Tom Hanks says he doesn't understand why Tim Allen wasn't brought back for 'Lightyear'

• Tom Hanks offered his opinion on Tim Allen not being the voice of Buzz Lightyear in "Lightyear."
• "I don't understand that," he told CinemaBlend.

Tom Hanks has spoken out about Tim Allen not voicing Buzz Lightyear in the new Pixar movie "Lightyear."

Hanks is currently in theaters with his latest movie, "Elvis," in which he plays Elvis Presley's infamous manager Colonel Tom Parker. CinemaBlend asked the Oscar-winner if it's weird to have a movie competing at the box office against one about Buzz Lightyear.

"How about that? I actually wanted to go head-to-head with Tim Allen and then they didn't let Tim Allen do it. I don't understand that," Hanks said.

In the original "Toy Story" franchise, Allen voiced Buzz while Hanks voiced Woody. But instead of bringing Allen back for the 2022 standalone movie about the space ranger, Pixar went with Chris Evans.

"Lightyear" is the origin story of the beloved astronaut character that Andy becomes obsessed over.

Allen also recently gave his thoughts to "Extra" on not reprising the character for "Lightyear."

"The brass that did the first four movies, it's just a whole new team that really have nothing to do with the first movies," Allen said, adding that even back when they were making the "Toy Story" movies, there was talk of an origin Buzz movie. "I said, 'What a fun movie that would be.'"

"As I see, it's not a big adventure story," Allen said of "Lightyear." "It's a wonderful story. It just doesn't seem to have any connection to the toy."

"It has no relationship to Buzz," he added. "It's just no connection. I wish there was a better connection."

"Lightyear" is currently playing in theaters.