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Disney Books, Music and Videos Being Released During Week of May 9

Here’s look at some of the Disney-related books, movies and audio CDs being released this week. Please note that this list is automatically generated and information is not guaranteed by this site.

	A Dozen Fairy Dresses (Step into Reading) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	A Dozen Fairy Dresses (Step into Reading) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Deputy Mater (a Golden Go-Along Book) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Disney Princess: Cinderella: The Great Mouse Mistake (Disney Princess Early Chapter Books) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Hot Rods! (Big Coloring Book) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Lily in Full Bloom (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	PassPorter’s Disney Vacation Club Guide: For Members and Members-to-Be (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Tinker Bell Fun Kit (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Tow Truck Trouble/Lights Out! (Deluxe Pictureback) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Disney: Guitar Chord Songbook (Available Friday, May 14 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Computer Wore Tennis Shoes & Strongest Man World (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Father of the Bride 1 & 2 (2pc) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	George of the Jungle 1 & 2 (2pc) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Ruthless People & Down Out Beverly & Outrageous (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Signs & Village & Sixth Sense (3pc) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Toy Story (Special Edition) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Toy Story 2 (Spanish) (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here
	Toy Story 2: Special Edition – DVD (Available Tuesday, May 11 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) To order or for more information, click here

D23 Expo: Lasseter Reveals Details on Cars 2

Cars 2, due out in summer of 2011, finds its foundation when Lightning McQueen is invited to participate in the International Race of Champions, a world-wide race in which McQueen competes against all genres of racing cars.

Inspired by the press junkets Lasseter used to make around the world while promoting Cars, Lasseter said he often found himself wondering ‘What would Mater do?’ when encountering all of the different types of unique driving experiences around the world, such as driving on the other side of the road in London, the roundabout in Paris, viewing scooters in Italy as gnats, etc.

So when Lightning takes off to compete around the world, he brings Mater along as his crew chief and the rest of the characters as his pit crew. They start off in Japan where they race through downtown Tokyo, through the Black Forest of Germany (where Mater also attends Oktoberfest in his ‘materhosen’), the Porto Cosa in Italy, through the streets of Paris and finally past Buckingham Palace in London, passing along the iconic ‘Big Bentley’ along the way.

But all is not what it seems in what turns into — in the words of Lasseter — a Hitchcockian thriller when clueless Mater inadvertently saves the life of a British spy in the form of Finn McMissle, a car straight out of a James Bond movie.

Believing noone can simply be as dumb as Mater, McMissle believes it to be a clever cover and decides that Mater himself must be a super secret agent and leads Mater into a life of intrigue and suspense.

Along with the expected puns such as Big Bentley, Lasseter showed off a lot of concept art, including how each of the international locales have been stylized to marry the automotive world in Cars. Examples include a dashboard replacing the cuckcoo clock on a glockenspiel in Germany and the wheel-ized base of the Eiffel tower in Paris.

All New Disney/Pixar ‘Cars Toons’ Rev Up on Disney Channel, Disney XD and ABC Family

All-new episodes of Disney•Pixar’s “Cars Toons,” an animated short series directed by Academy Award©-winner John Lasseter with Rob Gibbs co-directing and starring Lightning McQueen’s rusty friend Mater, will debut beginning FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 on Disney Channel, Disney XD and ABC Family. They are titled “Unidentified Flying Mater,” “Monster Truck Mater,” “Heavy Metal Mater” and “Tokyo Mater.”

Mark Mothersbaugh (“Devo”) composed the music for three episodes and BT (“The Fast and the Furious”), a prominent composer of dance and electronic music, scored “Tokyo Mater.”

The four new stories follow the popular shorts that began debuting in October 2008 and which have reached 22.9 million Kids 2-11, or 56% of all kids in that age group in the U.S., and 67.5 million total unique viewers.

“Cars Toons” are directed by John Lasseter, (“Cars,” “Toy Story 2,” “A Bug’s Life” and “Toy Story”) and co-directed by Rob Gibbs (“Cars,” “Finding Nemo,” “Monsters, Inc” and “Toy Story 2″). Kori Rae (“The Incredibles” and “Monsters Inc.”) is the producer. Victor Navone (“Cars,” “The Incredibles,” “Finding Nemo” and “Monsters, Inc.”) co-directed the episode “Tokyo Mater.”

In “Unidentified Flying Mater,” premiering Friday, November 20 on Disney Channel, Mater meets a cute little bucktoothed UFO named Mator, takes him out for a night of fun and they quickly become best friends. But when Mator is captured by the military, Mater and Lightning McQueen come to the rescue.

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