Yes... Pixar Are Making MORE Cars Stuff…
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- I know! Another one! Pixar has announced that a Cars 4 is indeed in production. After sequels from Inside Out, Frozen, Kung Fu Panda, Despicable Me, Megamind and now this, we are truly in the age of recurrent animated sequels. They're everywhere! So, we might as well strap in a look onto the franchise's past to see just why this choice has been made, whether there's any hope that it''ll actually be of good quality and learn a little behind the scenes and production details behind this universe, and the Disney overlords that control it. Because after all Yes.. Pixar Are Making Cars 4 As Well...
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...Woof. And I thought we were OVER the phase of Pixar sequels..
They REALLY need to know that they don't need to make sequels to every single one of their projects. Sometimes, a film can simply stand alone, without the need for countless sequels.
examples: Wall-E, Ratatouille, Up
*cough* megamind *cough*
@@illegalisntlegaland they made a sequel anyways. But now Megamind has down syndrome.
@@ModelY303 Megamind is dead.... now it`s Microcranium
They tried that, they were going to stop doing sequels to their movies after Toy Story 4, but Disney and Pixar's latest movies havent been doing very well in terms of money ( maybe cuz marketing has been severely lacking ) so i guess they will resort to doing sequels because that guarantees more money.
I mean, Incredibles 2 made them over a billion dollars. You'd think Incredibles 3 would be Pixar's priority.
Ikr?
Yes the ending was like a cliffhanger I would love a perfect ending
To be fair, Brad Bird (the person who made “The Incredibles”) is currently working on a film with Skydance Animation (a.k.a. Ilion Animation Studios) called “Ray Gunn”.
Merch sales is what decides the sequel.
@@legiran9564That is partially true, but with how huge superheroes have been in the past near 2 decades, especially for Disney, you'd think they'd be cranking out Incredibles merch since the first movie.
McQueen is literally the reason my favorite color is red! Cars 2 was even my guilty pleasure movie that I loved! Idc, the child me NEEDS this movie out!
I think Cars 3 is enough.
I just want them to make it the same aesthetic as the first one. The opening scene, the life is a highway scene. Give us the vibe the first one had. Cars 3 didn't have any of that
Well, I can’t wait for GamingMagic13 to lose his sanity over this.
Yep, can’t wait for him to rip it a new one
Not familiar with him
Facts
@@bighand1530hes famous for making several long videos ripping into toy story 4 and its narrative
We were all thinking it
Inside Out 2, Toy Story 5 and now Cars 4
Cars 4 is the one I wanna see most.
Cars 4 it's basically Cars 3,Cars 2 never existed
@@realdddabossyes, but I always wanted some kind of joke or reference to its existence in the cars universe. Or someone mentions it and they’re like: “yeah we don’t talk about that”
In my opinion Inside Out 2 will be beautiful
@@realdddabossIn think that the second film was good, with many action scenes, which were really well made. But clearly it doesn't live up to the first film, which is a masterpiece.
This actually makes me happy. Cars had my childhood. Cars 2 was my childhood. Cars 3 was nostalgic. Cars 4 will be the same as cars 3. Nostalgic
Yknow, I know what everyone is meaning about pixar wanting to make another "toy car commercial" but tbh, I like to see new cars sequels as expanding the cars universe. So, Im kinda looking forward to a new sequel.
Cars: “YES I FINALLY CAUGHT BACK UP TO TOY STORY!!! Wait what is that?”
Toy Story: *Holding Toy Story 5*
This video is as unlikely as me appearing in the woods playing cars music in your general direction.
Oh wait. That actually happened.
That "20 years back practically" hurt a lot.. No need to make me feel old like that 😂 (0:54)
I mean, in 2024 when a company tries to make a new movie/animated movie they fail miserably, also so many people like sequels and prequals so that totally make sense to make cars 4. Disney lost it's creativity so yes :)
i rly liked the idea of the cars 3 tbh. im sure everyone understood the plot of it. but i guess the audience wanted a more realistic approach on cars in general (which isnt even the case from the first car movies anyways, like a nascar jumping and surviving that land) i guess it is what it is.
