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| Directed by | John Lasseter |
| Screenplay by | Ben Queen |
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| Produced by | Denise Ream Jem Stansfield (Executive Producer) Steven Spielberg (Executive Producer) Penney Finlkman Cox (Executive Producer) Sandra Rabins (Executive Producer) Cecil Kramer (Executive Producer) |
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| Edited by | Stephen Schaffer |
| Music by | Michael Giacchino |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200 million[1] |
| Box office | $562.1 million[2] |
Cars 2 is a 2011 movie made byPixar. It was directed byJohn Lasseter and produced by Denise Ream. It is asequel to the 2006 comedy movieCars and it was released on June 24, 2011. The teasertrailer forCars 2 appeared on the DVD and Blu-ray versions ofToy Story 3 and the full length trailer was shown before the movieTangled. In theCars trilogy, this movie was followed byCars 3, which was released in June 16, 2017.
Lightning McQueen competes in the first-ever World Grand Prix which determines the world's fastest car. Each race is held at a different part of the world: first inTokyo, second inItaly, and third inLondon. Meanwhile, the Lemons are secretly trying to destroy the World Grand Prix racers, and Mater finds himself helping secret agents Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell in stopping them.
Finn McMissile, Holley Shiftwell, Francesco Bernoulli, Sir Miles Axlerod, and Professor Z. are five new characters which have important roles inCars 2. Finn McMissile is a Britishsecret agent, and is expert with spy gadgets, while Holley Shiftwell acts as Finn'ssidekick. Francesco Bernoulli is a flashyItalian race car, and is McQueen's racing rival in the World Grand Prix. Sir Miles Axlerod is the creator of the World Grand Prix, which is a publicity stunt for a new alternative fuel source, while Professor Z. is the leader of the Lemons, an evilcorporation in charge of all the oil andfossil fuels in the world that is planning to sabotage the World Grand Prix to make alternative fuel look bad.
