Disney Branded Television Unveils A First Look As Well New And Returning Cast Members For “Cars: Lightning Racers”

Oh, yeah. Lightning’s ready. ….

Disney Branded Television and Variety have unveiled a first look to the upcoming Disney Television Animation preschool series “** Cars: Lightning Racers** ”. The announcement was made today as part of the several celebration events for the 20th anniversary of the Pixar Animation Studios film which got introduced to audiences in June, 2006.

Disney Branded Television unveiled returning voices for the new series as previously announced the series will haveOwen Wilson and Larry the Cable Guy reprising their roles as Lightning McQueen and Mater

Returning cast members include:

• -Bonnie Hunt** (Walt Disney Animation Studios “Zootopia” franchise)**__ as Sally
• -Jenifer Lewis (Walt Disney Animation Studios “Hercules”)**** as Flo
• -Guido Quaroni as Guido
• -Lloyd Sherr (History Channel “Modern Marvels”) as Fillmore
• -Paul Dooley (PBS “The Electric Company”) as Sarge
• -Tony Shalhoub (Amazon Prime “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) as Luigi
• -Cheech Marin** (“Primos”)** as Ramon
• -Bob Peterson (Pixar Animation Studios “Up”)**** as Chick Hicks

Disney Branded Television has also unveiled some of the new cast members as well their respective characters. Leah Lewis (“Elemental”) and Yuri Lowenthal**(“Marvel Rivals” video game)** join the cast as Pipes and Miles, respectively. Sheryl Lee Ralph (“Abbott Elementary”) will also voice a new character, Ms. Blinker.

The series is produced by Disney Television Animation in association with Pixar Animation Studios. Travis Braun and Frank Montagna are on board to executive produce the series. Dana Starfield is the story editor, and Nathan Chew is the show’s supervising director.

“Cars: Lightning Racers” debuts is slated for a 2027 release on Disney Jr. and Disney+.