What was the title of Pixar's first Cars short-film series released on Disney+ in 2022?
Answer
Cars on the Road
Cars on the Road was Pixar's first Cars short-film series released on Disney+ in 2022.
The series follows Lightning McQueen and Mater on a road trip from Radiator Springs to attend Mater's sister's wedding. Instead of one feature-length plot, it presents nine short episodes with different genres and settings, including dinosaurs, haunted locations, and a monster-truck event.
Owen Wilson and Larry the Cable Guy returned as the voices of McQueen and Mater. The shorts expand the franchise beyond the three theatrical Cars films while keeping the friendship between the two characters at the center. Each episode uses a compact premise, so the series can shift tone more quickly than a feature film.
Cars on the Road premiered on Disney+ on September 8, 2022. It is sometimes described as a film because it uses the Cars characters, but it is a television series of animated shorts. It also differs from earlier Cars short productions such as Mater's Tall Tales.