'It's funny, I wouldn't have met her if we hadn't been stranded,' Alisha tells Buzz as she flashes her engagement ring.Īn emotional montage shows glimpses of Alisha and her partner starting a family together, at one point greeting each other with a kiss on the lips. Time passes and Alisha soon gets engaged to a woman on the mission's science crew. But a crash landing and damaged ship derails their mission, forcing Buzz to find a new way to get their crew safely home to Earth. The film begins with Buzz and fellow space ranger Alisha landing on a strange planet, where they face off against winged aliens and an octopus-like creature. More: Disney CEO finally speaks out on 'Don't Say Gay.' But where's the gay Disney fairy tale? This is that movie.'īut in the first footage shown to movie theater owners at CinemaCon, it was a new lesbian character named Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba) that stole the show. On Wednesday, CinemaCon attendees got a sneak peek at the first 30 minutes of Disney/Pixar's 'Toy Story' spinoff (in theaters June 17), which centers on cocky yet caring space ranger Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Chris Evans, taking over for Tim Allen from the first four 'Toy Story' movies).Ī title card at the start of the film tells us that in 1995, little boy Andy got a toy Buzz: 'It was from his favorite movie. LAS VEGAS – 'Lightyear' is taking queer representation to infinity and beyond.