They should make a Hudson Hornet movie instead. A young Doc would allow them to recast and keep the franchise without overdoing McQueen and everybody.
-Need Cars 4 to be a prequel to see how Montgomery became “lightning” mcqueen. Maybe the villain could be one of his idols (not the king or doc Hudson) a new entire villain who has the same attitude as Jackson Storm or pre radiator springs lightning.
-He also has a bitchy pit crew hence why he never used to trust them
-Maybe at the end of the movie the rusteez guys give him his “big break” that he mentioned
-At first lightning is a pushover and after the “never meet you heroes” lesson, he becomes a cool guy by the end of the movie making it understandable why he was a douche in Cars 1, he had to be cold.
I CAN'T WAIT!!! I am hopping, that some of new projects came out soon. And I want that one of the projects be Cars 4
I seriously can’t think of how they can make this work somehow.
I could see them doing a prequel on why/how Doc chose Radiator Springs to hide away after his crash.
@@hoppy5359but his voice actor is dead
@@natelederp it's Disney, it wouldn't surprise me if they used AI or got someone who sounded like Paul
Cars had a good ending with McQueen coaching Cruz in his last race
As a person who’s been watching cars since they were born I can confidently say
WE DONT NEED A 4TH CARS MOVIE!!!
It better be another spy thriller or I’m leaving the cinema.
They better do the cars 2 plot but way better writing and needing to actually make sense.
@@Euroneurogreece3097 If Finn McMissile isn't in the film I will riot
@@aratherbritishdinosaur This
absolutely insane take
What I would argue about cars is that it's not much about the story telling but maybe more about showing motorsport to young people. For me it opened door to motorsport. It shows what racer can or does go thru in racing. It shows basic principals of racing and GREATLY shows the eager and passion that comes with it. Yes you can say every film should have great story telling, but for me it really doesn't need that if you show the sport whilst putting a main character that leads you thru it. Maybe it wasn't their intention, but I experienced it (as a kid and now an adult) more like McQueen is this young star that has some troubles along his way to become the greatest racer, and you as a spectator look deep into the sport while having someone you can hold on to so you aren't lost as a young person. I could be wrong. This is just my point of view.
sorry for bad english I am not native speaker :D
Hope CARS 4 atleast shows us finally how Mcqueen wins one of his PISTON CUPS !!
McQueen's story has came full circle and is perfectly perfect as is. If there is to be a direct sequel, I can only hope that he would not be the main character.
What I really want out of this franchise is a war movie, for more mature audiences. Cars 3 has a plot that could only be fully appreciated by older audiences, those who watched the original as kids but all grown up by now. They also showed a war clip in the Planes movie, which is why I believe they can and will make a war movie eventually.
I wonder where you got that Cars merch number from, because I remember before Cars 3 came out, the exact same number was being dropped around, and that was 4 years ago.
Cars 4: The Come Back
No
The toys !! I never thought about that, I often wonder why they keep making sequels on some movie franchise despite the box office getting lower each time, but the toys ! we never thing of the toys..
What if Cars 4 is about Lightning McQueen's kid? If so it would bring a LOT of questions about the reproduction of the cars species to the forefront, and I am not looking forward to that. :|
While I don’t dislike Cruz, I would prefer less Cruz and more Lightning McQueen and Mater.
