A year before its June 2011 release, Pixar pioneer John Lasseter has officially returned to Pixar to help bring Cars 2 to the silver screen, because “there have been story problems that needed to be addressed.” [First Showing]
Lasseter, you’ll remember, directed the original Cars which, despite generally lukewarm reviews, was a massive success both in theaters and toy stores across the world. He also directed the first two Toy Story films, if you guys remember those.
Brad Lewis was (and is) in line to direct the Cars sequel. Lewis has been an accredited producer for Pizar over the past few years, and this would be his directorial debut. What this means for Lewis and his exact credit on the film, it’s hard to say. The man’s still working on the film, “side by side” with Lassester now.
This, by all accounts, is a good thing. Lasseter was their at the beginning and as such has most likely encountered every problem an animator can come across. Expect Cars 2 to come out exactly the way Pixar wants it to. How good that will be is whole other ballgame.
Have you seen Cars? What did/do you think of it?