John Lasseter Jumps To The Co-Director Seat Of Cars 2

If you were to wonder the halls of the Hat Building right now you'd find something unusual. Something that hasn't happened in a good while. I'd say almost a couple of years. Each week you could usually find John Lasseter walking the halls at least once, more likely twice a week as he hurried from meeting to meeting before he headed off to Glendale or some other meeting. But the last month or so he's not been seen that much. And he won't be for another month or so. See, he's been stuck up in Emeryville working on "Cars 2" so that it's ready for release next year. There have been story problems that have developed late last year and into the new year that needed to be addressed. So as of now, John is riding the film as co-director. Now, will he be listed in the credits as that when the film comes out? Not yet determined if he'll get his name up there with that label. We will see as time starts to move closer to the release date.

Nothing to panic , this is not the first time that a Pixar animated movie has encountered story issues and probably won't be the last . Cars 2 is still a year and a half away which leaves enough time to solve the issues that the studio encounters. I for one would very much want to have Lasseter involved in this movie as much as possible and use his valuable talent to tighten any plot loose ends.