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163-495: Max Steel was an American media franchise produced and owned by the multinational company Mattel . Originally released as a line of action figures marketed from 1999 to 2022, the Max Steel name has expanded to live-action movies, animated series, and video games. The original figures based on the first TV series were similar to the original 12-inch G.I. Joe toys, consisting almost entirely of different versions of Max Steel,

326-507: A Toy Story spin-off series that also serves as an in-universe production starring the Buzz character, MacLane, who directed the CG opening sequence for Star Command , said that he did not have it in mind while working on the film, but always pictured the series being developed in-universe after a trilogy of Lightyear films. He later explained that Lightyear serves as a "live-action" film within

489-460: A fictional universe within a fictional universe , was first introduced in the 2000 direct-to-video film Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins , which was the pilot for the TV series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000–2001). MacLane, an avid science-fiction fan, pitched the idea of a film featuring Buzz Lightyear at Pixar, after finishing work on Finding Dory (2016). The project

652-597: A film within a film , Lightyear is a spin-off of the Toy Story film series and centers on the character Buzz Lightyear , who appears in Toy Story as an action figure of his character in Lightyear . The film was directed by Angus MacLane and produced by Galyn Susman, from a screenplay and story written by MacLane and Jason Headley, both of whom co-wrote the latter with Matthew Aldrich. It stars Chris Evans as

815-428: A 19-year-old college student named Josh McGrath, who has super powers and can transform into the powerful Max Steel. The series starts with the episode "Strangers"; Max and his partner Rachel Leeds are at a UN meeting when Rachel and all attendants disappear — except Max, who was on the roof watching, something Rachel scolded him for. Later, Dr. Roberto Martinez finds out that the floor inside rotated, sending everyone in

978-608: A 35mm equivalent sensor, and a larger sensor equivalent to 65 millimeters, a procedure earlier initiated by Pixar in WALL-E (2008). Development on Lightyear lasted for five and a half years, on an approximate $ 200 million budget. Michael Giacchino composed the film's score, while Ren Klyce served as its sound designer. Lightyear premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles , on June 8, 2022, and

1141-546: A battle against Psycho's remaining androids, Max discovers that Elementor (after having been destroyed over a year ago) has survived as an unstable power form. Elementor invades N-Tek, takes over Jeff's body, and goes to the Transphasic Generator in an attempt to use it to reconstitute his physical body. 'Berto reverses the power, and accidentally forces Elementor to divide himself into his different versions (meaning, Max has to face 6 different beasts, each one with

1304-404: A battle with Max, Troy falls into a volcano with a piece of the comet. The chemical reaction between the extreme heat and the comet's components transforms Troy into a sharp dark mineral crystal like creature, with the power to "extract" other living being's life force and abilities. Troy then adopts the name of Extroyer and attacks N-Tek headquarters. In the middle of this confrontation, Elementor

1467-483: A boy named Andy got a Buzz Lightyear toy for his birthday. It was from his favorite movie. This is that movie." The statement that opens the film, clarifying Lightyear to be a film within a film of the Toy Story franchise . A Star Command exploration vessel changes course to investigate signs of life on the unknown world T'Kani Prime. Woken from hibernation, Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear and his commanding officer and best friend Alisha Hawthorne explore with

1630-600: A character or fictional world becoming popular in one medium, and then expanding to others through licensing agreements , with respect to intellectual property in the franchise's characters and settings. As one author explains, "For the studios, a home-run is a film from which a multimedia 'franchise' can be generated; the colossally expensive creation of cross-media conglomerates predicated on synergistic rewards provides an obvious imperative to develop such products." The trend later developed wherein franchises would be launched in multiple forms of media simultaneously; for instance,

1793-430: A different Mattel toy line who also had a similar plot as Max Steel's TV series. Eventually, Mattel cleared those apparent coincidences in a TV episode in which it is revealed that Max Steel is indeed Big Jim's son, and other secondary character named "Jefferson Smith" is actually "Big Jeff" from the same classical Big Jim toy line, just 20 year older, hence making a connection between both toy lines, thus making this one of

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1956-508: A different approach: N-Tek's counter-terrorism section is shut down due to the events present in "Breakout," the 2nd-season finale, so the main characters become extreme sports stars. One could state the plot resembled that of the CGI Action Man series (which was Max Steel's main competition at the time of airing). Season 3 would end up being the final season of Max Steel, ending with the episode, "Truth Be Told." About two years after

2119-497: A different power). Max is attacked by the Elementor's, and is injured by them. 'Berto uses his updated Nano-probes to save Max' life. However, it is revealed that Kat is infected with Elementium, and is dying. Now, the Elementor's, each with a mind of its own, and controls only its respective element, work as a team and try to take over the planet. However, Max, using the new steel Nano-probes, tricks Elementor by telling him that, if

2282-619: A disappointment given the brand strength of both Pixar and the Toy Story franchise. Los Angeles Times writer Ryan Faughnder believed that the film was at a disadvantage, since, as a spin-off film, it did not have well-known Toy Story characters such as Woody . He also noted that spin-offs tend to not gross as much as the main franchise installments, and compared the film to the spin-off films Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Hobbs & Shaw (2019). Pamela McClintock of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that, in addition to competition from Jurassic World Dominion and Top Gun: Maverick ,

2445-622: A few cat people on the team who were smitten." Lego released three sets based on scenes from the film, which were released on April 24, 2022. On May 29, 2022, Ferrari announced that Lightyear would be a sponsor on their cars starting at the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix . In addition, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. would also be cast for roles in the film, respectively voicing for the Italian and Spanish versions. American food manufacturing company Lightlife , collaborated with Disney and Pixar for launching several food packages inspired from

2608-638: A film that felt true so he asked for a much more toned-down version of Buzz's personality. Being part of the team required an enormous amount of responsibility, but it was really exciting for me professionally". "If you're watching the film in a regular theater, you may not notice. But when you see the film in IMAX , those shots are actually shot "in IMAX," for lack of a better word [...] all of that stuff started back on WALL-E , and each film has kind of had its own version. Like, how do we want to shoot this film? What's

2771-426: A four-minute test flight, Buzz finds that four years have passed on T'Kani Prime, due to the effects of time dilation from having traveled at relativistic speeds. Buzz is introduced to an orange robotic feline Sox and continues testing the hyperspace fuel. With every test, four more years pass on T'Kani Prime, until eventually over sixty-six years have passed. During this time, the colony develops, with Alisha raising

2934-485: A franchise can even be created, which ultimately leads to the creation of brand worlds. Since the creation of Disneyland in 1955, bringing fictional media franchises to life through the theme parks slowly became increasingly popular as the way to perfectly blend tourism and real-life involvement with media itself. Similar to transmedia, the concept of bringing fictional media into a non-fictional space where fans can immerse themselves in real-life versions of elements from

3097-517: A giant Air mass, powers him up with a new isotope stolen by Extroyer, and then contaminates him to produce a sizeable poisonous cloud that will spread all over the world, erasing all life on the planet. Max purifies Extroyer with his Turbo Powers, reverting him into Troy, and convinces him to extract the storm's power from Toxzon, weakening him enough for Max to defeat him, while Cytro captures the now-mindless Elementor. Troy goes off on his own, needing to control his powers, and wishes Max farewell. However,

3260-402: A great tool to counter terrorism, John Dread considers Max as a Major threat. In the background, while hearing Jefferson's presentation, Josh remembers the accident which transformed him into Max Steel and adds complementary information about his personal life not mentioned by Jefferson or Dread in the briefings. Laura Chen also makes her first public presentation in the comic. In the last pages,

