Cars 2

This article is about the film. For the video game, see Cars 2: The Video Game.

Cars 2 is a 2011 American animated spy comedy film^[3] produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to Cars (2006), the second film in the Cars franchise, and the 12th animated film from the studio. The film was directed by John Lasseter (in his final outing as director of a Pixar film to date), co-directed by Brad Lewis, produced by Denise Ream, and written by Ben Queen, Lasseter, Lewis, and Dan Fogelman. In the film's ensemble voice cast, Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Guido Quaroni, Bonnie Hunt, and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles from the first film. George Carlin, who previously voiced Fillmore, died in 2008, and his role was passed to Lloyd Sherr. They are joined by newcomers Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, John Turturro, Eddie Izzard, and Thomas Kretschmann. In the film, Lightning McQueen and Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix which promotes a new alternative fuel called Allinol, but Mater accidentally becomes involved in international espionage that could determine both his and Lightning's fate.

Cars 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Lasseter
Screenplay by	Ben Queen
Story by	John Lasseter Brad Lewis Dan Fogelman
Produced by	Denise Ream
Starring	Larry the Cable Guy Owen Wilson Michael Caine Emily Mortimer John Turturro Eddie Izzard
Cinematography	Jeremy Lasky Sharon Calahan
Edited by	Stephen Schaffer
Music by	Michael Giacchino
Production companies	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates	June 18, 2011 (2011-06-18) (Hollywood) June 24, 2011 (2011-06-24) (United States)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$200 million^[1]
Box office	$559.8 million^[2]

Cars 2 was first announced in April 2008 with a tentative 2012 release date, making Cars the second Pixar film to spawn a sequel after Toy Story (1995), as well as becoming a franchise. Lasseter was confirmed to be returning as director, while Lewis was designated as co-director in June 2010. The film's story was conceived by Lasseter while he was traveling around the world promoting the first film. Michael Giacchino composed the film's score, with artists such as Weezer, Robbie Williams, Brad Paisley and Bénabar contributing tracks for the film. This was the final Pixar film animated with their old software system, Marionette, before being officially replaced with Presto in 2012. With an estimated budget of $200 million, Cars 2 is one of the most expensive films ever made.

Cars 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 18, 2011, and was released in the United States on June 24, in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D as well as traditional two-dimensional and IMAX formats. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, Cars 2 continued Pixar's streak of box office success, grossing over $559 million worldwide, becoming the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2011 and the highest-grossing film of the Cars trilogy. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 69th Golden Globe Awards, but lost to The Adventures of Tintin. A sequel, Cars 3, was released on June 16, 2017.

Plot

British spy Finn McMissile infiltrates an oil rig owned by criminal lemon cars to rescue fellow spy Leland Turbo. He witnesses the lemons, seemingly led by weapons designer Professor Zündapp, loading an electromagnetic pulse generator, disguised as a TV camera, onto a shipping crate. After discovering Turbo's death, Finn's presence gets exposed to the lemons but he escapes by faking his death.

After winning his fourth Piston Cup, Lightning McQueen returns to Radiator Springs to spend his off-season with his friends. Italian formula race car Francesco Bernoulli challenges Lightning to participate in the World Grand Prix, an international three-race event created by former oil tycoon Sir Miles Axlerod, who intends to promote his new environmentally friendly fuel, Allinol. Lightning and his best friend Mater — along with Luigi, Guido, Fillmore, and Sarge — depart for Tokyo, where the first race takes place.

At a World Grand Prix promotional event, Mater makes a scene after eating wasabi and seemingly leaking on stage, embarrassing Lightning. While cleaning up, Mater interrupts a fight between American spy Rod "Torque" Redline and lemons Grem and Acer. Redline plants his tracking device on Mater, causing Finn (who was supposed to meet him to receive information about the oil rig plot) and his associate Holley Shiftwell to mistake Mater for the spy. Meanwhile, Redline is captured and killed by Zündapp, who reveals that Allinol ignites when hit with an EMP. He informs his superior, an unknown mastermind, that Redline passed on his information. Holley and Finn find and recruits Mater to stop Zündapp's plot.