I want everyone to have a huge role
@@TheRonin2024 That too
Yep
Yes@@TheRonin2024
I like the twist
Mater cousin is Cruz
And her sister is a rolls royce
Cars 4
We need everyone
I noticed every character has a voice
But sarge is mute ifk if Paul Dooley will return as his but he's a ver underrated character
Along side fillmore
Cars is my favorite movie of all time, and hearing that there is going to be another sequel makes me so happy! Despite what the majority of people think, I think Disney and Pixar’s movies the past few years have been great. And believe it or not, I am a person who encourages sequels. I absolutely LOVE seeing the franchises grow. I enjoy Cars 2 so that kinda shows my love for sequels. I am cautiously optimistic to see what Cars 4 will look like!
that's like making a how to train your dragon 4 after all the dragons left in the third movie. It's supposed to END. Idk man why is it so hard to come up with new original stories
Haven’t seen any official confirmation and I kinda doubt they’re making a 4th given the mini series wrapped up
I'm excited for most of the upcoming animated movies that you've talked about recently...
I'm hesitant on this one though.
Regardless of recent quality for Pixar, i am still sooooooo hyped for Cars 4 (even if its not needed). I can't wait!
Let’s goooooooo boys
I remember having a big basket of toy cars which 2/3 of them was Cars characters XD As a kid i loved those movies
I think more Cars movies would be good because not only it was my childhood but also there’s a lot of questions about how the cars universe works
I’m perfectly fine with this lol. I don’t expect a masterpiece but I love McQueen and collecting little cars lol
It's kind of a no-brainer that Lightning, Sally, Mack, & Mater will return for the next movie.
My only thing is if they make Cars 4 what are they going to do? McQueen’s career is practically over though he did say he will keep racing. It being Cruz focused doesn’t seem like a good idea. Cars 3 was a good conclusion and I think what they did with Cars on the Road works they should just leave it there.
Not to disrespect the producers here, there are some good sequels and prequels added into movie franchises…but can we not make sequels for 5 minutes and put brain cells into making a NEW ORIGINAL FILM THAT IS GOOD PLEASE?
The frikn beep beep beep mario song in the background was fire
Makes sense, after flop after flop Disney is going back to sequels to make themselves a few dollars but who knows maybe Pixar could pull it off? As long as it for once has an actual story and not forcing some message down our throats
Every single toy store I ever went to had a whole section with cars toys. Even years after the movies came out. Kids LOVE cars. I even had car's movie toys as a kid when the first movie came out. That feels like ages ago.
If I hear anything about a WALL-E 2 like that old Studio C sketch, I'm gonna lose my mind. And not in a good way...
Though I like to see Cruz and lightning again, I am none too optimistic
Cars 1: Racing And becoming a better person
Cars 2: Racing, but mostly spy’s
Cars 3: Racing but retiring
And
Cars 4: ???
@@yaolofe3852 racing but training?
My guy having a time of his life 0:35 💀💀💀
If there really is going to be a cause for, I’m hoping they bring back Finn McMissile and Holly Shiftwell would really love to see Lightning McQueen become a spy
Personally for money/critic reasons I think it would be safer to save Cars 2 stuff for Disney+ spin-offs.
The timing of that lemon footage 🤣
Disney really can't come with an original idea anymore, can they?
please no... dont milk this franchise so much and make a fourth film... the third film was the perfect ending.. dont ruin it please pixar
I'd still rather have them revisit that 'Trains' concept than have another Cars specific movie.
I need cars 4 to follow like, the hippie combi that sells edibles
Cars 3 was decent, and Cars On The Road was fine enough. WE DON'T NEED A FOURTH MOVIE!
Zootopia 2
Cars 4
Frozen 3&4
Inside Out 2
Kung Fu Panda 4
Despicable Me 4
Toy Story 5
When will these end?
Ngl I actually kinda wanna see it, cars 3 left me a little unsatisfied (but if I’m being honest cars on the road made me feel better about the ending so I don’t mind if it happens or it doesn’t)
i am happy to hear there is going to another cars movie but also sad because i have a strong feeling that is going to end like cars 2 and i love this childhood frachisie
Disney has way done more than beat a dead horse at this point
I hope, that the 4th installment would be a more detailed back story of who Doc or either McQueen is. This question of McQueen's origin is never asked and answered in the 3 movies, at least from my point of view.