3423-424: A modeling agency, several television shows ( Playboy's Penthouse , in 1959), and even its own television channel . Twenty-five years later, Playboy released private clubs and restaurants, movie theaters, a radio show , direct to video films, music and book publishing (including original works in addition to its anthologies of cartoons, photographs, recipes, advice, articles or fiction that had originally appeared in

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3586-630: A nationwide concert tour, an American Idol book that made the bestseller list and the film From Justin to Kelly . A transmedia franchise however is often referred to by the simpler term "media franchise". The term media franchise is often used to describe the popular adaptation of a work into films, like the popular Twilight book series that was adapted into the five films of The Twilight Saga . Other neologisms exist to describe various franchise types including metaseries , which can be used to describe works such as Isaac Asimov 's Foundation series . Multimedia franchises usually develop through

3749-428: A never-ending slew of trampling obstacles." Variety 's Owen Gleiberman wrote: " Lightyear in its eminently conventional and likable way, is a far less audacious movie than that. For what is surely not the first time, Buzz 's I-can-do-anything myopic bravado has failed [...] part of that may be that in the Toy Story films, he is a toy — that's part of the joke, one that Buzz is never quite in on. He thinks he's

3912-433: A new Lightyear toy line consisting of action figures, playsets and vehicles. After Sox's character in the film received praise from insiders, Mattel created "an animatronic interactive version" which costs $ 80, apart from the plush and action figures. Mattel's executive lead, PJ Lewis had said "We knew he was much more than a sidekick and offered multiple ways to drive product innovation for the 'Lightyear' line. Plus, we have

4075-441: A new recruit. They are forced to retreat to their exploration vessel after discovering that the planet hosts hostile lifeforms. Blaming himself for damages the vessel sustained during the retreat, forcing the crew to return to the surface, Buzz volunteers as the test pilot for the hyperspace fuel crystal they will need to develop to return home. One year later, the crew has constructed a new colony to conduct repairs. However, after

4238-488: A news reporter named Mike Nickelson is mutated by the fallout of the toxic cloud, transforming him into a scrap metal monster. A news reporter named Mike Nickelson who suffered a mutation due to a radioactive contamination caused during a battle between Max Steel and the Toxic Legion comes back with a vengeance. Blaming N-Tek for his current condition, Nickelson, who now calls himself Makino , tries to capitalize on

4401-451: A normal human being, but still retaining his power to extract the life force of others. His memory has also been wiped, so he has no memory not only of the entire Extroyer episode (as appeared on Dark Rival) but also of any negative feelings against Max Steel, even considering himself a long-time friend of his. On Earth, Max is initially trustful, but Forge distrusts Troy due to his experience with Toxzon and orders him to be on 24-hour watch. In

4564-458: A prison transport ship. Max gets teamed up with Jet Ferrus, an N-Tek cadet with a secret agenda and a history of rebellious behavior, and Forge's daughter. While Elementor distracts Max with a mid-air attack, Toxzon and Makino start the long journey toward Toxzon's secret lair to work on the next phase of Toxzon's diabolical plan. Max, Jet, and Cytro dive deep into the depths to find Toxzon's secret base, encountering trap after trap to chase after

4727-407: A real Space Ranger! So when you actually turn Buzz Lightyear into a Space Ranger, you enlarge him and diminish him at the same time." In contrast, BBC 's Nicholas Barber wrote: "The story is thin, repetitive, and almost entirely dependent on the heroes being clumsy" and gave the film two stars. David Ehrlich of IndieWire wrote: " Lightyear remains firmly stuck in the past even as it hurtles toward

4890-528: A role. The film was released in the United States by Open Road Films on October 14, 2016, and was a critical and commercial failure. In the TV show's initial run, Josh McGrath was a white, blond 19-year-old. After the accident in which the N-Tek nanoprobes infected his body, he gained the ability to transform himself into a dark-haired athletic adult, older and stronger than Josh. This grown-up alter ego

5053-416: A son with her wife Kiko, subsequently dying of old age, while Sox improves the fuel's composition, allowing it to obtain faster-than-light speeds. Against the orders of Alisha's successor Commander Cal Burnside, Buzz uses the new fuel composition for a successful hyperspace test. However, he skips another twenty-two years into the future during which T'Kani Prime has been invaded by Zyclops robots led by Zurg,

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5216-420: A specific version of Elementor (Earth, Fire, Water and Air, respectively). The mini comics were used mostly as brochure to introduce Elementor to kids. In 2013, VIZ Media 's all-ages imprint, Perfect Square, released The Parasites, the first in a series of a full length graphic novels featuring a revamped Max Steel universe that tied into the new television series. Edited by former Naruto manga editor, Joel Enos,

5379-472: Is Buzz's disagreement over the nature of reality, which, coupled with his heroic ideals, made an amalgam of sci-fi clichés that MacLane intended to make more than just a punchline. In February 2019, Tim Allen , who voiced Buzz in the films, expressed interest in doing another film as he "did not see any reason why they would not do it", while in that May, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , Tom Hanks , who voiced Woody , said that Toy Story 4 (2019) would be

5542-656: Is Max Steel. Contrary to most heroes with secret identities, Josh's wasn't an issue except with his personal relations, mostly with his girlfriend and fans from the Extreme Sports Circuit. At different times, both Psycho and Dread witnessed Josh's transformation into Max from a remote location and don't show any surprise about it. In at least one episode, Josh transforms in Psycho's presence. In another episode, Psycho chases Josh, forces him to separate from his friends and obligates him to transform into Max Steel. It

5705-695: Is Pixar's first film since Onward (2020) to receive a theatrical release after Soul (2020), Luca (2021) and Turning Red (2022) were assigned direct-to-streaming releases on Disney+ in response to the closure of cinemas due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Lightyear also became Pixar's first film to have virtual IMAX cameras in its progress. Lightyear was banned in the Muslim world (including Bahrain , Brunei , Egypt , Iraq , Jordan , Kazakhstan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Malaysia , Oman , Palestine , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , and

5868-435: Is able to break free when Elementor attacks N-Tek's headquarters looking for the last isotope. Max and Jeff find a way to escape but before they can leave the area, Jefferson reveals to Max that years ago when he was transformed into "Max Steel", in order to save his life the fifth isotope was placed inside his body, and that the arrest was just an effort to hide him from Elementor, since nobody knows for sure what would happen if

6031-476: Is also seen in a flashback scene in "Forces of Nature," when Jeff reflects on when the creation of "Max Steel" took event. Media franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create

6194-463: Is fun and clever and reminds us why we loved Pixar in the first place." David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a funny spinoff with suspense and heart, a captivatingly spirited toon take on splashy live-action retro popcorn entertainment." Emma Stefansky of Thrillist said: "There's plenty in Lightyear to enjoy, and it's one of Pixar's better efforts over the last 10 years, but it ultimately feels half-done. It feels like it ought to be

6357-516: Is not clear how many of Max's enemies knows about his secret identity. At the end of the first season, it is revealed that one of the most trusted Directors of N-Tek, Jean Mariot, was really a DREAD mole, which explains how their members knew about Max's true identity, but does not explain why Max himself never cares about keeping his identity a secret. In the Season 2 episode "Old Friend, New Enemy," Max personally reveals to Bio-Con his true identity. In

6520-547: Is once again released. Extremely weak, Elementor chases Extroyer seeking the comet fragments as a new source of power, but he is "extruded" and defeated while Extroyer takes over his ice form (which he used to confront and battle Max at Eclipse Towers) and becomes a glass blue crystal-like frozen elemental called X-Elementor but soon he is beaten by Steel using a gun with Morphosos-seducing Nano-cubes. Troy takes 'Berto, Kat and Jefferson as hostages and forces Max to obey him. Extroyer uses N-Tek's stolen magnets powered by Max to redirect

