Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician, Cruz Ramirez (voice of Cristela Alonzo), with her own plan to win, plus inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet and a few unexpected turns. Proving that #95 isn’t through yet will test the heart of a champion on Piston Cup Racing’s biggest stage!
Okay, let’s start with the animation. It is absolutely amazing. When we talked with the directors, we were told they used a different platform this time, and you can tell. There are scenes in Cars 3 that look “real”. Many of us talked about how in certain scenes it literally looked like they took a video camera out and did the shots outside. It was that good. I love that animation is getting that good!
Next, lets talk about the characters. “Cars 3” pays homage to NASCAR with four characters based on real-life stock car racing legends. Chris Cooper (“Adaptation,” “American Beauty”) voices Doc Hudson’s crew chief Smokey; team owner and NASCAR racing legend Junior Johnson lends his voice to Junior “Midnight” Moon; three- me Emmy® winner Margo Martindale (FX’s “The Americans,” FX’s “Justified,” Amazon’s “Sneaky Pete”) provides the voice of Louise “Barnstormer” Nash; and Isiah Whitlock Jr. (HBO’s “The Wire,” “Cedar Rapids,” HBO’s “Veep”) is the voice of River Scott. The film also features NASCAR drivers and the voices behind the sport, as well as a host of returning characters from Radiator Springs and the “Cars” racing world. “Cars 3”also features Owen Wilson (“The Royal Tenenbaums,” upcoming “Wonder”) as the voice of Lightning McQueen. Cristela Alonzo (“The Angry Birds Movie”) voices tech-savvy trainer Cruz Ramirez, who tries to help #95 return to greatness, and Armie Hammer (“The Birth of a Nation”) lends his voice to next-gen racer Jackson Storm, whose high-tech speed leaves Lightning McQueen behind. Kerry Washington (ABC’s “Scandal,” HBO’s “Confirmation”) was called on to voice stats cal analyst Natalie Certain, Nathan Fillion (ABC’s “Castle,” ABC’s “Modern Family”) provides the voice of brilliant businesscar Sterling, Lea DeLaria (Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black”) lends her voice to formidable school bus Miss Fritter, and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton helps bring voice command assistant Hamilton to life.
I loved being able to dive right into the movie and I forgot these were actors in these roles. The old near and dear characters still tug at your heartstrings. I also loved the new characters. The contributed to an amazing storyline.
My thoughts on the movie itself? Loved it! If you are a fan of the first cars movie, you will LOVE Cars 3. There are definite parallels between the two. However, I find the message of the film can be applied in each and all of our lives — the end isn’t always the end.
Go see Cars 3 on June 16th! You will laugh, you will cheer, and you may even tear up a little!
This makes me even more excited! We are so excited to see this movie this weekend! I already bought our tickets!
WOW! This looks amazing! We are super excited for the release of Cars 3.
I am really looking forward to Cars 3! My son was just a little boy when Cars came out. Time goes too quickly. I’ll be sad thinking about those days I’m sure. He’s 19 now!
There is always a story in a story with cars, one about life and how we should look at things, it is really clever, I’m looking forward to seeing where they go with Cars 3.
My kids love Cars3. This event sounds like it would be so much fun to attend. We have collected so much Cars merchandise over the years.
Looks like this is going to be a great installment to the Cars series! My teen loved watching it a few years ago but may be beyond that now. lol.
This sounds like such a wonderful movie. I imagine I’ll tear up–Pixar movies make me do that.
My Son and I are so excited to go see Cars 3 together. The trailers look amazing.
Cars 3 looks like it’s going to be a cute movie for kids. I remember when the first Cars movie was in theatres!
Yes, I also noticed how the animation was so flawless in the trailer. I really want to watch this movie.
The Cars 3 sounds like an amazing movie for all ages really. I don’t have kids anymore but I do have nieces and nephews. We love watching all the new Disney movies and this one they are excited to see. Thanks for sharing this awesome trailer.
We are so excited to see Cars 3. We loved the first two so the third would be good too. We’re going to get a DVD copy of this too, soon as its out.
We can’t wait to see the Cars 3 movie! I really like the new characters and it sounds like it will be an awesome movie.
My son has been waiting for this to be shown here in our local theater. I hope they do it soon so we could see it.
I love the cars series. I can’t wait to watch it with my daughter!
My son loves these movies. He can’t wait to see this one! So much fun.
I have made a date with my nephews and nieces. They would love to see this movie, and I know we’ll all have a good time! I wish I could take my grandchildren along, but they are still too young. I’d watch it with them when I get a DVD copy of Cars 3
I havent even seen Cars 1. I had an invitation to See Cars 3 but I didnt see 1 so I felt I needed to skip it but I heard wonderful reviews.