During the race, three racers are ignited by the camera. Lightning places second in the race after Bernoulli, due to miscommunication with Mater, who was evading Zündapp's henchmen. Mater is abducted by Finn, and they escape from the lemons in his jet, Siddeley. After traveling to Paris to gather intel from Finn's old friend Tomber, they head to Porto Corsa, Italy, where the second race takes place. During the race, Mater infiltrates the lemons' meeting, just as the camera ignites some more racers, causing a multi-car pile-up, while Lightning wins. Due to controversy over Allinol's safety, Axlerod lifts its requirement for use in the final race in London. When Lightning decides to continue using it, the lemons plan to kill him in the race. This spooks Mater, and accidentally blows his cover, causing him, Finn, and Holley to be captured and tied up inside Big Bentley, where he admits to them that he is not the spy they think he is.

When the race starts, Lightning takes the lead before passing Big Ben, but the camera was inexplicably defective on him. The lemons tell Mater that they planted a time bomb in Lightning's pits as a backup plan, spurring him to escape. Finn and Holley later escape but realise that the bomb was fitted on Mater's air filter instead. As Mater flees down the track, Lightning pursues him to apologize for his outburst, while Finn apprehends Zündapp. The other lemons arrive and outnumber Finn, Holley, Mater, and Lightning, but they are rescued by the other Radiator Springs residents and Sarge's colleagues in the British Army.

Mater and Lightning go to Buckingham Palace, where Mater exposes Axlerod as the mastermind, proven when the latter uses his voice to deactivate the bomb. It is then revealed that the World Grand Prix was Axlerod’s cover-up to turn the world against alternative fuels, and he leaked in Tokyo, for which Mater was blamed. After Axlerod and the lemons are arrested by the London police, Mater receives a knighthood from the Queen, and he and Lightning reconcile.

Back in Radiator Springs, as Mater tells everyone about his experience, Fillmore reveals that Sarge has swapped Allinol with his organic fuel, explaining the camera's ineffectiveness on Lightning. A "Radiator Springs Grand Prix" is held, featuring the World Grand Prix contenders. Finn and Holley invite Mater to go on another mission, but he decides to stay in Radiator Springs. While his weapons get confiscated, he keeps the rockets and speeds off with Lightning, just as Siddeley speeds into the distance.

Voice cast

Main article: List of Cars characters

The majority of the cast from the original Cars returned for the sequel, but three voice actors of the original film had died since its release. Joe Ranft (who voiced Red) died in an automobile accident on August 16, 2005, ten months before Cars (which was dedicated to his memory) was released, and therefore Red played no vocal role in the film. George Carlin (who voiced Fillmore) died of heart failure on June 22, 2008, so Fillmore was voiced by Lloyd Sherr (who also voices Tony Trihull). Paul Newman (who voiced Doc Hudson) died of cancer on September 26, 2008. After Newman's death, Lasseter said they would "see how the story goes with Doc Hudson."^[4] Doc was eventually dropped,^[5] and implied to have died a few years before the events of Cars 2.

• Larry the Cable Guy as Mater, a Southern-accented tow truck from Radiator Springs who becomes sidetracked with espionage.
• Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen, a Piston Cup racecar.
• Michael Caine as Finn McMissile, a British spy car who, alongside Holley, helps Mater to foil the criminals.
• Emily Mortimer as Holley Shiftwell, a young British desk agent, new to field work who is Finn's assistant.
• John Turturro as Francesco Bernoulli, McQueen's main racing rival from Italy.
• Eddie Izzard as Sir Miles Axlerod, a British "electric" car who created Allinol and the World Grand Prix. He is later revealed to be the mastermind behind the evil organization the Lemons.
• Thomas Kretschmann as Professor Zündapp, a German car and Axlerod's assistant who plans to sabotage the World Grand Prix. Kretschmann reprised the role in the film's German dub.
• Joe Mantegna and Peter Jacobson as Grem and Acer, Professor Zündapp's henchmen.
• Bruce Campbell as Rod "Torque" Redline, an American spy car.
• Tony Shalhoub as Luigi
• Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip
• Guido Quaroni as Guido
• Brent Musburger as Brent Mustangburger
• Jason Isaacs as:
  • Siddeley, an Gulfstream V spy jet.
  • Leland Turbo, a British agent car who sent the video message to Finn and is crushed into a cube by lemons.
• David Hobbs as David Hobbscap. Jacques Villeneuve voiced the character in the film's French dub.
• Stanley Townsend as:
  • Vladimir Trunkov
  • Ivan
  • Victor Hugo
• Lloyd Sherr as:
  • Fillmore
  • Tony Trihull, a combat ship.
• Paul Dooley as Sarge
• Michel Michelis as Tomber
• Sig Hansen as Crabby the Boat
• Franco Nero as Uncle Topolino. Nero reprised the role in the film's Italian dub.^[6]
• Vanessa Redgrave as:
  • Mama Topolino. In the film's Italian dub, Sophia Loren voiced Mama Topolino.^[7]
  • The Queen. Redgrave reprised the role in the film's Italian dub.^[6]
• Bonnie Hunt as Sally Carrera
• Cheech Marin as Ramone
• Jenifer Lewis as Flo
• Michael Wallis as Sheriff
• Katherine Helmond as Lizzie
• John Ratzenberger as Mack
• Jeff Garlin as Otis
• Patrick Walker as Mel Dorado
• Lewis Hamilton as Lewis Hamilton
• Velibor Topic as Alexander Hugo
• John Mainier as J. Curby Gremlin
• Brad Lewis as Tubbs Pacer
• Richard Kind as Van
• Edie McClurg as Minny
• Teresa Gallagher as Mater's computer
• Jeff Gordon as Jeff Gorvette
• John Lasseter as John Lassetire

