Cars 2

Cars 2
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Directed by	Brad Lewis
Produced by	John Lasseter
Starring	Owen Wilson Larry the Cable Guy
Music by	Randy Newman
Production company	Pixar Animation Studios
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release date	June 24, 2011 (2011-06-24)
Country	United States
Language	English

Cars 2 is an upcoming computer-animated 3-D film that will be produced by Pixar Animation Studios and is the sequel of the 2006 film Cars. It will be distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and is scheduled for release on June 24, 2011. Ratatouille producer Brad Lewis takes over from John Lasseter as director. In the film, Lightning McQueen and Mater travel around the world. The film will also be the fourth film to star Bonnie Hunt (who previously had roles in A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc. and Cars).

Plot

Lightning McQueen, his pit crew, and new crew chief, Mater, head around the world for the "Race of Champions" taking place in five different countries: Japan, Germany, Italy, a 24-hour race in France, and the United Kingdom. However, Mater, involved in a case of mistaken identity, saves the life of a British secret agent called Finn McMissile and finds himself embroiled in his world of international espionage.

Cast

• Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen
• Larry the Cable Guy as Mater
• John Ratzenberger as Mack
• Bonnie Hunt as Sally Carrera
• Michael Wallis as Sheriff
• Cheech Marin as Ramone
• Paul Dooley as Sarge

Development

Cars is the second Pixar film, after Toy Story, to have a sequel. Cars 2 originally was scheduled for a 2012 release, but Pixar moved the release up a year. It is the first of two films that Pixar will release in 2011 (the second being The Bear and the Bow), marking the first time that the studio will release more than one film in the same year. Lasseter conceived the sequel's story while traveling around the world promoting the first film. "I kept looking out thinking, 'What would Mater do in this situation, you know?' I could imagine him driving around on the wrong side of the road in the UK, going around in big, giant travelling circles in Paris, on the autobahn in Germany, dealing with the motor scooters in Italy, trying to figure out road signs in Japan," he said.

In 2009, Disney registered several domain names in relation to the title World Grand Prix.

Cast deaths

By 2008, three cast members of the original Cars had died; Joe Ranft (Red and Peterbilt) was killed in a car accident in August 2005, during the production of the first film. Luckily they were able to put his part in the film before he died. George Carlin (Fillmore) died of heart failure in June 2008, and Paul Newman (Doc Hudson) died three months later after losing an ongoing battle with lung cancer in September 2008. No announcements have been made as to whether the roles will be recast or simply written out of the film. However, Fillmore and Doc had new voice actors in Cars Race-O-Rama, and archive recordings were used for Fillmore's voice in the Cars Toon episode "Unidentified Flying Mater".

External links

• Cars 2 at IMDb
• Cars 2 at AllMovie
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