Sneak Peek Onboard Video of Radiator Springs Racer

Disney Parks has released the first onboard video of Radiator Springs Racer! Cool down, you won't see all the ride but just a few seconds of the ride when the vehicle is racing outside. Still, this quick sneak peek "of what to expect inside the mountain range" looks pretty cool!




They've also released another interesting video showing the recording by song writer and composer Bruno Coon and the band “Billy Hill and the Hillbillies” of one song that will be heard as background music throughout the town of Radiator Springs in Cars Land. Sounds good!






I remind you that you still can order a collector copy of the DLP book. the final price now applies but we're doing a FREE SHIPPING for each order placed before April 31st ! So, go ahead and place your pre-order now for a collector's edition copy while you can get this special offer on this wonderful book!! To know how to order and send your payment please go HERE. Paypal or bank wire transfer payments are welcome.




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New Imagineering Video: Cars Land Neon Signs

New Cars Land Imagineering video, this time talking about the great neon signs that will illuminate Cars Land at night!



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Cars Land Shops Artwork

Disney Parks has released three renderings showing the shops in the upcoming and highly awaited Cars Land. Above, the concept-art for the Radiator Springs Curios shop where you will find "must-haves pins and Vinylmation themed to all things “Cars,” or antenna toppers, window clings, license plate frames and magnets".

Below the artwork for the Ramone’s House of Body Art: "The Champion Custom Speed Shop collection is sure to meet your need for speed with signature pin-stripe style and laid-back look which appears on a variety of shirts for work and play, hats and accessory items."



Last but not least, the barracks of Sarge’s Surplus Hut where you’ll find "a broad selection of offerings featuring Lightning McQueen, Tow Mater and other classic “Cars” characters."



Meanwhile they did something pretty funny at DCA, i.e they've buried in Buena Vista Plaza a time capsule containing items specific to the park which will be opened by Disneyland Resort cast members only in 2037. They did this to mark the construction of Buena Vista Street and as you will see on the video there will be lot of goodies inside the time capsule for the DLR cast members in 2037!




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First Composite Cars Land Picture !

Disney has released a first picture of Cars Land Radiator Springs Racer, a composite picture that is, meaning that there is a lot of photoshoping on it! That said the picture looks great and will remind to those of you who may have forgotten that two cars will race side by side during the last part of the ride. Click on it to see it in larger size!

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New Cars Toon " Air Mater " - Full Version, and in 3D !

If just like me you like Mater, you'll be happy to know that you will find in the Cars 2 Blu-Ray edition just released in the U.S and Canada the new Cars Toon called "Air Mater" - as well as the Toy Story Toon “Hawaiian Vacation” and other features like a John Lasseter Commentary or "The Nuts and Bolts of Cars Land" which should interest theme park fans.



But if you live outside the U.S you may have to wait a bit more before the dvd - blu-ray release. So, i find for you on Youtube the full video of Air Mater, and in 3D please! If you have at home a red and blue 3D glasses it's time to put them on your nose!




If you prefer 2D, here is a non-3D version which will work fine also on mobile devices.




And, talking about Pixar, as you know John Lasseter has now his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but have you seen a video of the ceremony? If not, here is two videos, the second one showing John Lasseter's full recipient speech.







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New Mater Cars Toon " Air Mater "

About the Mater character it seems that there is no other choice than "i love him" or "i hate him", but personally i love Mater. I think that - as John Lasseter once said - that Pixar has found its "Goofy", and i also like the "innocence" or the "naive" side of the character. Anyway, if just like me you like Mater, you'll be happy to know that a new Cars Toon called "Air Mater" will be included in the Cars 2 Blu-Ray edition - to be released November 1st - as well as the Toy Story Toon “Hawaiian Vacation” and other features like a John Lasseter Commentary or "The Nuts and Bolts of Cars Land" which should interest theme park fans.

Good news, Pixar has released the first 30 seconds of this "Air Mater" showing Mater arriving in an airport and you can watch this below!




