I attended the Pixar Animation Studios‘ Cars 3 press event held at the 2017 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) last week. John Lasseter was there (in one of his cool custom Reyn Spooner shirts) along with Cars Creative Director Jay Ward and Pixar Production Designer Jay Shuster. They set up the story of the film and talked about the design of two new characters–Jackson Storm and Cruz Ramirez.
Here are some pics from the event. A full video of the presentation (courtesy of NAIAS) is here. Cars 3 is coming to theaters on June 16, 2017.
Arrived at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan
The stage where the press event took place
John Lasseter in the house!
The “Jays” (Jay Ward is on the left)
Concept art for Jackson Storm by automobile designer J Mays
The Jays talk about designs for Cruz Ramirez
John Lasseter came back on the stage along with a lifesize, driveable Lightning McQueen
A lame attempt at a selfie
One more shot
And, finally, here’s an “extended look” (or “almost a trailer”) with some footage shown during the presentation, along with some other snippets from the upcoming film:
Stanford Clark 