Come on, Pixar. That's enough. They are really desperate now.
Wait, they're actually going to do a Cars4 movie this year? Whoo hoo! My dream of a fourth Cars movie is finally becoming a reality.
They didn’t say that
It’s gonna be like just like the Toy Story situation
I love Cars, but 3 was the perfect send off to the franchise. I'm afraid of it getting the Toy Story treatment.
NO.
What they need to make is a card planes crossover
What about zootopia and chicken little, that would be hilarious.
Please just keep it about racing, we don't need more James Bond antics
On one hand, it could be a great movie. On the other hand, nothing can beat Cars 3
In the words of Owen Wilson, wow.
Jeez, I clicked on this video to see if there’s any known information about the upcoming film. I certainly didn’t expect the first half of the video to be another UA-camr talking about how Cars isn’t upto the Pixar standard.
2024: The year of (insert movie name here) 4
I'm just waiting for Zootopia 2 and Big Hero 7 already.
Cars 4 doesn't need to happen in the same vain as Toy Story 5 and Inside Out 2.
As much I love the Cars trilogy ( except Cars 2 ). I don't think we need a Cars 4.
I do like the idea of more Disney+ series like Cars on the Road or a prequel on how McQueen entered his racing career.
Mcqueen is gonna be black or smth in this move for "inclusion"
I thought they already did a cars 4, or at least it feels like they did so.
If Cars 4, an unnecessary sequel, happens... pixar and disney are running out of ideas.
2:42 no not yet (obviously before this point)
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holy sh- i just got blasted to the past... i even read this like the song 😭✋
I read it like the movie too lol. I heard and saw the sequence of the lights turning on
OOOOOOOH, LIFE COULD BE A DREAM!
They need to take that song back as a theme it’s gold
A fourth Cars movie has not been confirmed. All that has been said by anyone associated with Pixar is "There are more Cars things brewing, I can't say much more yet. Cars has got a life that will keep going. I am working on some real fun projects right now that you will see in a couple of years. It takes us a while to make them."
It has not been confirmed what these projects are; there's every possibility that they could also be another collection of shorts akin to 'Mater's Tall Tales' or 'Cars on the Road'. Anything saying what these projects are, the most common "story" being that it is a fourth movie, is nothing more than misinformation and bullshit generated to hype up unsuspecting people who haven't done their own research.
This guys!
Hell yeah, Mater's Tall Tales
Well, to be fair, Cars 4 was mentioned to be in the works thanks to Wikipedia. Then again, in the words of Rick Sanchez, “Don’t believe everything you read on Wikipedia”.
Yeah I hate it when rumors get outta hand. It’s why I also hate most gaming related videos on UA-cam, it’s almost nothing BUT rumors and speculation.
yeah he literally said that in the video dude
Well, we all know they're doing this because of the toy sales, and we all know what happens when that's all they care about, but hopefully whatever they have planned for Cars 4 is more coherent and natural than Cars 2 was. I really don't think that'll be the case, though.
nah cars 4 needs to be another spy movie
And because their recent films haven't done too well at the box office.
Yeah then cars 5 might get released
Cars 2² would be awesome
Bingo!
BIG Cars fan here from the 2000s 🚗
The only question I have is what else could they make after giving the third movie a very good conclusion?...
money
A prequel
I would have preferred if Lightning McQueen won.
It's not happening, he just assumed that because Jay Ward said "multiple projects" are in the works which could really mean anything tbh
@@muranpapadum7541 I hope not, since it was shown in the comics
Simply put, no, it is not confirmed they’re making Cars 4.
How much screentime do you think Mack will get in the next movie? In 3, he got more screentime than he did in the 1st 2 movies combined.
@@joshmontemayor1212 What next movie?
@@MrDocket, Cars 4.