6683-427: Is shown to have survived the explosion. Additionally, Tim Peake appears in an uncredited cameo as a worker at the mission control center . Development of Lightyear began following the production of Finding Dory in 2016. After co-directing Finding Dory with Andrew Stanton , Angus MacLane was allowed to pitch the idea of making a Buzz Lightyear film, having always wondered what movie Andy Davis saw in

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6846-583: Is still considered sensitive." In Singapore , the scene resulted in the film being allowed only for people above 16 years of age (NC-16). Despite bans across most of the Arab world, Morocco refused to ban the film and showed it in cinemas, despite a petition requesting a ban on the film. The specific scene was initially cut from the film in mid-March 2022, but following then-Disney CEO Bob Chapek 's response to Florida's Parental Rights in Education bill and

7009-484: Is the Japanese term for a transmedia franchise. The term media mix gained its circulation in late 1980s and is first used to describe adaptations of Sakyo Komatsu 's Japan Sinks , but the origins of the strategy can be traced back to the 1960s with the proliferation of anime , with its interconnection of media and commodity goods. Some of the earlier popular Japanese franchises such as Vampire Hunter D in

7172-614: Is the lowest rated film of the Toy Story franchise on Rotten Tomatoes. Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 57 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 85% (including an average 4 out of 5 stars), with 62% saying they would definitely recommend it. Peter Bradshaw 's four-star review for The Guardian stated: "This cracking origin story for Toy Story ' s spaceman hero

7335-536: Is the norm, and that this doesn't have to be some uncharted waters, that eventually this is just the way it is. That representation across the board is how we make films." Lightyear was made available on  Disney+  on August 3, 2022, with the option to view the theatrical version of the film or the IMAX Enhanced version. The film was also released on Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia and Malaysia as

7498-455: Is to help him in his plans to take control of the contaminated jungle and destroy Max in the process. Accidentally, the programming of Cytro is scrambled and for a couple of hours thinks he must protect Max instead of fighting him. However, he is aware of the malfunction, and constantly mentions how much time is left until he is "authorized" again to kill Max. Thanks to the information retrieved by Iago, Dr. Rendel locates Elementor immediately after

7661-476: Is upgraded with transforming abilities, (similar to those of Transformers ) which allows him to change into a giant robot, and later a tank. After Berto's successful rescue, Makino publicly challenges Max to an ultimate fight to determine who's the real protector of the people: in the same stadium Berto was held prisoner, both contenders will have to fight while being watched by the world, and demonstrate their true motivations and reasons to fight for mankind. However,

7824-538: The Toy Story universe, whereas Star Command serves as a hand-drawn animated series based on the film, from which the toy versions of Buzz and Zurg derive. On May 4, 2022, production of Lightyear was completed after spending five and a half years in development. The budget was approximately $ 200 million. Producer Galyn Susman said that the creative team did not discuss bringing back the original voice actor for Buzz Lightyear, Tim Allen , in any capacity for this film because they believed that his voice would have tied

7987-514: The United Arab Emirates ) due to a scene featuring a same-sex kiss between Uzo Aduba's female character Alisha Hawthorne and her partner Kiko. The People's Republic of China (PRC) also requested that the scene in question be removed; however Disney declined to make the cuts. Indonesia stated that they did not ban the film, "but suggested the owner of the movie think about their audience in Indonesia where an LGBT kissing scene

8150-491: The fantasy and science fiction genres. Similarly, fantasy, science fiction films and television shows are frequently adapted into animated television series , video games, or both. A media franchise does not have to include the same characters or theme, as the brand identity can be the franchise, like Square Enix 's Final Fantasy or the National Lampoon series , and can suffer from critical failures even if

8313-423: The 1980s and Pokémon in the late 1990s, acted as benchmarks in the country's transmedia dominance. The latter in particular began as a video game available on Nintendo 's Game Boy , and crossed through the media of television, film, news, and other non-media related realms, such trading cards, merchandise, and more. A number of Japanese media franchises have gained considerable global popularity, and are among

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8476-471: The Earth series In 2013 Mattel finished its relationship with Mainframe, and decided to reboot the TV series after 13 years. As part of this decision, Playground Productions, Nerd Corps Entertainment and FremantleMedia Kids & Entertainment created a completely different origin story, and Mattel produced new toys based on the new designs, notoriously different from the original ones. The most notable change

8639-666: The Far Challenge the Americas, one sporting event that brings together top extreme athletes of the continent and tests on location in Argentina and Brazil. During the development of the plot, Max Steel takes control and responsibility of its powers and takes a clear leadership position by having to help their friends, who are attacked by a scorpion. Bioconstrictor and Psycho, his two worst enemies have joined forces to defeat him in an adventure that takes them to Peru and Ecuador, to

8802-420: The N-Tek prison, Toxzon realizes he can use some of his toxoids to re-contaminate Troy's body when Troy extracts their life force, allowing him to use his powers to turn him back into Extroyer, now under his control. Toxzon also frees other N-Tek prison inmates to increase the chaos and leaves the place in the company of Elementor. The trio lands in a major US city, where Toxzon convinces Elementor to transform into

8965-542: The Space Ranger takes shape as he gets used to some alien surroundings. Also of note would be Lightyear's new companion, a robot cat that will also end up being comedic relief played by Peter Sohn ." Aaron Couch of The Hollywood Reporter had stated "The Lightyear trailer reveals that Buzz is sent on a rescue flight after he and a group of people are stranded on a planet. After a year of hard work, they've managed to send Buzz off world for help." On April 27, 2022,

9128-405: The U.S. and Canada two weeks later. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 74% of 319 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's consensus reads: " Lightyear settles for being a rather conventional origin story instead of reaching for the stars, but this gorgeously animated adventure ably accomplishes its mission of straightforward fun." It

9291-597: The Ultralink, has the ability to merge with Maxwell, which helps Maxwell stabilize his turbo energy. After the two combine forces, "Max Steel" is created. Max Steel was nominated at the British Academy Children's Awards in the category "BAFTA Kid's Vote – Television". The movies offer a different perspective on N-Tek and the creation of Max Steel. Through this, the world has been retconned . Usually, Max Steel movies are offered as bonus gifts with

9454-465: The Warden and poison the world. Meanwhile, Max, Cytro, and Jet attempt to board the cruiser and stop Toxzon's plans. After taking down Makino, Max, and Jet face off against Toxzon in a final fight. Paramount Pictures planned to remake Max Steel as motion picture. Originally, Taylor Lautner had been confirmed to star in the lead role as Josh McGrath. However, by March of 2010, Lautner had dropped out of

9617-469: The action figures. The new figures also lacked of spring, sound or light features, which were not included until 2015, but in limited figures only. The new reboot series was also notorious for the release of Max's allies for the first time. In the original toy line, only Cytro was produced as Max's crime fighter companion. In the reboot series, additional to Cytro, Forge Ferrus, Ven-Ghan and La Fiera action figures were released. Also another notorious change it

9780-477: The animation process in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. They said that it is "overwhelming to see the full scale of what computer animation can do on the big screen". The animation team went to NASA to research about spaceships, space suits and overall set pieces as they wanted "everything to look like a live-action film rather than an animation". According to Lee, a 3D animator, who also worked on Toy Story 2 and 3 , said "The director wanted to make

9943-530: The animation took several "visual lessons" from early science fiction and space opera films such as those of the Star Wars franchise, though without intentionally imitating such films. Perception helped with the opening and end credits of the film. To design the vehicles of the film, MacLane used Lego pieces to build various ships such as the Armadillo and pitch them to the designers and artists to match