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Paris Cars 2 special screening with John Lasseter - Video

Paris Cars 2 special screening with John Lasseter happened last night and the lucky winners of the D&M contest were of course at this event. Among them Leonard Meyer who shot the above picture and Eddy who filmed the video below of the entire appearance of John Lasseter, answering the fans questions. Thanks to both of them, even if you were not there last night you'll be able to share this special evening!




Many thanks to Leonard and Eddy!

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Win 20 invitations for Paris Cars 2 special screening, with John Lasseter !

Edited 7/13: The Cars 2 Paris screening contest is now over and the ten lucky winners are:

Fabien Demeulenaere 
 
Violaine Paquel 
 
Julien Petitnicolas
 
Teddy Ransay
 
Thomas Schelkens
 
Léonard Meyer 
 
eddy oppl 
 
Ladislav Kral
 
Yariv
 
Robin Broos

All of them will be contacted by Disney press agent Julien Guillermin who asked me to remind to the winners that the screening will be July 21st at 8pm at the UGC CINE CITE LES HALLES theatre, in Paris. Winners must arrive 30 minutes before screening time, i.e at 7.30pm.

The right answers to the four questions were:
Question 1:
Tokyo, London, Paris, Porto Corsa

Question 2:
Finn McMissile

Question 3:
Francesco Bernoulli

Question 4:
Tom Morris

Thanks to all who have participated in this contest, and hope you all will enjoy Cars 2!

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Please note that this article is both in english and in french. For the french version please scroll down.

Notez que cet article est à la fois en français et en anglais. Vous trouverez la version française ci-dessous, aprés la version anglaise.

Cars 2 will be released late July in France and Disney is organizing July 21 in Paris a special screening at 8pm at the UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles theatre. John Lasseter will be there in person and will answer to the audience questions!

Here is a contest to win 20 seats (ten invitations for two people) and this contest is open to everyone who will be in Paris on July 21st, you don't need to be french to participate.

It's very simple: answer to the four questions below, including the subsidiary question, and send me an email with your answers as well as your name and email adress at: lawrence55@wanadoo.fr

Question 1: What are the names of the four cities outside the United States in which there is a World Grand Prix race in Cars 2?

Question 2: What is the name of the British secret service car voiced by Michael Caine (in the english version of Cars 2)?

Question 3: What is the name of the italian car voiced by John Turturro (in the english version of Cars 2)?

Subsidiary Question: What is the name of the WDI Imagineer show designer of Cars Land that will open in 2012 at Disney's California Adventure? Is it:

1: Tony Baxter
2: Tom Morris
3: Joe Rhode
4: Chris Tietz

(I know, this one is a tough question)

Good luck, and send me your answers at: lawrence55@wanadoo.fr as soon as possible!



Version Française:

Disney organise à Paris une projection spéciale de Cars 2 le 21 Juillet au cinéma UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles à 20h en présence de John Lasseter qui répondra ausx questions du public!

Disney and more vous propose de gagner 20 invitations pour cette projection mémorable (dix invitations pour deux personnes). Pour gagner répondez aux quatre questions ci-dessous, inclus la question subsidiaire et envoyez vos réponses par email avec votre nom et adresse email à: lawrence55@wanadoo.fr

Le concours est ouvert à toute personne qui aura la possibilité d'ètre là, à Paris, le 21 Juillet, donc vous n'avez pas besoin d'ètre obligatoirement français.

Question 1: Quel est le nom des quatre villes hors des Etats Unis ou se déroulent les courses dans Cars 2?

Question 2: Quel est le nom de la voiture qui est un agent des services secrets britanniques et dont Michael Caine fait la voix dans la version originale anglaise?

Question 3: Quel est le nome de la voiture de course italienne dont John Turturro fait la voix dans la version originale anglaise?

Pour les questions 2 et 3 ci-dessus le nom demandé est celui de la voiture dans la version originale anglaise.