In international versions of the film, the character Jeff Gorvette is replaced with race car drivers better known in the specific countries in his dialogue scenes (however, he still appears as a competitor).^[8]

• Mark Winterbottom as Frosty (Australian release)^[9][10]
• Fernando Alonso as Fernando Alonso (Spanish release)
• Vitaly Petrov as Vitaly Petrov (Russian release)
• Jan Nilsson as Flash (Swedish release)^[11]
• Memo Rojas (Latin American release)
• Sebastian Vettel as Sebastian Schnell (German release)

In Brazil, Gorvette is replaced by Carla Veloso in his dialogue scenes (Carla appears in all other versions of the film, but with no lines); Carla is voiced by Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte. Sportspeople still appear, with Lewis Hamilton becoming Formula One champion Emerson Fittipaldi, while Brent Mustangburger and David Hobbscap were done by sports announcers José Trajano and Luciano do Valle.^[12]

Production

Development

Cars is the second Pixar film, after Toy Story, to have a sequel as well as becoming a franchise.^[13] John Lasseter, the director of the film, stated that he conceived the sequel's story while traveling around the world promoting the first film. He said:

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 traveling circles in Paris, on the autobahn in Germany, dealing with the motor scooters in Italy, trying to figure out road signs in Japan.^[14]

In April 2008, Pixar unveiled its latest animation slate, with Cars 2 scheduled for a summer 2012 release.^[15][16] Brad Lewis, who had served as producer on Ratatouille, was announced as the film's director.^[17] In June 2010, it was announced that Lasseter had been designated as co-director.^[18]

In 2009, Disney registered several domain names, hinting to audiences that the title and theme of the film would be in relation to a "World Grand Prix".^[19]

In November 2010, the film's synopsis was announced, revealing the espionage racing storyline, along with a first look image and official poster.^[20][21][22]

In March 2011, Jake Mandeville-Anthony, a U.K. screenwriter, sued Disney and Pixar alleging copyright infringement and breach of implied contract. In his complaint he alleged that Cars and Cars 2 are based in part on work that he had submitted in the early 1990s and he sought an injunction to stop the release of Cars 2 and requested actual or statutory damages. On May 13, 2011, Disney responded to the lawsuit, denying "each and every one of Plaintiff's legal claims concerning the purported copyright infringement and substantial similarity of the parties' respective works."^[23] On July 27, 2011, the lawsuit was dismissed by a district court judge who, in her ruling, wrote that the "Defendants have sufficiently shown that the Parties' respective works are not substantially similar in their protectable elements as a matter of law".^[24]

Casting

In November 2010, Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Jason Isaacs, Joe Mantegna, Peter Jacobson, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, and Thomas Kretschmann were confirmed as the voice talent featured in the film.^[25] From November 2010 until May 2011, Disney released information about the other voice talent, including Jenifer Lewis, Katherine Helmond, Michael Wallis, Darrell Waltrip, Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Bruce Campbell, Sig Hansen, Michel Michelis, Jeff Gordon, Lewis Hamilton, Brent Musburger, David Hobbs, John Turturro, and Eddie Izzard.^[26]