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10106-497: The announcement of the film, a first look was shown at the Disney Investor Day on December 10, 2020. The marketing campaign for Lightyear began on October 27, 2021, with the release of a teaser trailer , set to David Bowie 's " Starman ", that received 83 million views in its first 24 hours. Compared to other Pixar films, the teaser's viewership ranks second behind a teaser for Incredibles 2 (114 million). It

10269-406: The aspect ratio? What do we want the feel of it to be from the lens? And it all sounds like kind of small, little things. But they all add up. Jeremy Lasky, about the shooting of Lightyear in IMAX format. For the IMAX release, Lightyear is the first ever animated feature film to have its aspect ratio opened up from 2.39:1 to 1.43:1 for select sequences of the film. Jane Yen, who served as

10432-411: The availability of Pixar films at home after their three previous films, Soul (2020), Luca (2021), and Turning Red (2022), were released directly to Disney+ during the pandemic. Some box office analysts theorized that family audiences were reluctant to attend theaters in general due to COVID-19 concerns, although this was disproven after Minions: The Rise of Gru opened to $ 107 million in

10595-451: The bankruptcy of the two initial animation studios, it is possible that few of the hints mentioned in the comic never had a chance to be developed in the series, or maybe they were discarded in favor of further development of the characters. Among the most notorious differences, it is mentioned that N-Tek's founder and original CEO was Jim McGrath, -Max's father-, instead of Marco Nathanson. John Dread does not wear glasses as he always does in

10758-537: The battle in Dark Rival , taking advantage of his unconsciousness, taking him prisoner, to perform new experiments to repower him. In an effort to synthesize Morphosos Crystals, Dr. Rendel uses fragments recovered from Extroyer's body, partially contaminated with Troy Winter's DNA. As a result, it creates an Extroyer clone. Taking his opportunity while Max is busy fighting the Fire Elementor, the clone absorbs

10921-590: The beginning of something, like its narrative is a prologue stretched into a feature awaiting the much more interesting second and third and fifth installments down the road." RogerEbert.com -based critic Odie Henderson praised the score who called it as "one of Giacchino's best scores" and "a delectable spoof of bombastic space movie music that elevates every scene it plays under". Valerie Complex of Deadline Hollywood stated: " Lightyear does not rely too much on Toy Story lore to build its world, but it would have benefited from showing some connection to that part of

11084-399: The challenge is a scheme to ruin N-Tek's and Max's reputations. Thanks to his expertise as a media reporter, Nickelson delays and edits the "live broadcast", so the audience sees him as a hero. Cytro leaves Max to fight alone, but teams up with Berto to disrupt the computer's systems and connect the stadium's camera's to the internet and TV satellites around the world so that everybody can learn

11247-462: The character with a "dry sense of humor and blunt vocal delivery and also an innocence and caring nature". On May 5, 2022, a poster, stills from the film, and a "special look" trailer was released online. Fandango Media 's managing editor Erik Davis , and John Rocha, film critic for Outlaw Nation , predicted a demand for Sox toys, even before the film's release. Mattel , which had the master toy license for Toy Story franchise , had announced

11410-467: The character, and try to make some fresh tracks in the snow while paying homage to his work in the film". He eventually felt comfortable with his own interpretation and had to lower his voice for the role. Keke Palmer , Dale Soules , Uzo Aduba , James Brolin , Mary McDonald-Lewis, Efren Ramirez and Isiah Whitlock Jr. were reported to have been cast in supporting roles in February 2022, following

11573-595: The chunky feel within the film. Originally, like Lego films , the world sets within the film via design and concept art. However, for the film, this is the first Pixar film to use Lego as part of their pipeline than what Lego does. MacLane already made a Lego design for WALL-E for the Lego Ideas set. Zurg was redesigned for the film, influenced by anime robots, to look more grounded and menacing than his previous appearances which MacLane believed were too comical. Korean animators Chun Sung-uk and Lee Chae-yeon worked on

11736-404: The comet Morphosos near Earth, so he can take as much crystal fragments as he wants, but it's too late when he realizes it was all a setup, and he's sent into deep space instead, stuck into the comet's surface. Max has to investigate a contaminated jungle, and travels from outer space to the center of the earth in his quest to unveil this mystery. At the beginning of the story, it is mentioned that

11899-438: The comet fragment into his body and becomes a giant monster. Despite the fact that he is currently in "evil mode", Cytro makes one last supreme effort to stop him and reverts the effect of the crystals, causing an explosion that reduces both to smithereens. Rendel is arrested, as Max finds Cytro's memory core and gets Berto to rebuild him. After being reconstructed, Cytro becomes Max's mission partner, but now both are placed under

12062-416: The comic also contains biographies of all main characters: Max, Jefferson, Dread, Psycho, Rachel and 'Berto. Most of the facts mentioned in the comic are present and developed in the TV series first season. There are some details which are slightly different though. The comic it is supposed to be based on Mattel's Max Steel Sourcebook and since the creative control of the TV series changed three times due to

12225-440: The countdown to Max Steel 's Tenth Anniversary Celebration. Several new characters (not present in the original TV series) were introduced in the movies. Max Steel is Josh McGrath, an amateur extreme sports athlete, and Special Agent of the N-Tek corporation. By becoming a Max Steel and using his Turbo Mode he is granted greater speed and strength. Among the most advanced animation technology, music and effects, he participates in

12388-485: The day-in-the-life episodes of the many different Real Housewives series. Documentaries and docuseries are other highlights of the non-fiction branch of media franchises, such as the popular Planet Earth series, which serves as both a film and television transmedia franchise. Lightyear (film) Lightyear is a 2022 American animated science-fiction action-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures . Presented as

12551-407: The different media, regardless of the fact that they are being presented in sometimes completely different ways, such as the shared, interweaving storylines and elements of Spider-Man films, television shows, comics and video games. Espen Aarseth describes the financial logic of cost-recovery for expensive productions by identifying that a single medium launch is a lost opportunity, the timeliness of

12714-662: The direct orders of Forge Ferrous, a new N-Tek field commander, instead of Jefferson. This new boss is a control freak with an aggressive and all-for-the-team attitude which contrasts with Max's free spirit, causing several conflicts. In response to an emergency call, Max and Cytro are sent to a subterranean lab in Antarctica, which is actually a prison for an unstable N-Tek agent who suffers a heavy mutation due to heavy exposure to chemical contamination. After fighting several "toxoids" (little mutant creatures born from chemical waste) and directly disobeying Ferrours's orders, Max gets into

12877-425: The drama [...] 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 ." Evans visited Pixar's offices one day and they pitched him the project during a visit; he accepted the offer immediately, given his love for animation. Evans credited Tim Allen as his guideline and also wanted to "create his own understanding of

13040-455: The end of 2007 and early 2008. Bio Crisis premiered with no advertising at all, except a brief announcement to the press in a particular interview in Mattel's regional headquarters. The movie was immediately available as a bonus gift with the purchase of different products, but only at very specific locations, since at the same time, Dark Rival and Forces of Nature were relaunched, as part of

13203-514: The fact that both, series and toys, were developed simultaneously, but in independent way. Most early Max Steel toys had a notorious military, adventure or sport clothes not related to the series in any way, but surprisingly quite similar to the 70's Mattel's action figure Big Jim . It was also noted that in Latin American market, many Big Jim toys were sold at that time under the name " Kid Acero ", which literally translates as "Kid Steel",

