Have you seen Pixar's latest Cars Toon,The Radiator Springs 500 1/2 yet? If not, you can now view it for free on Disney.com! In the latest installment of the Tales From Radiator Springs series, a gang of Baja Racers interrupt a celebration of Stanley,
the founder of Radiator Springs, to challenge Lightning McQueen to a race.
While McQueen and the Baja pros see who’s the fastest, Mater leads the rest of
the gang through a leisurely Founders Day tour of Stanley’s original frontier
route.
"The Radiator Springs Historical Society is proud to
honor the spirit of Stanley, our town's founder!"
The Radiator Springs 500 1/2 is the last film to be made by
Pixar Canada, Pixar's subsidiary studio located in Vancouver, Canada. Sadly,
Pixar Canada closed in October 2013 in order "to refocus operations
and resources under the one roof.”
(Pixar's main studio in Emeryville, CA) Pixar Canada's other films include Air
Mater, Small Fry, Time Travel Mater, Partysaurus Rex, and three Tales from
Radiator Springs.
Watch the entirety of Radiator Springs 500 1/2 for free here.
In case you missed Pixar's latest Cars Toon when it premiered on Disney Movies Anywhere last May, you can catch Radiator Springs 500 1/2 tonight on the Disney Channel at 7:55 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time). Here's a clip that was just released by Pixar's YouTube channel from the short film.
The official synopsis reads: A 'leisurely drive' planned in honor of Radiator Springs’
town founder, Stanley, turns precarious as Baja pros descend on the town and
challenge Lightning McQueen to an off-road race. Meanwhile, the townsfolk, led
by a Stanley-costumed Mater, enjoy the planned 'leisurely drive' to retrace
Stanley’s original frontier route. Thinking they’re on the same course, a wrong
turn sends McQueen and the Baja pros on a treacherously wild bid for survival.
The misunderstanding leaves the racing professionals in awe of the 'legend' of
Stanley: the Original Off-Road Racer. "RS 500 1/2" is directed by Rob Gibbs, who was a story artist for several other Cars Toons and movies including Toy Story 2 and Monsters Inc.
Watch it tonight on the Disney Channel!
The next Cars Toon from the Tales from Radiator Springs series is called To Protect and Serve (@ThePixarTimes). It will be out sometime later this year.
Pixar's newest Cars Toon, The Radiator Springs 500 ½, is now available to watch on Disney Movies Anywhere! (It's free to view; all you need is an account). This six-minute short film is part of the Tales from Radiator Springs series. In The Radiator Springs 500 ½, a gang of Baja Racers interrupt a celebration of Stanley, the founder of Radiator Springs, to challenge Lightning McQueen to a race. While McQueen and the Baja pros see who’s the fastest, Mater
leads the rest of the gang through a leisurely Founders Day tour of Stanley’s
original frontier route.
"By right you mean left?"
"The Enchanted Forrest" scene in the Cars Toon has very close similarities to a deleted scene in the first Cars movie. In the storyboarded clip below, Lightning McQueen attempts to get back to the interstate and discovers a graveyard full of rusted cars.
The Radiator Springs 500 ½ is the last film to be made by Pixar Canada, Pixar's subsidiary studio located in Vancouver, Canada. Sadly, Pixar Canada closed on October 2013 in order "to refocus operations and resources under the one roof.” (Pixar's main studio in Emeryville, CA) Pixar Canada's other films include Air Mater, Small Fry, Time Travel Mater, Partysaurus Rex, and three Tales from Radiator Springs.
Pixar Canada: 2010 - 2013
The next Cars Toon from the Tales from Radiator Springs series is called To Protect and Serve.(@ThePixarTimes) It will be out sometime later this year.
The next Cars Toon will be called 'Radiator Springs 500 ½.' Entertainment Weekly revealed details on the new six-minute short film saying
that 'The gang is enjoying a Founders Day celebration to honor Stanley
when a gang of Baja racers descend on the town and challenge Lightning to a
race. While McQueen and the Baja pros see who’s the fastest, Mater leads the
rest of the gang through a leisurely Founders Day tour of Stanley’s original
frontier route.'
The director of the film Rob Gibbs said “We kind of played it up like a western. These
off-road racers come to town, like gunslingers looking for the hottest
gunslinger in Radiator Springs, Lightning McQueen. They challenge him to a
race, like someone would challenge someone to a duel.It’s kind of a contrast between how much fun
the tour is and how scary and painful the racers’ journey is, because they take
a right where Mater told them to take a left."
Gibbs also talked about the new characters in 'The
Radiator Springs 500 ½:'"There’s
four of them: a Baja Bug, a Class-1 dune buggy, a Meyers Manx dune buggy, and a
trophy truck. The big money ones, with huge suspension and huge
wheels.”
The film will be part of Pixar’s 'Tales from Radiator Springs' series. The next Cars Toon will be 'To Protect and Serve.' (@ThePixarTimes) RS
500 ½ will premiere later this spring on Disney Movies Anywhere.
