PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS TO HIT D23 EXPO 2015 AUG. 14–16
PIXAR TO SHARE NEW FOOTAGE FROM UPCOMING FILMS,
EXCITING SECRETS AND LARGER-THAN-LIFE BUZZ LIGHTYEAR HELIUM BALLOON AS IT OFFICIALLY MARKS TWO DECADES OF FEATURE FILMMAKING
Pixar Presents Its First-Ever D23 EXPO Booth, Plus Provocative Panels
and a One-of-a-Kind John Lasseter Hawaiian-Shirt Exhibit
BURBANK, Calif. – June 25, 2015
– Buzz Lightyear will welcome visitors to
D23 EXPO 2015 as Pixar Animation Studios celebrates the 20-year anniversary of
Toy Story, among a host of exciting presentations, demonstrations
and panels that pay homage to Pixar’s past while looking ahead to its
roster of exciting new films. The fearless space ranger, who appeared in
Pixar’s groundbreaking CG-animated feature-film
debut Toy Story in 1995, as well as Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 3 (2010), has taken flight in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®
six times as a giant character helium balloon, measuring 67.7-feet
long, 39.9-feet wide and 34.3-feet
tall. This summer, the Disney•Pixar Buzz Lightyear balloon travels to
the West Coast for the first time ever, welcoming guests to D23 EXPO
2015 as it soars outside the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. D23 EXPO 2015 takes place through August
16.