Soundtrack

Main article: Cars 2 (soundtrack)

Cars 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	June 14, 2011
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	63:24
Label	Walt Disney
Michael Giacchino chronology
Let Me In (2010) Cars 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2011) Super 8 (2011)
Pixar film soundtrack chronology
Toy Story 3 (2010) Cars 2 (2011) Brave (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Filmtracks

The soundtrack for the film was released on both CD and digital download on June 14, 2011. Cars 2 is the fourth Pixar film to be scored by Michael Giacchino, after The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Up.^[27] It was also the first and only Pixar film directed by John Lasseter not to be scored by Randy Newman, who scored the first and third films of the Cars franchise.

All music is composed by Michael Giacchino, except where noted

Cars 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"You Might Think" (Cover of The Cars)	Ric Ocasek	Weezer	3:07
2.	"Collision of Worlds"	Robbie Williams Brad Paisley	Williams Paisley	3:36
3.	"Mon Cœur Fait Vroum (My Heart Goes Vroom)"	Michael Giacchino Scott Langteau	Bénabar	2:49
4.	"Nobody's Fool"	Paisley	Paisley	4:17
5.	"Polyrhythm"	Yasutaka Nakata	Perfume	4:09
6.	"Turbo Transmission"			0:52
7.	"It's Finn McMissile!"			5:54
8.	"Mater the Waiter"			0:43
9.	"Radiator Reunion"			1:40
10.	"Cranking Up the Heat"			1:59
11.	"Towkyo Takeout"			5:40
12.	"Tarmac the Magnificent"			3:27
13.	"Whose Engine Is This?"			1:22
14.	"History's Biggest Loser Cars"			2:26
15.	"Mater of Disguise"			0:48
16.	"Porto Corsa"			2:55
17.	"The Lemon Pledge"			2:13
18.	"Mater's Getaway"			0:59
19.	"Mater Warns McQueen"			1:31
20.	"Going to the Backup Plan"			2:24
21.	"Mater's the Bomb"			3:17
22.	"Blunder and Lightning"			2:17
23.	"The Other Shoot"			1:03
24.	"Axlerod Exposed"			2:22
25.	"The Radiator Springs Grand Prix"			1:30
26.	"The Turbomater"			0:50
Total length:				63:22

Release

During the summer of 2008, John Lasseter announced that Cars 2 would be pushed forward and released in the summer of 2011, one year earlier than its original 2012 release date.^[28] The US release date was later confirmed to be June 24, 2011, with a UK release date set for July 22, 2011.^[29] The world premiere of the film took place at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on June 18, 2011.^[30] Cars 2 was released in 4,115 theaters in the USA and Canada,^[31] setting a record-high for a G-rated film^[32] and for Pixar. The latter was surpassed by Brave (4,164 theaters).^[33] The film was presented in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D, as well as traditional two-dimensional and IMAX formats.^[34]

Short film

Main article: Hawaiian Vacation

The film was preceded by a short film titled Hawaiian Vacation, directed by Gary Rydstrom and starring the characters of the Toy Story franchise.

Home media

The film was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and digital download on November 1, 2011. This release was produced in four different physical packages: a 1-disc DVD, a 2-disc combo pack (DVD and Blu-ray), a 5-disc combo pack (DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and Digital Copy), and an 11-disc three movie collector's set, which features Cars, Cars 2, and Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales. The film was also released as a Movie Download edition in both standard and high definition.^[35]

The Movie Download release includes four bonus features: Cars Toons "Air Mater", the Toy Story Toon "Hawaiian Vacation", "World Tour Interactive Feature", and "Bringing Cars 2 to the World". The 1-disc DVD and 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack releases include the shorts "Air Mater" and "Hawaiian Vacation", plus the Director John Lasseter Commentary. The 5-disc combo pack includes all of the same bonus features as the 1-disc DVD and 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack versions, in addition to "World Tour Interactive Feature" and "Sneak Peek: The Nuts and Bolts of Cars Land." The 11-disc three movie collection comes packaged with Cars (DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital Copy), Cars 2 (DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and Digital Copy), and Mater's Tall Tales (DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital Copy).^[35]

