Planes (film)

Planes is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated sports comedy film produced by Disneytoon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Klay Hall, it is a spin-off of Pixar's Cars franchise. Despite not being produced by Pixar, the film was co-written and executive produced by Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios' then-chief creative officer John Lasseter, who directed the first two Cars films. The film stars the voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Priyanka Chopra in her Hollywood debut, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, Danny Mann, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Roger Craig Smith, John Cleese, Carlos Alazraqui, Sinbad, Val Kilmer, and Anthony Edwards. In this film, Dusty Crophopper, a crop duster plane who does all the cornfield work at Propwash Junction, hopes to get the courage which he needs to fulfill his dream. He wants to complete Wings Around the Globe with racing planes, with the help of naval aviator Skipper Riley, who trains him, despite his fear of heights and not being built for racing.
Like many of Disneytoon's films, Planes was initially set to be released as a direct-to-video film, but was instead theatrically released on August 9, 2013 in the Disney Digital 3D and RealD 3D formats. The film grossed $239.3 million worldwide on a $50 million budget, despite receiving negative reviews from critics. A sequel, titled Planes: Fire & Rescue, was theatrically released on July 18, 2014.
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