13366-427: The fame and notoriety Max has gained as a people's hero to turn public opinion against him. Makino uses his newfound power to control machinery to cause a satellite accident that burns to ashes a ghost town, but "leaks" to the media that N-Tek was responsible for it and releases a digitally altered version of the incident, which causes the group to be in the middle of a legal investigation for its covert operations. During

13529-496: The far future, where he encountered and stole extremely advanced technology, and eventually developed a way to travel back in time to prevent himself from stranding the Star Command crew upon the planet. Having worn out his own fuel, Zurg needs fresh fuel to travel further into the past and complete his mission, so he requests it from his younger self. Realizing this would erase Alisha and Kiko's life together, along with Izzy and

13692-725: The fictional worlds they love, adds to the overall narrative the franchise creates through its other media. Marvel's Avenger's Campus park is one of the many franchise-based theme parks created in recent times, following the creation of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure and Star Wars' Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and Disney World . Media franchises tend to cross over from their original media to other forms. Literary franchises are often transported to film, such as Nancy Drew , Miss Marple , and other popular detectives , as well as popular comic book superheroes . Television and film franchises are often expanded upon in novels , particularly those in

13855-470: The film The Matrix Reloaded and the video game Enter the Matrix were produced at the same time, using the same actors on the same sets, and released on the same day. Transmedia franchises occasionally release content through certain media that is not canon to the main or greater story that the franchise is built around, meaning that the elements of said content do not truly exist in the main timeline of

14018-432: The film did not release theatrically in these territories following the demand of removing the same-sex kiss. The movie was released under the ratings of 18+ for Malaysia and 21+ for Indonesia (both Indonesian and Malaysian equivalents of the adults-only NC-17 ), with mature content warning included prior to the start of the film. IGN Southeast Asia also confirmed that the same-sex relationship remained untouched, even for

14181-479: The film earned $ 34.6 million from 43 international markets, bringing its worldwide three-day debut to $ 85.2 million. In its second weekend, Lightyear declined 64.1% to $ 18.2 million, the second-lowest sophomore drop for a Pixar film after Onward (73%), which opened at the onset of the pandemic. Both Deadline Hollywood and Variety attributed the performance to competition from Jurassic World Dominion and Top Gun: Maverick , though ultimately noted it as

14344-476: The film in favor of Hasbro and Universal's Stretch Armstrong . Due to the relaunch of Max Steel in 2013, all plans for a live action movie were suspended. On August 2, 2013, it was revealed that Dolphin Entertainment were working on a Max Steel film. Christopher Yost was announced as writer, whereas Stewart Hendler was confirmed as director. The film follows along the plotline of the reboot and not

14507-548: The film lost the studio $ 106   million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues. In the United States and Canada, Lightyear was projected to gross $ 70–85 million from 4,255 theaters in its opening weekend, with some estimates reaching as high as $ 105 million. However, after making $ 20.7 million on its first day (including $ 5.2 million from Thursday night previews), estimates were lowered to $ 51–55 million. It went on to debut to $ 50.6 million, finishing second behind holdover Jurassic World Dominion . Additionally,

14670-430: The film to look "cinematic" and "chunky" in order to evoke the feeling of the science fiction films MacLane grew up with. In order to achieve this, they asked a former Industrial Light & Magic employee to build a spaceship model for them, from which the animators drew inspiration; this technique was inspired by designers for early science fiction films using models as inspiration for their sets and props. MacLane said

14833-406: The film too closely to Toy Story when the film aims to be its own stand-alone story while also saying: "Tim really is the embodiment of the toy Buzz, and this isn't the toy world, so it really doesn't make sense. There's not really a role. It would just cause more confusion for audiences instead of helping them understand the movie we're trying to tell." Chris Evans was announced as the voice of

14996-501: The film's scene with a same-sex kiss is inappropriate for children, saying that Disney sexualizes them. When asked about Lightyear in 2023, Pixar's chief creative officer Pete Docter stated that while the studio "love[s] the characters and the premise", he believed "we asked too much of the audience. 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 ? [...] so I think there

15159-495: The film's visual effects supervisor, spoke to /Film stating that the team had developed virtual IMAX cameras to shoot the sequences in 1.43:1 and then would be cropped to standard-definition. The film includes 30 minutes of IMAX animation. The team shot this footage using two different virtual cameras, a regular camera with a 35mm equivalent sensor and a 65mm equivalent sensor, which was earlier initiated by Pixar in WALL-E (2008). Recurrent Pixar composer Michael Giacchino

15322-463: The film. It also planned for a sweepstake promotion, which enable customers to win several prizes, including private film screening and Disney merchandises. Singapore -based WE Cinemas announced the debut of "Lightyear Premium Pack" with refreshments marketed with stills and images from the film. A half-hour-long documentary featurette entitled Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear

15485-435: The final battle, it is revealed the same machine which caused Toxzon's mutation is still working, now packing radioactive material as it was initially intended. Toxzon reconfigures the device to make openings in the nano-pyramids so he can absorb it, increasing his powers. During his encounter with Max, he overpowers Max and tries to make him fall into the device, but Max knocks off Toxzon's protective face mask and kicks him into

15648-473: The final installment in the franchise, but producer Mark Nielsen disclosed a possibility of a fifth film, as Pixar was not ruling out that possibility. In December 2020 at a Disney Investor Day meeting, Lightyear was announced as a spin-off film depicting the in-universe origin of the human Buzz Lightyear character, with Chris Evans providing the character's voice. When asked about the relationship between Lightyear and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command ,

15811-586: The first 30 minutes of the film was premiered at CinemaCon along with the second trailer, which released online six days earlier. It was positively received by critics, who referred to the film as "Pixar's Star Wars " and a "beautifully animated, fun, and emotional journey", and appreciated the cinematic qualities, including animation and visuals. Critics further went on to praise the robotic cat Sox voiced by Sohn, and called him "the standout performer." CNBC 's Sarah Whitten compared Sox, with K-2SO of Rogue One and Baymax from Big Hero 6 , attributing

15974-420: The first graphic novel was written by The Stuff of Legend co-creator Brian Smith and illustrated by Jan Wijngaard. The next two books in the series, Hero Overload and Haywire were released in 2014 and featured stories by writers B. Clay Moore and Tom Pinchuk, as well as more artwork from Wijngaard and Voltron Force artist, Alfa Robbi. Netter Digital Entertainment produced a TV series of the same name , based on

16137-483: The first series, which has the same title , premiered on Disney XD March 25, 2013. In this re-imagining, Josh McGrath no longer exists, and he is known as Maxwell "Max" McGrath. Also, Max Steel is no longer one person, but two; Maxwell and an Ultralink named "Steel." Maxwell (who is a Tachyon -Human Hybrid) has the ability to generate Tachyon Unlimited Radiant Bio-Optimized, or TURBO energy, however, he cannot contain it, as it causes him to become unstable. However Steel,

16300-406: The first times a toy company makes a continuation of generations of toys, taking in consideration their history, backgrounds and timeline. After the first year, development of the series went to Foundation Imaging , an animation company which eventually declared a bankruptcy at the end of second series. Mattel then choose Rainmaker Entertainment as the main animation studio, which at the time also

16463-607: The focus on the content of the commodity to "overlapping the commodity image with the character image". The book Anime's Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan, by Marc Steinberg, details the evolution of the media mix in Japan. Long-running franchises were common in the early studio era, when Hollywood studios had actors and directors under long-term contract. In such cases, even lead actors are often replaced as they age, lose interest, or their characters are killed. Spin-offs and adaptations of popular pieces of media within

