Could Lighting McQueen and the Radiator Springs gang be headed to Disney+? During a recent visit to Pixar's bi-annual Car Show 'Moto-Expo' (more details below), Auto Week magazine shared a bit of breaking news that the Cars franchise may live on with an upcoming TV show. While no immediate details were present (and with no direct confirmation from Pixar) we can't help but imagine a Cars-themed TV show may be coming to Disney+ (however, most likely not available at launch in November).
The world of Cars would be a perfect addition to Disney+, especially with the endless catalogue of characters and storylines to explore. One of those storylines could mirror, the real-life change to Pixar's Car Show which now only features environmentally friendly modes of transportation. Pixar Creative Director Jay Ward explains, “If you walk out into our parking lot, we’re probably one-quarter electric already: Model Ss, Model 3s, Leafs, Priuses, are a huge portion of our parking lot. So I thought, ‘I can’t just rope off the parking lot and call it a show -- that’s going to be boring.’ So I really tried to find things that people hadn’t seen that were electric. One good thing from Motorama was, this should not be a vehicle you can walk into a dealership and see. It should be stuff that is future, prototype, unique, one-off, special order, whatever. And so we’ve tried to keep that ethos for the show.”
How great would it be to see the Cars characters retrofitted to teach the next generation about the importance of a green initiative. As the teams at Disney and Pixar explore new storylines with the upcoming Disney+ shows Monsters At Work, Forky Asks a Question and Lamp Life, we can only hope that this news will be made official soon. What do you think of a Cars TV show coming to Disney+? Share with other Pixar fans in the Pixar Post Forum or in the comments below.
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