Cars 2 sold a total of 1,983,374 DVD units during its opening week,^[36] generating $31.24 million and claiming first place.^[37] It also finished on the top spot on the Blu-ray chart during its first week, selling 1.76 million units and generating $44.57 million. Its Blu-ray share of home media was 47 percent, indicating an unexpectedly major shift of sales from DVD to Blu-ray.^[38] Blu-ray 3D contributed to this, accounting for 17% of total disc sales.^[39] On September 10, 2019, Cars 2 was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.^[40][41]

Reception

Box office

Cars 2 grossed $191.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $370.7 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $562.1 million.^[2] Worldwide on its opening weekend it grossed $109 million, marking the largest opening weekend for a 2011 animated title.^[42] Overall, Cars 2 became the seventh-biggest Pixar film in worldwide box office among the fourteen released, and was the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2011.^[43]

Cars 2 made $25.7 million on its debut Friday (June 24, 2011), marking the second-largest opening day for a Pixar film, at the time, after Toy Story 3's $41.1 million. During this time, though, it was the third least-attended opening day for a Pixar film, only ahead of Up and Ratatouille.^[44] It also scored the sixth largest opening day for an animated feature.^[45] On its opening weekend as a whole, Cars 2 debuted at No.1 ahead of Green Lantern and Bad Teacher with $66.1 million,^[31] marking the largest opening weekend for a 2011 animated feature, the seventh largest opening for Pixar,^[46] the eighth largest among films released in June,^[47] and the fourth largest for a G-rated film.^[48] In its second weekend, however, the film was overtaken by Transformers: Dark of the Moon, dropping 60.3% and grossing $26.2 million.^[49]

Outside North America, it grossed $42.9 million during its first weekend from 3,129 theaters in 18 countries, topping the box office.^[50] It performed especially well in Russia where it grossed $9.42 million,^[51] marking the best opening weekend for a Disney or Pixar animated feature and surpassing the entire runs of Cars and Toy Story 3.^[52] In Mexico, it made $8.24 million during its first weekend,^[53] while in Brazil, it topped the box office with $5.19 million ($7.08 million with previews).^[54] It also premiered at No.1 with $5.16 million in Australia,^[55] where it debuted simultaneously with Kung Fu Panda 2 and out-grossed it.^[50] It is the highest-grossing film of 2011 in Lithuania ($477,117),^[56] Argentina ($12 million).^[57] It is the highest-grossing animated film of 2011 in Estonia ($442,707),^[58] Finland ($3.2 million),^[59] Norway ($5.8 million).^[60]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 40% of 220 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.50/10. The website's consensus reads: "Cars 2 is as visually appealing as any other Pixar production, but all that dazzle can't disguise the rusty storytelling under the hood."^[61] It is the lowest-rated Pixar film on the site to date and the only one to earn a "rotten" certification.^[62][63] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 57 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[64] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.^[65]

"The original Cars was not greeted with exceptional warmth," said The New York Times, "but the sequel generated Pixar's first truly negative response."^[66] Critics generally criticized the focus on Mater and felt the film lacked warmth and charm, while also feeling the film was made as an exercise in target marketing and was too violent to be given a G rating.^{[67][68][69][70]} Reviewing the film for The Wall Street Journal, Joe Morgenstern wrote, "This frenzied sequel seldom gets beyond mediocrity."^[71] Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman said, "Cars 2 is a movie so stuffed with "fun" that it went right off the rails. What on earth was the gifted director-mogul John Lasseter thinking – that he wanted kids to come out of this movie was [sic] more ADD?"^[72] Although Leonard Maltin on IndieWire claimed that he had "such high regard for Pixar and its creative team led by John Lasseter" he said he found the plot "confusing" and felt that Mater's voice was annoying, saying that he'd "rather listen to chalk on a blackboard than spend nearly two hours with Tow Mater."^[73]

Conversely, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film 3½ stars out of four, and said that "the sequel is a tire-burning burst of action and fun with a beating heart under its hood." He also praised its "fluid script" and called it a "winner".^[74] Roger Ebert was the most effusive of the more positive reviews, praising Lasseter's channeling of childhood playtime for the film's spirit and writing, "At a time when some 'grown-up' action films are relentlessly shallow and stupid, here is a movie with such complexity that even the cars sometimes have to pause and explain it to themselves."^[75] Justin Chang of Variety commented, "The rare sequel that not only improves on but retroactively justifies its predecessor."^[76] Ticket buyers also gave the film an A− in exit polls, on par with other Pixar titles.^[66]