16626-453: The franchise instead of using title cards." She further praised the technical aspects, and wrote: "The animation is gorgeous and hyper-realistic. The art department put their all into designing this universe and its characters and robotic villains," but criticized the screenplay saying "sometimes the story becomes convoluted and drags on, almost like there was a need to pad the runtime, causing Lightyear to get into even more trouble and creating

16789-429: The franchise's fandom , which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its media and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchise-based fandoms have grown to be even more popular in recent years with the rise of social media platforms, as many fans seek to interact with one another for discussion, debate and even to create their own fan-made pieces of media revolving around

16952-405: The franchise, on websites like tumblr , Reddit and Fandom . In the case of successful transmedia franchises, each different medium should expand the target demographic and fandom, build the interest of the consumers and add to the overarching story and narrative of the franchise itself. A connection between the characters, settings, and other elements of the media franchise do still exist within

17115-415: The franchise. Canon content often times breaks continuity, leading fans to speculate or seek to confirm which media are canon and which are not, which can get confusing if the franchise does not provide an answer themselves since entire media can be non-canon to the greater story, with a popular example occurring. On the other hand, specific episodes, volumes or parts of a series can be canon while others in

17278-498: The future. And while screenwriters Jason Headley and Angus MacLane need that push-pull in order to tell a story about reconciling the lure of nostalgia with the potential for something new, it's hard for a movie to sell us on living in the moment when every scene feels like it's settling for less." Kaleem Aftab of Time Out called the film "a franchise low, Pixar's meta Toy Story spin-off gets lost in space." The film has received criticism from some conservatives, who have argued that

17441-484: The glass holding the nanoprobes instead, causing the container to burst, sending the probes onto Josh's body. Jefferson finds Josh in an extremely weak condition, infected by the probes. 'Berto tells them that the probes are dying, causing Josh to die with them. They both need transphasic energy to survive, so they put Josh inside the transphasic regenerator (a machine capable of regenerating the nanoprobes). This procedure saves Josh's life, but also gives him powers boosted by

17604-483: The group with the intention of detaining them for their reckless actions, but relents in light of Buzz's bravery against the robot armada. Allowed to revive the Space Ranger Corps, Buzz unexpectedly selects Izzy, Mo, Darby, and Sox as his first trainees. With a new fuel crystal created using the computer left behind during the mutiny, Buzz and his team embark on a new adventure. In a post-credits scene, Zurg

17767-460: The human Buzz Lightyear along with the project's announcement in December 2020. Evans was the first and only choice MacLane had for Buzz; MacLane defended the recasting as "Tim's version of Buzz [Lightyear] is a little goofier and is a little dumber, and so he is the comic relief. In this film, Buzz is the action hero. He's serious and ambitious and funny, but not in a goofy way that would undercut

17930-426: The intention to create a creature much more ferocious than himself. Each isotope grants Elementor the power to control and mimic one specific element: Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire. Once in possession of these 4 elements, the power to control Metal and Ice is granted as an extra bonus. One by one, Elementor absorbs each isotope and gains new powers. Then Jefferson puts Max under arrest without further explanations, but Max

18093-456: The internal polarizing uproar it caused within Disney, the scene was reinstated. Speaking to Variety 's Angelique Jackson, Evans had stated about the scene saying: "I've been asked the question a few times — it's nice, and it's wonderful, it makes me happy. It's tough to not be a little frustrated that it even has to be a topic of discussion [...] The goal is that we can get to a point where it

18256-513: The invading force at Zurg's mothership. As they head back to the ship, Zurg intervenes and captures Buzz, then reveals himself to be an older version of Buzz from an alternate timeline, which split upon Buzz's return to the planet after the successful hyperspace test: without the robot army to detain them, soldiers from the colony attempted to arrest Buzz under Burnside's orders, forcing him to flee into space. This Buzz and his Sox escaped at full speed and, via time dilation, flew hundreds of years into

18419-403: The isotope is extracted from Max's body. After a brief confrontation with Elementor, Berto and Kat discovers that the fifth Isotope makes the others go haywire instead of adding new powers to its wearer, so Max decides to confront Elementor instead of running away. At the final battle, Max releases the power of the fifth isotope until its overcharge causes a reaction that destroys Elementor. After

18582-533: The isotopes from his body, leaving him in his original Bio-Con duplicate state. It also takes the Elementium out of Kat's body, saving her. Unknown thefts of N-Tek property have Max Steel on the tail of a new super enemy, Troy Winter , who claims to be superior to Max in every sense. The chase is on when Team Steel realize Troy's goal is to obtain a piece of a comet named Morphosos using the stolen N-Tek technology and deliver it into Warren Hunter's hands. During

18745-508: The lackluster opening was attributed to brand confusion in the film's marketing. McClintock, Martha Ross of The Mercury News , and The Washington Post ' s Sonny Bunch also questioned if the response from people over the inclusion of a lesbian couple kissing and the decision not to cast Tim Allen in the role of Buzz Lightyear were the reasons for the film's low opening. Other box office analysts believed family audiences might have not shown up to theaters after becoming accustomed to

18908-657: The last battle against Extroyer has permanently crippled the Adrenalink system, forcing Max to go back to an updated version of Going Turbo!, (A complete explanation of this new energy system appears in Turbo Missions Episode 12: Relaunch ). In this movie, a new enemy, the nefarious Doctor Grigor Rendel makes his first presentation. It is revealed that Iago has been working for him from the beginning, secretly stealing technology from Eclipse. Rendel has constructed an android named Cytro , whose prime directive

19071-401: The lives of all the other colonists, Buzz refuses. Aided by Zurg's Sox, Buzz and the cadets escape Zurg's ship and set it to self-destruct. On their return to the planet via a crash landing, Zurg attacks and takes the fuel for himself. Buzz ejects to shoot the fuel, causing an explosion that seemingly kills Zurg. With the fuel gone, Buzz finally accepts T'Kani Prime as his home. Burnside arrests

19234-463: The machine, trapping him in a nano-pyramid, which becomes his new prison. After Toxzon's capture, Max and Cytro are sent to space to detonate and destroy the Morphosos comet once and for all. In the middle of their mission, they find Troy Winters trapped inside the comet. Somehow, the comet radiation has purified the Morphosos crystals within him, curing him of his Extroyer state and reverting him to

19397-473: The magazine), footwear, clothing of every kind, jewelry, housewares (lamps, clocks, bedding, glassware), guitars and gambling, playing cards, pinball machines and pet accessories, billiard balls, bedroom appurtenances, enhancements, plus countless other items of merchandise. Non-fiction media franchises also exist in the television and film media, with reality TV being one of the most well-known examples; ranging from competition shows like The Amazing Race to

19560-411: The main character, and one or two of his enemies, a couple of vehicles and two or three special packages. The original toy series ran from 1999–2012. At the end of that period, was substituted by a different series of toys with the same brand name, but with a change in quality and design intended to tie into the companion TV series in 2013. The 2013 line did not exhibit 1/6 scale of the original and reduced

19723-463: The man down an elevator. Both of them are caught by N-Tek security agents, but the intruder, who is revealed to be "Psycho," Max' future enemy, in human disguise, defeats the agents. Josh then follows Psycho into a room where he sees Psycho stealing N-Tek Nanoprobes. Josh and Psycho battle for a moment, and in the middle of the fight, Josh kicks Psycho in the face, revealing his metal skull-like face. Josh panics, and Psycho fires his laser at Josh, but hits

19886-400: The media fictional material is unrelated. Non-fiction literary franchises include the ...For Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to... reference books . An enduring and comprehensive example of a media franchise is Playboy Enterprises , which began expanding well beyond its successful magazine, Playboy , within a few years after its first publication, into such enterprises as

