Cars 2: New TV Spot, The Queen Turntable and New Poster

Check out the new Cars 2 poster with McQueen in London and a new TV spot set in London, celebrating the royal wedding this Friday with Prince William. Is it just me or does McQueen's voice not sound like Owen Wilson in this trailer?

And with the new trailer, comes the Turntable for the Queen.

Cars 2: Producer Denise Ream Interview

Collider has published an interview with Cars 2 producer Denise Ream. In the interview, she talks about her personal work of how she started at Pixar and obviously speaks about Cars 2. She says its "the biggest effects film we've ever done". Cars 2 has has the biggest cast of characters and sets: London, France, Japan, and Italy. She also talks of how they were originally going to include Germany, the Black Forest on the list of locations for the World Grand Prix race with McQueen. You can see the interview here.

Cars 2: Soundtrack Cover

Amazon.com added this picture for their listing of the Cars 2 original motion picture soundtrack cover, which releases June 14th. There is a chance that this is only a temporary place holder for the listing. Im really hoping thats the case.

Cars 2: Russian Posters

Check out these seven international Russian Cars 2 posters. Anyone speak Russian?

Cars 2: Concept Art

Disney Pixar has released beautiful concept artworks from Cars 2 along with character designs and an animation progression. There are so many photos that it would be to much to put on one post. Thanks to Stitch Kingdom, they have organized all the photos in a slideshow for our viewing pleasure. You can get them here.

Michael Giacchino Talks "Cars 2"

MovieWeb has just posted a new interview with musical composer Michael Giacchino. In the interview he discusses his musical work for upcoming movie Cars 2. You can see the interview here.

Its important to note, that this interview was taken before the recording of the Cars 2 musical score. A source tells me that the recording for Cars 2 has finished. It was completed two weeks ago. Now, all there is to do is wait until the soundtrack releases on June 14th. Amazon has already begun to take pre-orders of the soundtrack. No artwork yet.

Cars 2: London Vintage Posters

Here are two more Cars 2 vintage artwork posters based in London. These come after the release of the Cars 2 British characters.

New Cars 2 Characters: The British Lineup!

HeyUGuys has provided us with the British characters that McQueen and the racing team will encounter during the World Grand Prix in London. Vanessa Redgrave will voice the Queen, accoring to HeyUGuys

The Queen, based on Queen Elizabeth II.

Official Description:

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!

Wheeliam, based on Prince William of Wales.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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No one knows the sites, streets or shortcuts of London better than the jovial Chauncy Fares, a quintessential London black cab

New Cars 2 Triptych Poster

Check out this awesome new poster for Cars 2 made by Pixar. The poster features a total amount of 415 characters. The amount of staff it took to work on this was 20-25 people, that included layout artists, master lighters, matte painters and simulation TDs.

New Cars 2 Characters & New Posters

Four new Japanese Cars 2 characters have been released, along with three new retro style posters of Japan. The character rollout is going much faster now. Cars 2 drives into theaters in 2 months!

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A master in the art of sculpting the serene zen rock garden at the Tokyo museum, Zen Master wears his old woven reed hat and uses his antique wood rake to create mesmerizing patterns in the garden’s sand.

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Pinion Tanaka is a gold-painted micro van and a professional Sumo wrestler from Tokyo, Japan, who’s always a menacing sight in the ring in his signature teal mawashi.

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Okuni is a micro car Kabuki dancer who dons the traditional white-painted face and an exquisite colorful kimono for her performances at the Kabuki theater in Tokyo, Japan.

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As a professional Sumo wrestler at an arena in Tokyo, Japan, Kingpin Nobunaga is a gold-painted micro van who fights his fiercest matches when he’s wearing his lucky purple mawashi.

New Cars 2 Characters: Max Schnell & Miguel Camino

More Cars 2 characters have been released: Miguel Camino and Max Schnell.

Official Description:

Spain’s most renowned, admired and captivating car is Pamplona’s Miguel Camino. He first caught his home country’s attention by participating in the infamous Running of the Bulldozers. His flair, style and speed as a toreador in the dozer ring has inspired a generation of young bulldozer fighters, and soon that same speed and verve turned headlights of fans and competitors alike on the Grand Touring Sport racing circuit. Bearing the #5 and the fiery colors of the Spanish flag, Miguel Camino is hoping to race his way into more hearts at the World Grand Prix.

Official Description:

Max Schnell started as a humble production sedan from Stuttgart, Germany. An avid amateur racer, Max would practice alone in the back roads of the dense Black Forest—a trek that eventually caught the eye of a racing team owner. Soon Max was on a professional circuit, bearing the #4, and as his horsepower increased, he converted himself to carbon fiber, dropping his weight and getting into prime racing shape. He’s won more races at Motorheimring than any other World Torque Champion League car in history. A naturally brilliant engineer, he used logic and analytics to refine his build, and plans to approach the World Grand Prix in the same perfectly calculated manner.

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3 More Cars 2 Vintage Posters

Cars 2 has been going for the vintage old look in their posters, and they released 3 new ones. That poster with McMissile looks so cool!! Reminds me of James Bond.

Monsters University Pushed Back to 2013

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Monsters University's release date will be pushed backed to June 21, 2013. It was originally scheduled for a release of November 2, 2012. Taking its original release date will be Disney Toon's Reboot Ralph. It would have been the first time that two pixar movies were released in the same year. Brave is scheduled for summer of 2o12. Monsters University will release two weeks after DreamWorks Animation and Paramount's Turbo.

Cars 2 Used-Car Campaign leads to New Exclusive Clip

Pixar has continued their marketing campaign idea from Toy Story 3, when they made the Lotso Huggin Bear commercial. This time its a faux ad for Car N Deals of Emeryville who sell used cars. Again, like Toy Story 3, the ad looks like its from the 80's or 90's.

And here's the exclusive clip hidden in the campaign. I probably should have let you find it yourself, but I was way to excited to share! It features McMissile in action, being chased by the villainous AMC gremlins and pacer cars who work for Professor Z, the main villain in the film who McMissile is looking for. This entire scene will be the beginning intro to Cars 2. The clip also gives us a taste of what the main theme will sound like in the movie, and it is superb. Music will be by Michael Giacchino (The Incredibles, Up, Ratatouille)