2023-06-04 16:01:25
By: Samuel M | 06-04-23
‘Lightyear‘ was one of the most controversial premieres of 2022 by Disney and Pixar, who were betting on telling an unpublished story of the original ‘space guardian’, which would lead to the creation of the famous figure that we would later see in Toy Story. However, the film was not very well received and ended up being a box office flop, earning only $226 million.
His budget was $200 million, which means you couldn’t even fully recoup everything you invested in the tape. Almost a year after it was launched, Disney has decided to fire the director Angus McLanewho has an extensive past within Pixar.
McLane has been with the company since 1997 participating as an animator in movies like Toy Story, ‘Finding Nemo‘, ‘The Incredibles‘ y ‘UP‘. His directorial debut would take place precisely with ‘Lightyear’ after having co-directed ‘looking for dory‘.
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It is not the only way out that has been given, the industry has also been shaken with the dismissal of Galyn Susmana Pixar producer who became known as the person who ‘saved toy story 2‘ having kept the only copy of the film after an incident within the company when much of the tapes they had made was mistakenly erased.
Since the return of Bob Iger as CEO of Disney, the executive has been taking very strong measures to continue avoiding million-dollar losses in the different companies belonging to the ‘mouse house‘.
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