@@joshmontemayor1212 I'm not going to speculate about a movie that's not even confirmed yet. 🤣
As much as I love the cars franchise I believe cars 3 was the perfect ending for the franchise we don't really need cars 4
Thats what we said about Toy story 3 and yet we still got more.
Money talks
I agree, BUT, and this is a big but, if they do it properly I would be okay with Cars 4. Give the story a reason to keep going with Cruz, show character development, etc.
@@sonicthehedge thats what i was about to say
If they make a cars 4, it'll probably exist to "complete" the trilogy since the events of cars 2 aren't acknowledged in the 3rd movie if that makes sense.
Cars 3 wasnt the perfect ending at all, majority wanted to see mcqueen beat storm and thats what we want to see in cars 4.
Care 2, Inside Out 2, Toy Story 4, Frozen 3, Zootopia 2, Megamind 2, Shrek 5, Kung Fu Panda 4, Despicable Me 4, why are we getting so many sequels to movies that don’t need another sequel? One word. Money.
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@@LiamHughes-sy7zl It 100% is for the majority of them, most movie writers would rather work on something new rather than a sequel to something old unless they have a super good idea for a sequel
As long as they don't touch WALL-E I'm good.
@@corellioncrusaderproductio4679 well like I said a prequel not a sequel another wall-e movie yeh just that way it’s understandable think about it they will still touch it about how he became the last robot on earth and title says it all the last robot on earth that will b a good movie and u watch 💯 it will happen ok good
Shrek Forever After already happened for 14 years.
Hey, it could be worse, we could get a sequel for Megamind on peacock that looks like the tv shows they used to make! Wait…
The Penguins Tv Show The Best DreamWorks Show And I Don’t Mind The Animation
They cooked up All Hail King Julien too and the series was really good. Wonder where that went.
Despicable me 4
Kung fu panda 4
And now Cars 4
Kung Fu Panda 4 looks okay.
@taftstudio5118 i would actually watch that just bc i know it would be silly
@@IronGhost8280 the only thing that makes me want to watch it is only Tai Long, because I hope they will not gonna make him a punching bag for a new villain.
This is our childhood I’m happy I just care about these animated movies cuz they came out when I was a kid and watched all in cinema
@taftstudio5118oh no 😂😂😂
Unpopular opinion: I love Cars 2
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I think a fourth movie would only work if they retconned Cars on the Road, as I feel the only real avenue they could explore at this point is Lightning coaching Cruz.
Nah, McQueen said at the end of cars 3 he was gonna keep racing. So it will probably be about his last season as a driver.
Either that or McQueen enters a special event where older racers are competing. Hell, they could just rehash cars 2 with a second WGP only they’ll hopefully do it right this time.
@@bmackley9805Exposing the audience to World wide racing again would be great. Especially now that F1 and Endurance is more popular nowadays
Cars on the road didn't retcon anything. He never retired, and he never became her crew chief, that was only for one race. The race at the end of the movie where mcqueen had the doc hudson paint job was the "one thing" mcqueen wanted to do before he returned to racing.
The only reason he was going to quit was because of sterling forcing him to retire, but since Tex bought the company that's no longer a threat. He can keep racing and the only drawback is that he won't be winning as often as he used to be, but thats the whole thing he had to learn and accept throughout the third movie.
Some people just want a Doc spinoff…
FUCK YEAH, I LOVE CARS
IS NOT OVER 😱😱😱😱
You people...
You are part of the problem.
KACHOWWWWW
Its not confirmed
Hopefully it doesn’t.
This is the first place I’ve heard of it happening
Wish didn't even heard of it honestly
Me too
Same
Yeah, that's because it hasn't been announced and might not be happening
Same
Cars is now Disney's Fast and The Furious franchise
Would take a Fast and Furious like approach with Cars 4 over more Cruz.
@@bighand1530facts
this is fine but where's a new herbie the love bug movie the cars franchise killed the herbie franchise
Finally, I have been waiting For Cars 4 Since 2017!!!!
