheriff Woody Pride.
"Lightyear" director Angus MacLane said the new movie is "its own thing."
"I think it would be even harder if it were the Toy Story Buzz going off into this movie, you know? Then you'd be like 'where's Woody?!' Because that's what makes [Toy Story Buzz] work," MacLane told GameSpot. "I could see a different version of this movie that's maybe a bit closer to the 'Buzz Lightyear: Star Command' TV show. But I think that works much better for a shorter format."
Allen – who has said that he is a "fiscal conservative" – revealed in the interview that he sometimes argues with his "Home Improvement" and "More Power" co-star Richard Karn about "knee-jerk" political positions.
"I don’t really have a position," Allen noted. "I just like to know what everybody else's position is. I’m not trying to prove the other guy wrong, I’m trying to understand and clarify. So my position is clear."
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Actor Tim Allen, 67, says that he "kind of liked" that former President Donald Trump "pissed people off."
Allen, who famously attended Trump's 2017 inauguration, made the remarks during a recent interview on Marc Maron's "WTF" podcast.
Allen, an outspoken conservative actor on Fox's hit TV show "Last Man Standing," said that he was able to appreciate how Trump angered some people in the United States during his tenure in the White House.
"Once I realized that the last president pissed people off, I kind of liked that," he said. "So it was fun to just not say anything. Didn't join in the lynching crowd."
He also said that the concept of taxes pushed him to move to the right and that he refers to himself as a fiscal conservative.
"I just don't like — once I started making money — I had this silent partner that took almost half of my money and never gave me anything for it," he said. "That was the taxes. I've never liked taxes. Whoever takes the taxes and never tells me what they did with it. I'm a fiscal conservative person with money. That's it."
Allen continued, "Never liked taxes. Never liked what they do with taxes and the bulls**t on both sides. It's not their money."
"I literally don't preach anything," he added. "What I've done is just not joined into, as I call it, the 'we culture.' I'm not telling anybody else how to live. I don't like that, 'We should do this,' or 'We should do that.'"
Allen concluded that while he has been cordial with former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former secretary of state and failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, he didn't think the latter should have been president.
He also said that there's nothing personal in politics, and sometimes you just have to wait your turn to get what you want.
"In the end, you go the other direction," he explained. "There's nothing personal about it. If you don't like it then wait till the next election."
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