Cars 2
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- Director
- John Lasseter , Brad Lewis
- Release Date
- June 11, 2011
- Studio(s)
- Disney
- Distributor(s)
- Disney
- Cast
- Owen Wilson , Larry the Cable Guy , Michael Caine , Emily Mortimer , John Turturro , Eddie Izzard , Thomas Kretschmann
- Writers
- Ben Queen
- Runtime
- 106 minutes
- Sequel(s)
- Cars 3
- prequel(s)
- Cars
- Budget
- $200 million
Summary
Following the first film, racecar Lightning McQueen and tow truck Mater travel to Japan for Lightning to compete in the Grand Prix. However, Mater stumbles into the world of international espionage, and must work with two British spies to bring down a criminal who threatens the race.
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