Dude, I'd take cars 5 over toy story 5 any day
As someone who collected all of the cars from the first film properly contributed to that in a rather large portion
I hope it focuses on mater and McQueen. It would be nice to see McQueen get his title back. I just don’t want cars 4 about anyone else. Especially Cruz
Exactly what I want asswel
Same MCQUEEN the goat better guy a victory to end it all
@@Bertaniz agreed!! We haven’t seen him win a big victory! Every time it’s the final race he gives it up which is honestly so annoying
Cars 2² haha nice
Tbh I don't understand the hate on Cruz, tbh I would love if they would show us her races and maybe there would be some interesting story going on. But now going to lie, we truly need something like cars 2 (Plus, Pixar PLEASE make McQueen and Sally a married couple already!)
McQueen better get that rematch with Storm.
Ik not Cruz
In fact, there could very well be a scenario where he returns to racing to become the most piston cup-winning champion of all time.
@@fowhxhe does return to racing, cars on the road confirms that
Idk man. If McQueen was old in Cars 3 he’s definitely much older in Cars 4. If he beat Storm in Cars 3 like we all anticipated we wouldn’t be having this conversation
@@starrjado you think that lightning McQueen and Cruz Ramirez become teammates in cars 4.😊
So help me this movie better have Finn McMissile.
Michael Caine (the guy who voiced McMissile) kinda sorta retired from acting sooo
@@salaarxd748 welp
Cars 3 seemed to pretty much erase anything that occurred in the second movie from existence. Shame, kinda liked Mater’s rocket boosters
@@apersoniguess_not really, it's just that everything that happened in Cars 2 was supposed to be a secret (spy stuff and everything)
@@eeveeofalltrades4780yeah really, even if it was a secret there's huge major events for both McQueen and Mater that are just ignored. Like, Mater got knighted or whatever by the queen of England, that's pretty major. Not very secretive. And in Cars 2, Mater says he never fixes his dents because they mean something to him and yet in Cars 3, a very noticeable dent he got in the second is gone. So either he got it fixed and all of Radiator Springs forgot about him literally being knighted, or Cars 2 is retconned because it was bad and sucked. I think it's the later.
I'll believe it when I start seeing trailers. Don't forget, Disney is likely to take a critical hit when they release Snow White (and I'm not expecting much from Elio), so who knows where things will be in a couple years.
Although, considering how much merch sales they'll likely rake in from another Cars movie, it makes sense they'd keep churning them out. International ticket sales will probably be strong too.
Honestly forgot Elio was coming out😬😬😬😐. And they're definitely taking a well deserved hot with Snow White Zygler was a big mistake should have been Jenna Ortega imo.
@mbphilipblack8993 plus things aren't so hot on the Star Wars, Marvel, or parks side of things either. Plus the whole Florida politics crap, Disney is in serious trouble. And Cars is, unfortunately, a very lucrative IP. If they don't start taking risks on more original movies, they're going to fall apart
Pixar is still the one of the studios that usually has new original ideas, which is why I've been rooting for them most out of other studios. Sequels aren't AS bad as remakes and they do get new stories to tell, but it really feels like the big three studios (Disney Pixar Dreamworks) are burning out on creativity.
especially with megamind 2
"Multiple projects" can mean anything, shorts, mini-series' it doesn't nessicarily mean a fourth movie
Why is this happening to us 💀
:D
Can You give ANY source for this?!
There is none he just assumed that because Jay Ward said "multiple projects" are in the works means that a fourth movie is being made
I've looked all over the internet for info on a Cars 4, and I haven't seen anything like that. All Jay Ward's talked about is more Cars projects.
Dude, do you have an actual link to info about Cars 4? That'd help make this video more believable.
Also, Cars has earned $21.5 billion in merchandising sales revenue as of 2023. It reached the $10 billion mark back in 2011. A lot of misinformation in this video. UA-cam's gotta do better to crack down on this clout-chasing crud.