Cars 3

"From this moment, everything will change."

- Tagline Cars 3 is the third film in the Cars series, which will be released in theaters June 16, 2017.

Synopsis
"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 with her own plan to win, 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!"

Cast
Unused recordings of Paul Newman as Doc Hudson will be included.
 * Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen
 * Cristela Alonzo as Cruz Ramirez
 * Chris Cooper as Smokey
 * Nathan Fillion as Sterling
 * Larry the Cable Guy as Mater
 * Armie Hammer as Jackson Storm
 * Tony Shalhoub as Luigi
 * Bonnie Hunt as Sally Carrera
 * Lea DeLaria as Miss Fritter
 * Kerry Washington as Natalie Certain
 * Cheech Marin as Ramone
 * Jenifer Lewis as Flo
 * Michael Wallis as Sheriff
 * Paul Dooley as Sarge
 * Lloyd Sherr as Fillmore
 * Guido Quaroni as Guido
 * Katherine Helmond as Lizzie
 * John Ratzenberger as Mack
 * Bob Peterson as Chick Hicks (Replacing Michael Keaton)
 * Richard Petty as Strip Weathers
 * Jeff Gordon as Jeff Gorvette
 * Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip
 * Chase Elliott as Chase Racelott
 * Daniel Suárez as Danny Swervez
 * Ryan Blaney as Ryan "Inside" Laney
 * Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. as Bubba Wheelhouse
 * Kyle Petty as Cal Weathers
 * Shannon Spake as Shannon Spokes
 * H. A. Wheeler as Tex Dinoco
 * Ray Evernham as Ray Reverham
 * Mike Joy as Mike Joyride
 * Lewis Hamilton as Hamilton
 * Bob Costas as Bob Cutlass
 * Ray Magliozzi as Dusty Rust-eze
 * Tom Magliozzi as Rusty Rust-eze
 * Isiah Whitlock Jr. as River Scott
 * Junior Johnson as Junior "Midnight" Moon
 * Margo Martindale as Louise "Barnstormer" Nash

Production
At the Disney stockholder meeting on March 18, 2014, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that Pixar had begun pre-production on Cars 3.

Michael Wallis said on August 17, 2013 that the film would include Route 99 in California, while John Lasseter said during the Tokyo International Film Festival that a Citroën 2CV will appear in the film as a reference to Hayao Miyazaki's movie Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro in a form of an old.

According to the 2015 São Paulo Disney Expo, the film's release was to be in 2018. On July 20, 2015, while being interviewed by Autoweek, Lasseter stated that the film's release should be summer 2018 or 2019. On October 8, 2015, it was confirmed to be June 16, 2017.

The first concept images were released by USA Today on May 30, 2016. Director Brian Fee also gave some info on the characters and plot.

"Cruz Ramirez is trying to figure out how this old dog can learn some new tricks," says Fee.

"Think of where he'd be in his career now in real time," says Fee. "(McQueen) is not an old man, but he's one of the older cars on the circuit with new rookies coming in. People start to wonder and ask when he might retire."

On June 8, 2016, Lasseter revealed that the film will include a different tone as well as a tribute to the first film's character Doc Hudson.

On November 21, the first teaser trailer for the film was released and it showed McQueen about to have a horrific crash, like the one that forced the end of Doc Hudson's career.

On January 9, Disney released the first trailer during the College Football Playoffs.

On February 1, 2017, it was announced that the Pixar short to be shown with the film is Lou.

On February 26, another trailer was released during the Daytona 500.

On April 25, a teaser was released saying that a full trailer was set to be released, which it was the following day.

On April 30, a one-minute trailer was shown at the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards.

On May 7, a Japanese trailer was released, showing new footage.

On May 10, a new trailer was released, showing new footage.

On May 25, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton revealed on his social media an exclusive clip featuring his character in the film.

Soundtrack
The song "Ride" by ZZ Ward and Gary Clark Jr. will be featured in the soundtrack alongside mixes of rock/pop songs and score by Randy Newman. For the film, there will be two soundtracks: one containing songs, and the other consisting of the film's score. Both will be released on the same day as the film.

Video game
Avalanche Software and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are set to develop a game adapted from the film, with release dates of June 13, 2017 in North America, June 14 in Australia, and July 14 in Europe.

Trivia

 * This is the only Cars film to not be directed by John Lasseter.
 * This is the first Pixar film to be directed by Brian Fee.
 * This will be the final film written by Daniel Gerson, as he died in 2016.
 * In the teaser trailer, the viewer can actually see a cloudy glimpse of the front of one of the race cars, when the announcer says "McQueen is fading-fading fast!"
 * This is the first Cars film not to have a main antagonist with a green color outline.
 * This is the first feature-length Pixar film (and also Disney's first animated theatrical feature-length film) to have been designated a G rating from the MPAA since 2013's Monsters University.
 * Thus, it is also the first major theatrical animated film to have been designated that rating from the MPAA since Blue Sky Studios' The Peanuts Movie from 2015.
 * This marks the first and only time where Michael Keaton, Chick Hick's original voice actor from the first film, does not reprise his role as Chick.