Animated News reports that the official "Cars" movie site, the animated film based on Route 66 by Pixar Animation Studios, has been given a makeover. It features the same trailer that's been reported here. In other related news: -- Disneyland Paris is going to build "Cars"-related rides. -- Animated News also has a guide for … Continue reading “Cars” Web site is revved up

Apple's QuickTime site has released a new teaser trailer for the Route 66-themed movie, "Cars," from Pixar Animation Studios. The movie will be released June 2006. There also are some big honkin' high-definition files of the trailer if you really want to test your bandwidth. (NOTE: This requires QuickTime 7.0 to run the file.)

The Animation World Network site has a few more tidbits about the "other" Route 66-themed animated film in production from DreamWorks, titled "Route 66." It sounds like details are sketchy, however. One site I've found lists Harland Williams as the director and screenwriter, while AWN has none listed. This site has 2010 as the release … Continue reading More news on “Route 66” film

IGN.com has what it describes as an exclusive first look at the movie poster for "Cars," the Route 66-themed movie from Pixar Animation Studios that's set to be released June 9, 2006.You can see the poster here.An even bigger version of the poster is here. Pixar's Web site also has a new page for "Cars," called … Continue reading A look at the new “Cars” movie poster

Here's an interesting news brief from the Carthage Daily Press in Carthage, Mo.: A film crew with Ozarks Public Television was recently in Carthage shooting segments to be part of a forthcoming educational and entertaining hour-long documentary on Route 66. Carthage highlights included in the project included the Boots Motel, Oak Street railroad overpass, the … Continue reading Route 66 documentary being filmed in Missouri

I heard a rumor that Pixar Studios has a new trailer for its Route 66-themed animated film, "Cars," which will be in theaters in June 2006. I found it.You can view it here.Watch it, pronto, before the Pixar boys make 'em take it down. 

The answer appears to be: "Maybe." I found an interesting tidbit in an OU Daily report about a film and video studies department event on Greek culture. The excerpt centers around Andrew Horton, a professor in the department. Horton, who leads a group of students to Greece each year, said the idea for this screening … Continue reading Another Route 66 film?

I found out about this film recently from a comment by Susan in Tulsa-area blog, Batesline.com, on a subject that had little to do with Route 66. Susan was right. The sketchy information I gleaned from a variety of Web sites is this: Stand-up comedian and cartoon artist Harland Williams is in the middle of … Continue reading Another Route 66 movie is in production