If you haven’t seen the new Cars 3 movie yet, I suggest you race down to your nearest theater to see it! My family and I went to see it during its opening weekend and loved it! I love to go to the newest movies during release weekends because I feel like there is a special excitement in the air. The theater is usually more full, and you are one of the first to see the movie. We had seen the latest releases of Star Wars, Beauty and the Beast, Moana, Finding Dory, and Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales all during their release weekends.
Cars is a winner in our house
My son was always a big fan of the original Cars movie. My son was born in 2007 and Cars was released in 2006. Since I grew up in a family that loves NASCAR, naturally we had to see the Cars movie. We loved it and when my son was old enough to watch movies this was on repeat in our house. He loved to line up all his cars on the rug and play with them. He had just about every Cars toy you can have and of course, one of his birthday party themes was Cars! Fast forward to 2017, he is now 10 years old and STILL loves his cars and the Cars movies.
NASCAR cameo appearances in Cars 3
Since I am a NASCAR fan it was fun to hear the voices of the drivers and racing-related personalities from NASCAR such as Kyle Petty, Humpy Wheeler, Ray Evernham, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Jeff Gordon, Shannon Spake, Darrell Waltrip, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Daniel Suárez in the film.
***SPOILER ALERT****
Cars 3 was special. I loved the relationship Lightning McQueen developed reluctantly with his assigned trainer Cruz. He worked with this trainer after a devastating crash that took him out of racing for 4 months. Reluctantly, Lightning started training with Cruz and inadvertently started training her to believe in herself. Cruz, having been told she would never be a racer, didn’t believe she had what it took to be a race car driver. As her friendship with Lightning McQueen grew they leaned on each other to help each other reach their goals. Not realizing that in the end, they both would end up winning. Your favorite characters from the previous Cars movies are in Cars 3 such as Mater, Mack, Sally, and Doc. As well as some new ones like Doc’s old friends and his trainer Smokey.
I don’t want to give away too much of the story, so I’ll leave it up to you to step on it and make a pit stop at your theater and see it soon!
Making of the Movie
Disney Pixar on Twitter shared some great backstory information about the making of the movie. John Lasseter holds a Motorama event that takes place on the lawn of Pixar Studios. This year’s Motorama took place on the same day as the release of Cars 3! John Lasseter has always loved cars. He said “I have always loved cars. In one vein I have Disney blood, and in the other, I have motor oil.” Jay Ward is the Creative Director for Cars 3. He is the perfect member of the team because of his knowledge of the details of cars. He visited the ghost tracks in the deep south to get a sense of the sport and added that feeling into the film.
After You Reach The Finish
After you see the heart racing film, you can download a fun app to your phone for playing the new Cars 3: Driven to Win game and continue the fun to train and challenge your family and friends in the Battle Race to become the Ultimate Champion!