20049-428: The number of articulations and action features of the figures. Max Steel was simultaneously developed into an animated series of the same name , which originally aired from February 25, 2000, to January 15, 2002, followed by nine direct-to-video animated films, being released annually from 2004 to 2012. A reboot aired on Disney XD in the United States, where it had premiered on April 1, 2013. In 1998, Netter Digital

20212-401: The original Toy Story (1995) to get interested in a Buzz Lightyear action figure. MacLane, a science fiction fan, had felt attracted to the character of Buzz since he started working at Pixar , feeling that the film's story was very "personal" for him, whose favorite movie since childhood had been Star Wars (1977). An aspect present in the Toy Story films that Lightyear explores

20375-410: The original series'. The film was distributed by Open Road Films and was originally planned for released in 2014. On February 6, 2014, the studio had cast Ben Winchell as Max Steel and Ana Villafane as his love interest Sofia Martinez. On April 29, 2014, actor Andy Garcia was cast in the role of Dr. Miles Edwards, a brilliant and mysterious scientist. On May 20, 2014, actor Mike Doyle was cast in

20538-530: The previously mentioned same-sex kiss. Disney+ in the Middle East and North Africa region (excluding Israel ) did not include the film as they decided to align with local censorship rules, meaning that content aimed at children that include LGBTQIA+ references, including this film, will not be released in these territories. It was streamed by 1.7 million U.S. households during its first five days on Disney+ according to Samba TV . According to Nielsen , it

20701-496: The prison level, thinking he can save the injured agent, just to discover it's just a scheme to free him. The agent is then revealed as Titus Octavius Xander , aka Toxion , a mutant who consumes and manipulates toxic substances, sealed in a Nanotech armor similar to Max's Nano-Suit, but more primitive and bulky. With his vast knowledge of N-Tek fighting techniques and hazardous powers, Toxzon defeats Max and Cytro and escapes, trying to locate and destroy N-Tek headquarters to contaminate

20864-445: The probes, now synchronized with his body. Josh confronts Jefferson to let him work at N-Tek but his stepfather refuses. Then Josh tells him that "Josh McGrath is out of the picture", and transforms into Max Steel. The first season lasted 13 episodes. After that, Netter Digital had gone bankrupt, so Foundation Imaging took over Season 2. For similar reasons, Season 3 was developed by Mainframe Entertainment . The third season also took

21027-407: The process, Berto is detained by local authorities. Taking advantage of the situation, Makino kidnaps him and forces him to reveal the secret of N-Tek nanotechnology which allows Max to hyper-compress weapons and spy equipment to add them to hil arsenal, now allowing him to absorb and partially reconstruct himself into vehicles. Since Makino can partially transform himself into a battle machine, Cytro

21190-423: The production and release is more important than its integrity, the releases should raise brand awareness and the cross-ability of the work is critical for its success. American Idol was a transmedia franchise from its beginnings, with the first season winner Kelly Clarkson signing with RCA Records and having the release of A Moment Like This becoming a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100. The success resulted in

21353-521: The purchase of other products, and are not available in other ways. In 2003, in the United States, if you selected Max Steel action figures you would get a free Max Steel: Endangered Species DVD . Countdown was included free in the largest playsets of the toy line in the '06 Christmas and as a free gift by buying a Happy Meal during November in Latin America only. In Mexico, Dark Rival was available inside an ActII Popcorn special promo pack at

21516-433: The reboot of the TV series starting in early 2013. Since the toy line was intended solely for male kids, despite the constant presence of empowered women in the series as main or supporting characters, no female figures were ever produced. Max Steel Series 1 Series 2: Themed series Endangered Species World of elements Series Adrenalink Series Max Gear Extroyed Series Turbo Missions Battle for

21679-463: The release of the official trailer. On May 6, 2022, European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake was revealed to have a cameo as "Tim from Mission Control". On May 25, it was revealed that Formula One drivers Carlos Sainz Jr. and Charles Leclerc would cameo in the film; both playing the same undisclosed character for the Spanish and Italian dubs of the film, respectively. The animators wanted

21842-442: The robots' commander. Buzz meets up with members of the colony's defense forces, including Alisha's now-adult granddaughter Izzy Hawthorne, Mo Morrison, a fresh, naïve recruit, Darby Steel, an elderly paroled convict, and the robot DERIC. While initially reluctant to work with them, Buzz eventually warms to them after they escape from a nest of insects and investigate a mining facility to repair their ship. Together, they plan to destroy

22005-480: The room into a hidden chamber under the floor, while a new floor spun into place. The enemy is later revealed to be L'Etranger, and he has taken the UN Representatives as hostages and is escaping on a train with them. Max and 'Berto follow Rachel's tracking signal, hidden in her earring, to the train. Max fights L'Etranger on top of the train, but in the middle of the confrontation, his enemy is knocked off

22168-828: The ruins of the Inca civilization. Meanwhile, Max will partner with a smart jaguar who becomes his best friend and fights with him against the villains. Forces of Nature is the only movie whose title was changed in Latin America. It was released under the name "El dominio de los elementos" (Element's Dominion). All other movies kept their respective names, even translated in different languages. In this movie, Jefferson Smith gets back to Bio-Con's abandoned base. There he finds several of Bio-Con's animals in stasis, most of them failed experiments, with one exception: one of them, codenamed Elementor, wakes up and escapes from its container. Elementor looks up for five different Elementium isotopes, which Bio-Con originally used to experiment and mutate him with

22331-525: The same medium are not, such as the fact that only some of the Battlestar Galactica comics are canon, with a large amount of them breaking the continuity of the main story. In Japanese culture and entertainment, media mix ( wasei-eigo : メディアミックス , mediamikkusu ) is a strategy to disperse content across multiple representations: different broadcast media , gaming technologies, cell phones, toys, amusement parks , and other methods. It

22494-462: The series ended, a movie, titled "Endangered Species," was released direct-to-DVD . A Max Steel movie was released every year from 2004 up until 2012. However, the movies took a different approach; while the series focused on chasing terrorists, secret agents, and super-enhanced humans, the movie's plots were focused on fighting superpowered mutants and monsters. The movies also changed the continuity, and Josh McGrath no longer exists. A re-imagining of

22657-413: The series, and it is mentioned that 'Berto is a traditional die hard computer nerd with no experience with girls or real life at all, (in the series he does has a life, and he is even a regular skilled fighter). The comic also insinuates the possibility that Psycho is Max's biological father, and they may have a relationship similar as Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader from Star Wars . This plot in particular

22820-495: The third series, due to a combination of factors- the change of the creative design team, a change in the animation company, and the lack of market in the US- all companies involved in the production of Max Steel gradually dropped the secret identity concept, but still had them going on "secret missions", with little-to-no help from N-Tek. The movies, released after the TV show ended, took a different approach: Officially, his Josh identity

22983-434: The train. The first episode doesn't give much background on who Max Steel is or what he does, only that he has a double-identity, works for a secret organization, and is super-powered. Until the third episode, "Shadows," it is revealed through a series of flashbacks how Josh became Max Steel: Josh apparently fell asleep outside of N-Tek while visiting his father. He hears someone break down a back door into N-Tek, so he follows

23146-444: The truth behind Makino's plot. Max manages to defeat Makino and remove the hard drive and power core within his chest, leaving him powerless. With the defeat and public confession of Makino, N-Tek's name is finally cleared and Makino is sent to prison. Max's mission to retrieve a dangerous device in a violent storm is foiled by a mysterious agent. Meanwhile, two of his old rivals, Toxzon and Makino are brewing up trouble of their own on

