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'Cars 2' Pushed Back To December 2011

 In  Animation, Family

 It's become something of a tradition every summer movie season... a Pixar movie.  This year the tradition continues as "Toy Story 3" makes its long awaited return, and the summer of 2011 seemed to be all set as well with "Cars 2".  But it looks like those plans have just hit a bump in the road (aren't I clever?).

Disney has announced that "Cars 2" will be moving off of its June 24th 2011 release date all the way back to December 2011.  No official reason was given for the shift.

Disney is also supposed to be releasing the animated film "The Bear and the Bow" in December of 2011.  Clearly those plans will change.

"Cars 2" was in a very competitive position for box office dollars in teh June 24th slot with "The Green Lantern" opening just the week before it and the box office juggernaut "Transformers 3" set to release on the week after it... so it's not unlikely that the move to December was a business decision rather than a creative one (Avatar did pretty well with a December release date don't you think?).

Source: Cinematical