The relentless infusion of detail continues with Cars 2, debuting on June 24, as the cast travels an international itinerary that has been ingeniously вЂњcar-ified,вЂќ as Lasseter says. Its mega-hits include the Toy Story trilogy, A BugвЂ™s Life, Monsters, Inc., and Wall-E, and the companyвЂ™s specialty might best be described as heart-warming anthropomorphism, or the bringing to life of animals and inanimate objects to act out hilarious, poignant, and sometimes tear-inducing odes to friendship.ДЇor car junkies, Cars was so drenched in automobile references of both the obvious and esoteric kind that even after 40 or 50 viewings itвЂ™s possible to have missed some. Pixar, DisneyвЂ™s Emeryville, California, animation unit, did not become one of moviedomвЂ™s most reliable cash dispensers by portraying gritty real life.

Cars are dismantled and cubed all the time in real life, Lasseter says, so whatвЂ™s the big deal? Hey, itвЂ™s only a car, says Cars 2 director John Lasseter, after showing the press a 26-minute teaser for the new 3-D movie-following a veritable strip search of the audience for hidden cameras. Characters donвЂ™t die in animated kid flicks, right? Within a few minutes, the audience sees gunfire, explosions, and (gasp!) a car actually dying-er, well, being smooshed into a cube, with death only implied. You know Cars 2 is going to be different from its predecessor when it opens on a dark, ominously rolling ocean. Not-Quite-a-Spoiler Alert: Some general Cars 2 plot points are discussed below, but we donвЂ™t give away specifics.

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