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In June 2022, many people expressed outrage over the claim that Disney had supposedly canceled actor Tim Allen, who voiced the character Buzz Lightyear in the original Toy Story movies. According to the rumor, the entertainment giant refused to cast Allen in the 2022 Lightyear movie due to his conservative political views. Here's how the conservative news outlet Townhall framed the issue: While it was true that actor Chris Evans — not Allen — was voicing Buzz in Lightyear, Disney had not cut ties with Allen. In fact, Allen and Disney are currently working together on another project, as of this writing. Furthermore, there were several story reasons (not political ones) for a new actor to voice Buzz Lightyear in the 2022 movie. Chief among them: Lightyear focused on a fictional human character, while the Toy Story movies featured a fictional Buzz Lightyear toy. In 1995, Allen debuted as the voice behind Buzz Lightyear, an action-figure toy that came to life when humans left the room, in the Pixar movie Toy Story. In the Pixar universe, this action-figure toy was based on a character from an action movie. Pixar's 2022 film Lightyear is that in-universe action movie. Sound a little confusing? In the opening moments of Lightyear, the premise of the movie is explained like this: In 1995, Andy got a toy. That toy is from his favorite movie. This is that movie. In other words, the movie Lightyear did not feature the fictional toy that Allen voiced in the original Toy Story movies. Evans was voicing a new iteration of the Buzz Lightyear character. Lightyear producer Galyn Susman explained: In the real world, we can compare this scenario to Batman action figures and Batman movie stars. Actor Robert Pattinson played the caped crusader in the 2022 movie The Batman, but that doesn't mean he provided the voice for the latest Batman toys on store shelves. In fact, while Allen's co-star Tom Hanks voiced the character of Woody in the Toy Story movies, it was actually Hanks' brother, Jim, who provided the voice of Woody for the real-world action figures. Allen provided the voice for some Buzz Lightyear toys, but so have a number of other entertainers — such as actor Pat Fraley. Fraley said in a 2019 interview: We reached out to Disney to see if Allen was voicing new Buzz Lightyear toys, and we will update this article accordingly. As this rumor circulated on social media, many people claimed that Allen was the victim of cancel culture and that Disney was refusing to work with the actor due to his conservative politics. But that wasn't the case. In fact, as of this writing, Allen and Disney were working together on an upcoming television series based on The Santa Clause movies. Here's a synopsis of the new Disney+ series: While Allen did not voice Buzz Lightyear in the 2022 Lightyear movie, there was no evidence that Disney refused him the role, or ended its working relationship with Allen, because of his political beliefs. Rather, the film featured a version of the fictional character that was different from the original Buzz Lightyear figure in the Toy Story films, and a producer said they needed to have a different person playing the 2022 movie's version. Also, Allen was working with Disney on a separate project.
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