Unable to keep up with Storm and the other next gen racers, Therefore on the advice of his uncle, Cal eventually decides to retire. McQueen approaches Cal before his departure in hopes of convincing him to keep racing, but Cal persists on retiring, and reminisces on the good times they had together.
After Lightning accidentally damages a simulator, Sterling tries to force him to retire. Adamant that he can still race, Lightning instead offers that if he wins the upcoming Florida 500, he can decide if he wants to keep racing; otherwise, he will retire immediately. Sterling reluctantly accepts the deal.
Known as Dinoco's "Golden Boy" having won several Piston Cups, Weathers is hoping for his eighth win in the tiebreaker race before entering retirement so he can spend more time with his wife. He returns in Cars 3 as the crew chief of his nephew Cal Weathers.
After the Florida 500, it is unknown what happened to Jackson Storm as he was not seen after Cruz won or the end credits' pictures. It can be presumed that he still kept racing to try to beat Cruz but still lost to her in the end.
Anticipation for Cars 4 is high, but Disney has not addressed any details for the movie. Producers have shown openness to expanding the franchise, with potential for a new lightning McQueen narrative. Story details remain a mystery, focusing on potential Cruz Ramirez involvement and moving away from McQueen.
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Are they making 2024 Cars?
There's a new BMW X2 in town. The 2024 model has a bold design and a bevy of powertrain options – including electric. The gas X2 has a base turbocharged 2.0-liter engine with 241 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, while the M35i model has 312 hp and a 0 to 60 mph time of just 5.2 seconds.
Jackson Storm is the main antagonist of Cars 3 and a major character in Cars 4:Last Call For Ripslinger. Jackson replaced Björn Anderson as the IGNTR racer.
Cars 2 had been far from Pixar's best movie, which meant audiences were extremely skeptical about the next installment in the trilogy. This was undoubtedly the biggest factor working against Cars 3's box office success, as the previous movie had soured many audiences on the whole concept.
Mater returns in Cars 3 but in a smaller role compared to the first two films. In the first scene he is next to McQueen and tells everyone around to keep quiet so McQueen is ready for the race.
Pretty much yeah. Pixar doesn't like acknowledging the majority of Cars 2 besides the World Grand Prix and I guess the dent being connected to Mater meant it was connected to the spy part of the movie (despite him getting it in Radiator Springs) and might've just took it out to ignore the film even more.
Lightning even started to slow down because of the Next-Gens arriving and ended the season horribly with a near career-ending crash. Months later, McQueen recovered from the crash and was ready to race again.
His full name is Montgomery "Lightning" McQueen, but he is also known by his other nickname, Stickers, given by Sally. Michael Lightning McQueen Poppy Seed (or simply Lightning McQueen) is his son.
The world premiere of the film took place at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on June 18, 2011. Cars 2 was released in 4,115 theaters in the USA and Canada, setting a record-high for a G-rated film and for Pixar.
In Cars 3, Sally continues to be the love-interest of Lightning McQueen, and attends his races to show support. She is present when Lightning crashes while trying to keep up with the nextgens, and gives Lightning the inspiration to continue racing after he is rebuilt.
It borderline flopped at the box office and made less money world wide, after earning back its budget, than all other Pixar films except The Good Dinosaur. The main reviews simply praise it for not being Cars 2 and not much else. Granted, some like it but many others, like me, don't like this film.
Also John Lasseter said that Mater is this idiot-savant when it comes to minute rare car parts. The term 'idiot-savant' is an old term for someone who is an autistic savant.
He is forced to escape and fake his death without getting enough information about the professor's schemes. Later, McMissile arrives in Tokyo, Japan, where he meets with his assistant, Holley Shiftwell, at the World Grand Prix party.
An opposites-attract love story and parable about following your dreams, “Elemental” arrived to $29.6 million in domestic ticket sales in June — the worst opening in Pixar history, by a mile. Little by little, however, the $200 million film became a hit, collecting nearly $500 million worldwide.
How on earth is this a DISNEY MOVIE? Generic and Hard to Follow Plot While Pixar has great simple plots that are unique in their own special way, Cars 2 has a boring and generic Spy plot that has a preachy message about being yourself. It is also confusing and boring most of the time.
How The Good Dinosaur Became Pixar's First Bona Fide Box Office Flop - IMDb. The last few years of Pixar have been rather dispiriting. I don't mean this in terms of quality.
On a Disney earnings call in April 2024, Bob Iger announced that Toy Story 5 had received a release date and would be arriving to theaters on June 19, 2026. The Disney release calendar does tend to change, however, so we could see that date move in the coming years.
There is not one town called Radiator Springs, but there are several towns that inspired the town in the movie, and I passed through all of them on this trip. The buildings, and even the characters, are all based on buildings and people along the Route.