23309-452: The villain. Meanwhile, Toxzon explains his plan to have Makino take over N-Tek's brand-new aerial battle fortress, the Warden. To enact his plan, Toxzon uses an archaic Cyclotron to enhance Makino's power to control machines. Meanwhile, Max, Cytro, and Jet chase encounter both Toxzon and Elementor, who try their best to stop them from leaving the lair alive. With Makino empowered and ready to rock, Toxzon puts his plan into motion to take over

23472-408: The voice of the title character, with Keke Palmer , Peter Sohn , Taika Waititi , Dale Soules , James Brolin , and Uzo Aduba in supporting roles. The film follows Lightyear who, after being marooned on the hostile planet T'Kani Prime with his commander and crew, tries to find a way back home while encountering a threat to the universe's safety. The concept of a human Buzz Lightyear, who exists in

23635-475: The world in retaliation for what he considers a long time in prison and suffering, refusing to accept his incarceration was a desperate effort to save his life since his mutated body is not capable of surviving in a clean environment without the help of his containment armor. To combat Toxzon, Max undergoes a procedure that increases his body's Turbo Fuel capacity and a brand-new nano-suit with ten times more power, allowing him to battle Toxzon on equal footing. During

23798-501: The world is going be controlled by the monsters, he prefers to destroy the Earth instead. All the Elementors attempt to kill Max, but instead fall into his trap. Max, 'Berto, and Kat (poisoned with Elementium) manage to reunite them all in a desert wasteland. 'Berto reconstructs the "Imploder," a blackhole device found in Psycho's base at the beginning of the film, now to only affect Elementium. The process nukes Elementor and strips all

23961-477: The world's highest-grossing media franchises . For example, Pokémon 's penetration into the American market of the franchise along with others of Japanese origin, such as Yu-Gi-Oh! , gave rise to the recognition of what is variously called transmedia storytelling , crossmedia, transmediation , media synergy, etc. Researchers argue that the 1963 Tetsuwan Atomu marked a shift in Japanese marketing from

24124-447: Was announced to compose the score for the film, marking his eighth collaboration with the studio and the second time he would score an installment to a film franchise from Pixar that is traditionally scored by Randy Newman , after Cars 2 (2011). He earlier scored for the Toy Story television specials: Toy Story of Terror! (2013) and Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014), the former was written and directed by MacLane. Following

24287-425: Was commissioned by Mattel to create and develop a secret agent themed TV series partially based on James Bond's adventures, but aimed to young kids. The series premiered in 2000, but since October 1999, the first toys based on the series hit the shelves. The Max Steel toy line quickly become an instant success, although most of the first toys were completely different from the characters on the series. This may be due to

24450-890: Was distributed mostly in America and United Kingdom, the Spanish version was largely distributed on Latin America and Spain, while the Italian one was obviously distributed in Italy and the Greek one in Greece, especially through the Modern Times superhero comics. The comic consists mostly of two different briefing presentations which are supposed to happen at the same time in DREAD and N-Tek headquarters respectively, in which each CEO explains Max's abilities, powers and capacities from their opposite points of view. While Jefferson Smith presents Max as

24613-410: Was dropped and Max does not transform at all. This decision wasn't difficult to take, since all Max Steel merchandising and licensed products, promos and advertising campaigns always portrayed him as a brunette and no licensed products were ever produced with his secret identity. The "Josh" as secret identity concept was present only on the TV show and the first movie, Endangered Species , although Josh

24776-512: Was in charge of Transformers: Beast Wars . Following the same formula as Beast Wars, once Mainframe took control of the production, every new toy makes an appearance in the series or the movies, so they finally made a match. After the Endangered Species movie, every new set of toys includes at least a couple of wild animals as companions of Max too. The original run of the original toy series began in 1999 and ended in late 2012, with

24939-496: Was never mentioned in the TV series or movies, but the 2004 movie Endangered Species includes a scene in which Psycho defeats Max, and offers him join forces to rule mankind together. This scene is extremely similar as the one represented by Luke and Vader in The Empire Strikes Back . In 2006 Mattel released a 4 issue series of mini comics, each four pages long. Each comic described an encounter between Max and

25102-412: Was officially announced in an investor meeting held by Disney in December 2020. The animators gave the film a "cinematic" and "chunky" look, evoking the science-fiction films MacLane grew up watching. To design the vehicles of the film, MacLane used Lego pieces to build various ships and pitch them to the designers and artists. For its IMAX scenes, the team used two virtual cameras, a regular camera with

25265-435: Was positively reviewed by commentators, with CNN -based editor Leah Asmelash writing, "the trailer filled many millennials with sentimentality". The first trailer was released online on February 8, 2022, and was then aired at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022. ComicBook.com 's Aaron Perine opined that "the animated movie will be as comedic as expected of these family movies" and further stated "Chris Evans' version of

25428-526: Was released on the Disney+ streaming service on June 10 in anticipation of the film's release, chronicling the conception and production of Lightyear . Lightyear premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles , on June 8, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 17, 2022, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in RealD 3D, 4DX, Dolby Cinema, and IMAX formats. It

25591-603: Was retired in 2022 in favor of the Lightyear series. When the first Max Steel toys were released in 1999, Mattel distributed a free 12 page comic book titled Take it to the Max to introduce the character to children. The comic was written by Richard Bruning based on the sourcebook by Andy Hartnell, and penciled by Scott Benefiel with Tom McWeeney and Tommy Yune. Inkers were Jasen Rodriguez, Tom McWeeney and Lucian Rizzo. Until now there are four known language versions of this comic: English, Spanish, Italian and Greek. The English version

25754-455: Was the 2nd most watched movie in the United States across all platforms, during the weekend of August 5, 2022, to August 7, 2022. According to the streaming aggregator Reelgood, Lightyear was the 10th most watched program across all platforms, during the week of August 12, 2022. According to Nielsen Holdings , Lightyear was the 9th most streamed movie across all platforms, during the week of August 29, 2022, to September 4, 2022. Lightyear

25917-476: Was the New Max Steel figures from 2013–2016 were molded and shaped as a 16-year-old boy, notoriously younger and less muscular than the original ones. But figures made after 2016 were retooled to emulate an 18-year-old boy, making this the very first time Max showed some aged in both, toys and series. The later action figures also changed Max's face, making it more similar to the original from 1999. The brand

26080-407: Was the drop of toy's clothes and wearable accessories. While the original action figures came with fabric made vest and pants and detachable or snap-on accessories, -thus allowing to undress or dress up the figures with additional gear-, the new ones had no clothes at all, and all their features were directly molded onto the figures surface. This also allowed Mattel to cut down the cost of production of

26243-474: Was the most watched movie worldwide on Disney+ in August 2022. It was on the number one spot on the platform for 35 days consecutively. Lightyear grossed $ 118.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 108.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 226.4 million. It was the fourth highest-grossing animated film of 2022 in the U.S. and the fifth worldwide. Deadline Hollywood calculated

26406-550: Was theatrically released in the United States on June 17, in RealD 3D , 4DX , Dolby Cinema and IMAX formats. It became the first Pixar film to be released in theaters worldwide since Onward in March 2020, and the first to include scenes specifically formatted for IMAX theaters. Analysts considered the film to be a box-office bomb , grossing $ 226.4 million worldwide and losing the studio an estimated $ 106   million. "In 1995,

26569-419: Was viewed for 1.3 billion minutes and ranked third overall in streaming titles for the week. Its viewership fell sharply in the second week to 700 million minutes, with the film being positioned tenth overall and third among all streaming films. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Lightyear on Ultra HD Blu-ray , DVD and Blu-ray on September 13, 2022. According to Whip Media , Lightyear

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