Disney Pixar: CARS2-World Grand Prix Coming June 24, 2011
John Lasseter & the Pixar gang were in Venice to be presented with a lifetime achievement award from the Venice Film festival by some dude named George Lucas.
Afterwards, he held a press conference to talk about the next Disney Pixar slate of films including a lot more details regarding CARS2.
Here’s what we’ve got so far now.
In our last post, it looks like Disney has grabbed all the urls surrounding the title:
CARS 2: World Grand Prix
CARS2-WORLDGRANDPRIX.COM
CARS2WORLDGRANDPRIX.COM
CARSWORLDGRANDPRIX.COM
WORLDGRANDPRIX-MOVIE.COM
And John Lasseter has spilled more of the plot details – that Mater will take over as his crew chief – with the rest of his pit crew follows (Ramone, Flo, Guido, Luigi, Sarge & Mack, presumably Sally will join said pit crew in CARS2 … so Doc is retired? And Fillmore? Voiced by another?).
There is 5-part worldwide race called “The Race of Champions.”
First up is a race in Tokyo, starting at Mount Fuji and heading downtown;
Second race is a German course through the Black Forest;
Then “Porto Corsa” in Italy, which is based partly on the Monte Carlo Grand Prix;
Followed by a LeMans-like 24-hour race around Paris;
And finally a thrilling climax in London, approaching Buckingham Palace (where the guards appear to be Land Rovers).
So, we will see a smattering of race cars from drifters/tuners to road rally race cars to Formula 1 to GT and all together in one crazy race in the finale.
Meanwhile, Mater saves the life of a British secret agent called Finn McMissile (an Aston Martin) and becomes embroiled in a huge spy thriller. Only no-one believes him. That too comes to a head at Buckingham Palace.
John L also notes that …“CARS 2 … “not just be a racing movie” but also a “Hitchcockian espionage, spy thriller thing.”
The plot, he explained, would see slow-witted tow truck Mater being mistaken for a secret agent while accompanying his friend to Europe.
In keeping with the original, landmarks like the Eiffel Tower in Paris and London’s Big Ben will be adapted as if they existed in a cars-only universe.
Release DATE: June 24, 2011 (2D & 3D)
Additionally, for the press, they showed off two of the three new mater Tall Tales coming next Spring:
Unidentified Flying Mater – had the tow truck befriending a UFO, helping it escape from Parking Area 51 and learning to fly.
Heavy Metal Mater, which had the tow truck accidentally inventing heavy metal and becoming a massive stadium-filling star.
& the third one is Mater as a Wrestler (as wrassler if you will).
Complied from EMPIRE (magazine), BBC News & IGN.com.
Thanks to everyone who sent in the heads up including MiaSenorita, Charles C., & Brian M. – thanks.
Oh yea, clear out another room or two …
11 September 2009
57 Comments
i heard from a website that LMQ would have a kid, that didn’t believe that his dad was a famous race car, so LMQ joins the World Grand Prix to prove it……… don’t know if it’s true or not, but i hope it is.Don’t be mad at me if its a lie. Be mad at the people i heard it from. AKA YouTube
(MET: If you’re right, take credit – if wrong, just blame the internet! 🙂 ).
cars 2 wooooow coool ai want to see it
Exciting information! It’s going to be hard to wait for this as I find out more about it.
Oh my mistake. Yes June makes sense. End of school, Fourth of July. It is a good time to put out a Summer blockbuster, but much too far away.
OMG awesome!
I’m thinking January 2011 dosen’t make sense. Why wouldn’t you do it either Thansgiving weekend 2010 or Christmas week. Either that or just wait until Presidents week. This I believe will be the biggest Global movie(especially for boys) in the history of Disney/Pixar movies. I also believe it would be better to have at least some cars from cars 2 ready for next Christmas. This is the last Christmas I think they can milk out of the first movie. The cars toons are helping and the final lap cars, toons cars and new story tellers will probably keep us buying enough for the next year, but I think Mattel will miss the boat if they don’t give us a new movie to get excited about by next Christmas, with the first releases from the new movie. Now if they have the First Grand Prix cars ready for next Christmas, then we will be lining up quick.
I am thinking it coincides with the opening of Carsland at Disneyland!
January 2011? It’s June 2011.
The reason they don’t open around Christmastime is simple economics. When they release the money on June 24, they get some serious Summer revenue. And when the DVD comes out in November, they get their second chance for revenue during the Holiday shopping season. Very smart move!
Also, who’s to say they won’t release Cars 2 characters in time for Christmas 2010 in anticipation of the movie release?
I cannot wait for this movie!!!!!!!!
