John Lasseter Explains Where The Idea Of Cars 2 Came From

John Lasseter Explains Where The Idea Of ‘Cars 2’ Came From

By Peter Sciretta/March 10, 2011 2:00 pm EST

You might think that the idea to do a Cars sequel came about after Disney looked at their billion dollar sales Cars merchandise reports and fired off an e-mail to the animation studio in Emeryville saying “Do this!” But Pixar head and Cars series director John Lasseter tells an entirely different story — learn how Lasseter came up with the idea for the story of Cars 2 in a short video interview embedded after the jump.

John Lasseter Explains Where The Idea Of ‘Cars 2’ Came From

By Peter Sciretta/March 10, 2011 2:00 pm EST

You might think that the idea to do a Cars sequel came about after Disney looked at their billion dollar sales Cars merchandise reports and fired off an e-mail to the animation studio in Emeryville saying “Do this!” But Pixar head and Cars series director John Lasseter tells an entirely different story — learn how Lasseter came up with the idea for the story of Cars 2 in a short video interview embedded after the jump.