{"id":2702,"date":"2009-09-10T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T15:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/cars-2-a-hitchcockian-spy-thriller"},"modified":"2009-09-10T15:15:28","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T15:15:28","slug":"cars-2-a-hitchcockian-spy-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/cars-2-a-hitchcockian-spy-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Cars 2 a &quot;Hitchcockian&quot; Spy Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/813.jpg\" width=\"200\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>More details on the plot of <em>Cars 2<\/em> were revealed at the London-based Disney Animation Showcase, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/news\/story.asp?NID=25795\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Empire reports.<\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div> John Lasseter announced at the event a large section of the movie will revolve around Larry the Cable Guy&#8217;s character, Mater, a &quot;Hitchcockian&quot; case of mistaken identity and a British secret agent in a huge spy thriller.<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&quot;Mater, who we know from the series of cartoon shorts Mater&#8217;s Tall Tales (more on that in our blog in a minute) is prone to exaggeration, gets involved in a &quot;Hitchcockian&quot; case of mistaken identity, saves the life of a British secret agent called Finn McMissile (who looks a heck of a lot like an Aston Martin) and becomes embroiled in a huge spy thriller. Only no-one believes him.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><font style=\"\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); \">Strangely enough, there seems to have been no mention on the World Grand Prix, subtitle. Cars 2 sounds like it&#8217;ll be as hilarious as the Cars Toons and as thrilling as the race scenes in the original Cars, sounds great to me!&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/font><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); \"><br \/>\n<\/span><font style=\"\"><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); \">Speaking of Cars Toons, two new Mater&#8217;s Tall Tales have been announced. The first, Unidentified Flying Mater, has the trusty tow-truck befriend a <span class=\"caps\">UFO<\/span> and help it escape from Parking Area 51. The next, Heavy Metal Mater, finds&nbsp;our hero becoming a famous rockstar!<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p> I won&#8217;t spoil much more, but you can read the rest of the what sounds to be like a very exciting plot line with more appeal to an international audience than <em>Cars<\/em> over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/news\/story.asp?NID=25795\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>Cars 2<\/em>, directed by Brad Lewis,&nbsp;is set for realease on June 24th, 2011. <\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div> <em>I wonder who will play <span style=\"font-style: normal; \">Finn McMissile<\/span>? Leave your predictions in the comments below. I&#8217;m hedging my bets on an ex-bond, quite possibly Sean Connery, but maybe moreso Roger Moore as his voice epitomises <\/em>James Bond<em> in my opinion. Let us know what you think about <\/em>Cars 2<em>. I&#8217;m keen to hear your opinions.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>More details on the plot of Cars 2 were revealed at the London-based Disney Animation Showcase, Empire reports. John Lasseter announced at the event a large section of the movie will revolve around Larry the Cable Guy&#8217;s character, Mater, a &quot;Hitchcockian&quot; case of mistaken identity and a British secret agent in a huge spy thriller. &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cars 2 a &quot;Hitchcockian&quot; Spy Thriller - Upcoming Pixar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/cars-2-a-hitchcockian-spy-thriller\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cars 2 a &quot;Hitchcockian&quot; Spy Thriller - Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More details on the plot of Cars 2 were revealed at the London-based Disney Animation Showcase, Empire reports. 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