Racing superstar Lightning McQueen and his bumbling pick-up truck pal Mater are back on the road in "Cars 2," zooming into theaters on June 24. The Pixar sequel sees your favorite automobiles speeding overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race, but things get complicated when Mater finds himself mistakenly caught up in a game of international espionage.
But you know Mater — for all his upsides, the guy's parts aren't fine-tuned enough to make him an even halfway decent spy. Heck, the poor truck can't even tell Wasabi apart from ice cream. Watch his latest hilarious mistake in our exclusive "Cars" clip below!
"Cars 2" opens on June 24, 2011.
The summer blockbuster season is rapidly approaching and the tweets are alive with excitement. Arguably, the first big film opens May 6th and comes in the form of a hammer-wielding warrior named "
You may recall the news
UPDATE: Like a twisted game of telephone, one bit of misreported info has snowballed into what must be an annoying fact-check for Disney's PR folk. The studio tells us that Iger's statement during the conference call was actually: "The second installment of Cars, another strong franchise for the company, will hit theaters in the summer of 2011." In other words, the "Cars" sequel is still on track, no delays. In other other words... move along, there's nothing to see here.
John Lasseter just announced to a crowd of journalists assembled at the Kodak Theatre that
Fifty plus years as an actor, 10 Academy Award nominations, one Oscar win, and a slew of indisputably iconic performances, and forgive me, my first thought upon hearing the recent news of Paul Newman's rumored ill health was "Is 'Cars' really going to be his last acting role?"
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