While the optimist in me is hopeful that Lightyear goes theatrical and I do think that we won’t know for absolute sure until like early April as that is around two months before release, Sonic 2 also releases which should open nicely and CinemaCon as disney would make the announcement before but not after, I still doubt it.
Correct me if I’m wrong as I have like no knowledge but I believe Marvel has deals that guarantee theatrical releases at least for the stars’ contracts while stuff from WDAS and Pixar do not.
Even for the theaters’ making noise, I doubt it’d change the tide too much unless Docter and the whole Pixar crew actually go up in arms, which again I doubt many will as for job security. Unless NATO and chains said we won’t show Marvel or Avatar movies in theaters I doubt much would really make an effort that Pixar or WDAS would stay theatrical.