Whoa! As a geography teacher, I am LOVING this! Sounds like I have the perfect excuse to show CARS2 during social studies class – sweeeeeet!
I want them all!
We will be interested in seeing the second movie and how it continues to build the “CARS” world?
But, will collectors continue to collect the “CARS” die-cast for another year and a half until the movie comes out?
Sadly, I do not think so?!?
Our Son is already losing interest – only occasionally playing with his loose “CARS” and having no interest in any “new” ones we MAY find!
Plus, with the EXTREMELY poor economy, we cannot afford to spend the money!!
OMG!! Get out now while you can!!!!!!!! That’ll make it easier for me to find stuff! Finally some real cars!!!
As a person who writes screenplays for a living…that is an awful lot of story line (5 locations) in a 90-min film – (around 15 – 18-min per location). Did I say 90-min, more than likely it would be between 80-89-min. Guess we’re all going to have to watch it multiple times and do a lot of REWINDS to REALLY SEE all that it sounds like IT COULD BE. Perhaps they’ll have Laverne, Sheila, and Rhonda dressed in Kimonos, with four thin rear white wall tires, to represent split-toe socks, and a small silk pillow in 20,000 different colors – so collectors will buy them all! And let’s not forget the variant ones. Oh and then there will be the really cute Buckingham Palace “Pitty” Guards…Never mind, Disney/Pixar, I’ll custom make those too (lol, wink).
Guess now Guido and Luigi will be speaking Japanese/English with a French accent! lol And when Mater says “Domo/Doumo” it’s going to sound like “Don’t Know” or “Doe Moe?” Hmmm…will he be saying “thank you” or just wanting to go eat sushi at Domo’s (a Japanese Country Foods Restaurant). Ohhh and with distinctive tastes, is the generous use of Shiitake mushrooms, Kombu, Hijiki, Funori Seaweed’s, and other sea vegetables, they use daily for a total of over 120 varieties of fresh sea foods, meats and vegetables…all sold as accessory items by Mattel!
Or will Mater REALLY be asking for a (Dōmo): A Japanese mascot, Nickelodeon design, sold only at Target!
Hmmm…sounds like this movie will NOT be nearly as good as the first one, sounds like it lacks the HEART and SOUL of the original story line…and sounds like Disney/Pixar has decided to take the greedy “cash out” option, by creating an international sequel that will include a gazillion new characters for us all to buy!!! I can imagine a character ensemble that will eclipse the Star Wars line! BUT we’ll never ever get all of the new characters, because we’re still missing four if not four hundred from the first movie!!! Hmmm…wonder how many different versions of Lightning McQueen they will be releasing for the new movie…5…10…20…McQueen with Sushi on his hood, McQueen with snow on his tire, Oktoberfest McQueen with Beet Steins on his hood, the variant possibilities are endless!
So what! I say, “BRING IT ON!” Gotta have’em all! 😛
Well, I did forget the Japanese Pitty Wee Wee, or is that Wii Wii?
Luigi and Guido with a French accent? Don’t you mean Italian?
name ONE pixar film that wasnt good…..exacly
if they say they will do it then they will most likely do it and do it with such awesome awesomness that it will be awesome!
Hmmm…well, “Wall-E” was painfully slow…and if you disect it, the general premise/concept of the story has been done better many times before, in other sci-fi books/movies, and even anime. So aside from the animation, it really is their worst outing, IMHO. As for their 2nd worst movie, I’d say it is either “UP” (which had a lot of promise but fell flat) but again, awesome animation visuals. “Toy Story 2” was bad, just an attempt to cash in on a “sequel” that is all. It sucked. But, you only wanted me to name one. Then again, I am no film critic, just a writer of films…with grand children (who love cartoons). Ohhh by the way, I also wrote a script for my envision of “CARS 2” which in my opinion would have been a much better story line, and would have ended in JAPAN in CARS 3 which could have spinned off “TRUCKS” and “BOATS” the movies.
Sorry Bob, it’s a blog so you’re entitled to your opinion, but your just flat out wrong. There’s nothing wrong with UP.
Never apologize, it’s a sign of weakness lol, but I didn’t even mention Ratatouille, though I thought it was really over rated.
IMHO Pixar’s movies dominate over a swag of others due to the fact the story lines actually have good character development and encompass a range of values and morals. Add to the fact that both adults and kids can enjoy them and they are great. There are far too many blockbuster movies being made with millions of dollars spent on special effects and very little plot line. Or instead how about the writers that just re-write stories that have been told before, re-make movies that have been made before or just use one of the 9 main plot/genre ideas with a few different spins on it? I could be naming examples but the rant is long enough. Sure there are quite a few exceptions to the rule but they are far and few between. Over recent years Pixar has been nothing but a shining light. And with each successive film’s success I would find it hard to be critical of them.