A central vein of many negative reviews was the theory that the Walt Disney Company forced Cars 2 into production at Pixar out of greed in order to drive merchandising sales.^[71][77] Lasseter vehemently denied these claims, which he attributed to "people who don't know the facts, rushing to judge."^[66] Some theorized that the vitriol was less about the film but more about Pixar's broadened focus to sequels. The New York Times reported that although one negatively reviewed film would not be enough to scratch the studio, "the commentary did dent morale at the studio, which until then had enjoyed an unbroken and perhaps unprecedented run of critical acclaim."^[66]

Accolades

Cars 2 marks the first Pixar film not to be nominated for an Oscar.^[78] It is also the first Pixar film not nominated for Best Animated Feature since its introduction in 2001.^[79]

Accolades received by Cars 2

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards	January 10, 2012	Sequel or Remake That Shouldn't Have Been Made	Cars 2	Nominated	^[80] ^[81]
Annie Awards	February 4, 2012	Best Animated Feature	Cars 2	Nominated	^[82]
		Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production	Eric Froemling	Nominated
			Jon Reisch	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production	Jay Shuster	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in a Feature Production	Stephen Schaffer	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in a Feature Production	Scott Morse	Nominated
		Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production	Harley Jessup	Nominated
Artios Awards	October 29, 2012	Animation	Kevin Reher and Natalie Lyon	Nominated	^[83] ^[84]
British Academy Children's Awards	November 27, 2011	Kid's Vote — Film	Cars 2	Nominated	^[85]
Golden Globe Awards	January 15, 2012	Best Animated Feature Film	Cars 2	Nominated	^[86]
Golden Reel Awards	February 19, 2012	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film	Cars 2	Nominated	^[87] ^[88]
Golden Trailer Awards	June 29, 2011	Best Animation/Family	"Spies Are Us" (MOCEAN)	Nominated	^[89]
Hollywood Post Alliance Awards	November 10, 2011	Outstanding Editing – Feature Film	Stephen Schaffer	Nominated	^[90] ^[91]
		Outstanding Sound – Feature Film	Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, and Michael Semanick	Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	March 31, 2012	Favorite Animated Movie	Cars 2	Nominated	^[92]
People's Choice Awards	January 11, 2012	Favorite Movie Animated Voice	Owen Wilson	Nominated	^[93]
Producers Guild of America Awards	January 21, 2012	Best Animated Motion Picture	Denise Ream	Nominated	^[94]
Saturn Awards	July 26, 2012	Best Animated Film	Cars 2	Nominated	^[95] ^[96]
Visual Effects Society Awards	February 7, 2012	Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an Animated Feature Motion Picture	Mahyar Abousaeedi, Jeremy Lasky, and Jonathan Pytko	Nominated	^[97] ^[98]

Video games

Main article: Cars 2 (video game)

A video game based on the film was developed by Avalanche Software and published by Disney Interactive Studios for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC and Nintendo DS on June 21, 2011.^[99] The PlayStation 3 version of the game was reported to be compatible with stereoscopic 3D gameplay.^[100] A Nintendo 3DS version was released on November 1, 2011,^[101] and a PSP version was released on November 8, 2011.^[102]

An app based on the film was released on iTunes for a dollar on June 23, 2011. The Lite version was released for free that same day. The object of the game was to complete each race, unlock new levels, and get a high score. As of June 28, 2011, the app had hit No. 1 on the App Store.^[103] The game was retired on August 29, 2014.^[104] A V.Smile version was also released.

Sequel and spin-offs

Main articles: Cars 3, Planes (film), and Planes: Fire & Rescue

A sequel, titled Cars 3, was released on June 16, 2017.^[105] Directed by Brian Fee, the film focuses on Lightning McQueen, now a veteran racer, who after being overshadowed by a new wave of rookies, gets help from a younger car, Cruz Ramirez, to instruct him for the increasingly high-tech world and defeat new rival Jackson Storm.^[106]

An animated feature film spin-off called Planes, produced by DisneyToon Studios,^[107] was released on August 9, 2013.^[108] A sequel to Planes, titled Planes: Fire & Rescue, was released on July 18, 2014.^[109]

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