There’s a 2 minute video over on the BBC website with John Lasseter, director of Pixar’s Cars 2 and studio animation chief, talking about the process of making an animated film. Nothing new there really, but interesting how he compares it to ‘live action’ film… Read More »John Lasseter on BBC talks about Making Animated Films and Toy Story 4 Rumors
Last week we covered the Cars 2 appearance at the NASCAR race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA right in Pixar’s backyard. This week the boys from Pixar will travel across the pond to promote Cars 2 at the Formula One race in Silverstone. Look… Read More »Cars 2 ventures to British Grand Prix for F1 Race
I am so totally jealous of that shirt! Click to embiggen. Just a hop skip and a jump from the Lasseter family winery and a little bit further from the Emeryville Studios of Pixar, you’ll find a place where the cars from Pixar’s Cars movie… Read More »Cars 2 at NASCAR’s Infineon Raceway in Sonoma Valley
In the race to box office supremacy, it’s hard to bet against Lightning McQueen. Indeed Disney has announced the sequel to Pixar’s Cars will bring in over $68 million in its opening weekend. That number would have been higher, but there was a drop off… Read More »Pixar’s Cars 2 Takes Home a Respectable Purse at the Box Office
Cars 2: The Video Game for the Xbox, PS3, Wii, DS, and PC/Mac was just released. Players enter an international game of espionage as they compete to become the fastest racecar in the world. The game takes its plot from the Disney-Pixar film Cars 2,… Read More »Disney-Pixar Cars 2: The Video Game Hits Stores Today
Pixar’s Cars 2 had its world premiere Saturday night at the El Capitan. While I haven’t seen the movie yet, a few early reviews are already out and the word looks to be pretty positive. Justin Chang at Variety says “John Lasseter and his team… Read More »Cars 2 – The Early Reviews are very Positive
Crikey! A lot of work went into the Cars 2 trailer recreated entirely in LEGO. Here’s a behind the scenes video showing how they did it: Video: Keith Malone, LEGO Creative Director, talks about how the all LEGO Cars 2 trailer was made using stop… Read More »Making of: The Cars 2 LEGO Trailer
The more I hear about Cars 2 the more I’m liking it. It promises to improve upon its predecessor’s box office score and deliver a bunch of new merchandise sales as well. So Disney stock owners should be happy at least. As we get closer… Read More »Cars 2: New clips from Pixar and John Lasseter talks