Similarly, Disney’s last round of Pixar layoffs was initiated in 2013 following the delayed production and creative overhaul of 2015’s The Good Dinosaur. The decision follows the troubled release of 2022’s Toy Story spin-off film Lightyear, which barely broke its $200 million budget with a worldwide gross of $226.7 million, along with less-than-stellar reviews and at least one case of existential crisis. When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al’s Toy Barn kidnaps Woody.

According to Reuters, Lightyear director Angus MacLane and long-time producer Galyn Susman - who was credited with rescuing 1999’s Toy Story 2 after nearly every file of the film was accidentally deleted during production - were among those eliminated from the animator’s 1,200-member staff. Toy Story 2 (1999) 10828 votes, average 7.6 out of 10 Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices.

The restructuring plan originally announced by Disney CEO Bob Iger in February to consolidate the company’s film and television divisions and save $5.5 billion in costs was executed on May 23rd.

The recent Disney layoffs that shed 7,000 employees company-wide included 75 positions at Pixar, marking the animation studio’s largest jobs cut since 2013.

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