Cars 3 was the first Pixar Cars movie directed by Brian Fee. It was released in 2017 and marked Fee’s feature-directing debut.
Fee had worked at Pixar as a story artist and storyboard supervisor before directing Cars 3. His earlier Pixar credits included work on films such as Ratatouille, WALL-E, and Cars 2. The film’s story focuses on Lightning McQueen facing a younger generation of technologically advanced racers.
Cars 3 also returns the series to a more focused racing-and-character narrative after Cars 2’s international spy adventure. Lightning trains with Cruz Ramirez and confronts the challenge posed by Jackson Storm.
John Lasseter directed Cars and co-directed Cars 2 with Brad Lewis. Cars on the Road is a later streaming series rather than a feature film, and it was created for Disney+ with different directing credits.