Lasseter: 'Cars 2 will be a road movie'

Pixar director John Lasseter has announced that the sequel to 2006 film Cars will be a road movie.

The original animated picture focused on the adventures of Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson), a race car who detours into the small town of Radiator Springs.

Lasseter told Sci-Fi Wire that the first film's entire gang of cars will be heading out on the highway in Cars 2.

He said: "It's Radiator Springs, and then the characters go to other places as well."

The filmmaker also revealed that a decision had not been made whether or not to recast the late Paul Newman's Doc Hudson character, adding: "We haven't really [addressed it yet]. We're still working on that".

Cars 2 is scheduled to open in cinemas in 2011.