Question Subsidiaire: Quel est le nom de l'Imagineer show-designer de Cars Land qui ouvrira en 2012 à Disney's California Adventure? Est-ce:

1: Tony Baxter
2: Tom Morris
3: Joe Rhode
4: Chris Tietz

Bonne chance à tous, et merci de m'envoyer vos réponses au plus tot à: lawrence55@wanadoo.fr

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New Pixar Short " Hawaiian Vacation "

It had to happen: just one day after Hawaiian Vacation - the new Pixar short animated - was released in front of Cars 2 the first "full video" appeared on Youtube. The image quality could be worst but if you're living in a country where Cars 2 was released last Friday and intend to go see it anytime soon it's really better to wait to see in perfect condition in theatres as it is a very cute short animated movie.

Also, and as usual, Hawaiian Vacation should be available in high-def on iTunes very soon which is another good reason to don't watch the video below. That said, if you really want to watch it, then don't wait too long as i'll be surprised if this video is still on Youtube tomorrow evening!


Edited 6/28: That's it, the video has been removed from Youtube, so i think all you have to do now is to see it in theatre with Cars 2 or wait for its release on iTunes!

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Cars 2 released today in the U.S !

Cars 2 is released today in the U.S and most of the reviews are good, which is great for all Pixar animators who worked on the movie. If just like me you were not at the Hollywood Premiere you might be interested to watch the video below...




...and also to have a look at this last Pixar - Disney Parks video presenting the main characters of Cars 2.




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Five New Cars 2 clips !

Less than a week before the Cars 2 release in the U.S and Pixar just released new clips, and the first one is called "Japan Fast Dirt Section", which of course is all about the race in Japan. Have a look!




Always in Japan, the "Wasabi" clip in which Mater will discover what Wasabi really is...




This next clip shows what is probably the beginning of the Paris sequence, with a song of French singer Bénabar.





Pixar also released two videos about Cars 2 music, this first one shows Robbie Williams singing "Collision of Worlds" and the video include some never-seen-before short clips of Cars 2.




In this next video John Lasseter and other musicians who participated to Cars 2 music score, always with new short clips from the movie.




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"Cars 2" safety video reminds drivers to not drive distracted

The Department of Transportation, Disney, and Pixar have teamed up to help fight distracted driving with a new “Cars 2” video.

The 30-second video with a special editing is called "Only the bad guys drive distracted" and with the help of the Cars characters it advises viewers that "No calling, no texting, nothing that can take away your focus while you're driving". This special ad will be available in more than a dozen countries with various translations, and you can discover it right now below.




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Three new clips of Cars 2, and more...

Three new clips of Cars 2 today, just released by Pixar - you can feel that the movie is released in the U.S in less than two weeks! - and the two first clips are directly related to the "espionnage" part of the movie...






Next clip is called "Lewis Hamilton/Jeff Gorvette Cameo" and apparently the action is in Japan during a Tokyo party.




Last but not least, here is a few seconds of Pixar awaited new short animated called "La Luna", directed by Enrico Casarosa who gave an interesting interview to Animation World Network that you can read HERE if you want to know more about this mysterious short.




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Cars Land Summer 2012 Opening Date Confirmed

Disney spokesman John McClintock has confirmed that Cars Land, will open at Disney's California Adventure in Summer 2012. We all knew that it was going to open next year but not exactly when. Now we know, and it will be in "Summer 2012", the exact date will of course depends of all the ride tests that WDI will do on each Cars Land attractions.

The Orange County Register did the picture above which will tell you precisely what will be what in the awaited 12-acres DCA addition and you can read more on their site HERE.

Talking about "Cars", Pixar announced that italian legendary actress Sophia Loren will voiced Mama Topolino - on the right on the picture below - when the character will speak in italian - Vanessa Redgrave will do the voice in the english version.



And, last but not least, Pixar also released this new Cars 2 clip called "Tokyo Party"!