Why waiting till 2011..2010 is OK..
2010 is toy story 3 😀
For those collectors/parents who live in Cali and have the Disneyland SuperPass/Yearly membership, you can get a discount at and Disney Store and it doesn’t even have to be in Disneyland. Enjoy!! 😀
sqiurrels at work again.. It should say “you can get a discount at ANY and not the”
Hot tip for us So.Cal. locals! 😎 Thanks!
Sweet!!!!! I am not a nascar fan… sorry all of you that are 🙂 But I am a fan of Rally, LeMans, Grand Prix and drifitng!!!! This is going to be the best.
And I am already putting my house on the market so I can find a new, BIGGER house to keep all these cool cars in !!!!!!! Mattel, please please please bring Martin back to the drawing board to bring these guys to metallic life… I beg you.
Think of all the great new cars that could be done from this film? I can’t wait! Especially want that Aston Martin and I will send one to my UK friend Martin Ashton…. coincidence? I think not!!
Now why do we have to wait sooooo looooooong for it to come to theaters? Time to make additions to our homes? I don’t know, but it is going to kill me waiting.
talking of waiting…Up hasnt been released at cinemas in the uk yet!
still over a month to go!!!!
not fair!
Up was released here in Australia this week, hence giving me something to do this weekend. Again, can’t wait for Cars 2 but always a bit dissappointing having to wait behind US.
I want Mater to get new tires and then say “I ain’t supposed to work no more ’cause I just re-tired”.
😆
Sounds great. Can you imagine how many new characters they will be able to make between 5 races and the different locations? However no one should be suprised with the Global theme or the UFO predictive programming. Fits right in with everything else and of course homage must be paid to the crown. This is good new to collectors with extras though as this is just going to make all the cars more wanted globally. I hope you don’t mind shipping internationally. 🙂
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Again, another great and informative post! Thank you Met.
I bet they’ll hide Todd in Porto Corsa.
Continuing my thought from above, would it be too obvious to have Todd crossing Abbey Road with 4 Beetles?
I hope they make a Bentley/Audi LeMans racer or one that is similar. and a Subaru STi or Evo for the rally section!!!! My mind is swirling with diecasts right now…. 😀
Me too!! The possibilities are endless!! 😯
here even more off subject…..
tickets to Dancing with the Stars
http://www.ocatv.com/shows/show/54/event/6361
I get these offers in my email all the time… they usually don’t last very long.
“sold out” or whatever you use for free tickets…
just waiting list now….
Met and everybody here, off subject a little but DisneyStore.com has the new racers, etc. up for grabs again!!
I said this yesterday, but I want to say it again: as a Beatles fan, my only expectation from this movie is that as Mater whizzes through London, he passes 4 Beetles crossing Abbey Road. Please John Lasseter, please!!
haha… I can honestly see JL doing The Beetles.
I was saying back in May they should do a secret agent Mater for the Mater Tales … hmmm…. wonder if he read that….
During their meetings, they HAD to have listed all the famous London landmarks – Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the O2, and of course, Abbey Road!
Oh and of course as they go through Paris, I’m sure we’ll see the Ratatouille restaurant!
but where will the Pizza Planet truck be?
Italy .. of course . . 🙂
simply awesome! I can’t wait and I can only imagine the cool characters we are bound to meet in such places. those new Tall Tales will be great to see to.
I’m just trying to think of what morals/values Pixar can pull out of what seems to be a spy thriller? but that said, the same can be said about all other movies on face value.
AWESOME can’t wait
Wow, fantastic, I finally can see McQ in the italian Grand Prix!
I’m going to reserve the tickets!!!
Ooooo…i was sketching my partners landrover hes spent years restoring the other day and was going to draw him a cars style version of it tearing thru the countryside,
and i actualy wondered if LMQ & Mater would visit england and what british characters they would include….landrover, mini, london taxi, ect…
i just hope theyget british actors to do the voices and not americans doing british accents….sorry ‘merica…you just cant pull it off!
(MET: I think half the actors we have are British/Scottish/Australian 🙂 … ).
I heard Mister Bean will be voicing the secret agent Finn McMissle.
Oooo…reprising his role from johnny english?
maybe they should get Stephen Fry to do one of the british characters, he’s very british! maybe he can be a tour guide car!
CANT WAIT or as my Italian friend says NNNNNEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDD to go see it!!!
Does he ssstttuuuttteeerrr? 😀
Looking forward to seeing CARS2. Definitely not buying the diecast though.
That’s a shame, but more for us:) !