Cars Land Picture: copyright Orange County Register

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Two New Cars 2 Videos : "Spy Cars like us" Featurette and "Meet Finn Mc Missile" Clip

Editor's Note: Well, i'm supposed to take a break but as i have an internet connection where i am, i couldn't resist to post these two new Cars 2 clips. As ive said before, i'm not sure i'll be able to post every day, but if i can do it, i'll try to! Enjoy the clips!

So, Cars 2 is certainly about World Grand Prix but also have a spy story, and these two new Cars 2 clips released by Pixar are all about the spy part of Cars 2. In the first one called "Spy Cars like us" you'll see plenty of never-before-seen footage and comments by John Lasseter, Brad Lewis, Michael Caine, Larry the Cable Guy, Emily Mortimer, and Owen Wilson.



And this next clip shows the first meeting between Mater and Finn Mc Missile at Tokyo Airport.

New " Back into Cars 2 " Featurette !

Pixar relleased a new featurette about Cars 2, and there is plenty ofnew clips from the movie inside it! and specially new shots of the Paris and Italy sequence! Have a look!



The Cars 2 poster above is coming from a triptych. Here is the two other parts, related to the Japan and London sequences...





...and the original triptych with all three together.



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Cars 2 Third Trailer !

Pixar released a fantastic third trailer of Cars 2, with lot of new shots of the awaited movie, and here it is!



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Cars 2 celebrates the Royal Wedding !

While i was in London, Pixar - who obviously have a perfect sense of timing - released these new Cars 2 artworks related with Cars 2 London sequence. And because it was the week-end of the Royal Wedding, most of the artwork is related to London areas between Big Ben and Buckingham Palace. The first artwork below shows Buckingham Palace regal "Knighting Room".



In Cars the famous Mall - where 100.000 of people were waiting last Friday for William and Kate - is transformed in a racetrack ...



In this next artwork Mater, Lightning McQueen and Topper Deckington III are stucked in a London traffic jam.



Even Big Ben - renamed Big Bentley - and the Houses of Parliament have a special Cars 2 treatment!











Pixar also released the Queen Cars character turning table video...




Finally, here is a special Cars 2 trailer with London sequences and here it is below!




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Cars 2 Update : New "London" Posters and Characters

Pixar released new visuals of Cars 2 linked with the "London" sequence, beginning by two new vintage posters above and below.



Also released visuals of new British Cars characters and let's begin the presentation by the Royals. First one is of course the Queen - voiced by Vanessa Redgrave: "With the final stage of the World Grand Prix racing through the historic streets of London, England, the Queen is quietly elated she was invited to preside over the finish line by Sir Miles Axlerod. Painted in shades of the most royal blues and never without her jeweled crown, the Queen is the definition of decorum and regality, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t enjoy a bit of first-rate competition!"



Next Royal is "Prince Wheeliam": "Prince Wheeliam of England is an avid racing fan. He can’t believe his luck that the final race of the one-of-a-kind World Grand Prix is happening on the streets of London. Though he must remain impartial when by his grandmother the Queen’s side, he is privately rooting for his fellow Brits Lewis Hamilton and Nigel Gearsley to cross the finish line first."



From Buckingham palace guards here is "Sargeant Highgear": "Sgt. Highgear is a member of the regiment assigned to London’s landmark Buckingham Palace. With a recognizable tall bearskin cap atop his scarlet body, he stands guard at his sentry box with pride and conviction."



Next is "Topper Deckington III": "Topper Deckington III is a classic British double-decker bus in a vivid shade of red who relishes in his daily Killswitch route through London’s famous bustling Petroldilly Circus."




Last one is called "Chauncy Fares" : "No one knows the sites, streets or shortcuts of London better than the jovial Chauncy Fares, a quintessential London black cab."



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Fantastic Cars 2 Triptych Poster

Pixar just released this fantastic triptych poster where you'll find all in one the four destinations of Cars 2 - Tokyo, London, Paris and Porto Corsa and most if not all Cars 2 characters. The image is here in high-res, so click on it to explore this great poster in details!

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