Metro

METRO
Director(s)	Steve Loter Sunil Hall (co-director)
Starring	Jermaine Fowler
Composer(s)	Raphael Saadiq
Language	English
Theatrical Release	2021 (cancelled)
Company	DisneyToon Studios

Metro, sometimes stylized as METRO, was a planned Cars spinoff about railroad trains that was to be set in New York City.

It is unknown if Metro will ever be revisited to continue development and eventually release the film.

Production

There is very little notes about Metro's storyline besides a basis, but there is news on the production of the film. Metro was originally set to release in 2021, with Steve Loter getting about four years to work on, before the project was cancelled, just a year before Cars on the Road.

Storyboards

• "Metro and the City"

  "Metro and the City"

• Untitled

  Untitled

• "Boxcar Drop"

  "Boxcar Drop"

• "Dream"

  "Dream"

• "Metro"

  "Metro"

• "The 07 Line"

  "The 07 Line"

• "Brooklyn"

  "Brooklyn"

• "Chase"

  "Chase"

• "Fumes Painting"

  "Fumes Painting"

• "Grand Central"

  "Grand Central"

• "Jersey Boys"

  "Jersey Boys"

• "Metro"

  "Metro"

• "Metro Poster"

  "Metro Poster"

• "Metro Poster"

  "Metro Poster"

• "Metro Roughs"

  "Metro Roughs"

• "Metro Roughs"

  "Metro Roughs"

• "Metro Roughs"

  "Metro Roughs"

• 'Metro and Eddy"

  'Metro and Eddy"

• "Metro and the City"

  "Metro and the City"

• "NY Crailyard"

  "NY Crailyard"

• 

  "Poster"

• "Shadows"

  "Shadows"

• "Station"

  "Station"

• "Streets"

  "Streets"

• "Subway Station"

  "Subway Station"

• "Train Bar"

  "Train Bar"

• "Train Bar"

  "Train Bar"

• "Train Bar"

  "Train Bar"

• "Train Bar"

  "Train Bar"

• "Tron Beat"

  "Tron Beat"

• "Underground"

  "Underground"

Known Credits

Cast

• Jermaine Fowler as Lead Voice
• Unknown as Fumes

Music

• Score - Raphael Saadiq
• End Credits Song - Cover of Stevie Wonder’s "Living In The City"

Art Director

• Ryan Carlson

Trivia

• Metro was one of the many planned Cars spin-offs in development along with the Planes films, an untitled movie about Boats, a steam train related film and an untitled Trucks film too.
  • There were plans for another Trains related film by DisneyToon Studios that would have nothing to do with the Cars franchise, but would keep a similar art style according to concept art by John Pomeroy.
• Metro director Steve Loter said that Metro was in production for around 4 years.
• With the release of Metro, there would've been a Cars Cinematic Universe according to Steve Loter.^{[citation needed]}
• According to Loter, the story of Metro would have been "cross between a specific Walter Hill film from the 70's and a specific Scorsese film from the 80's.
• The trains in the storyboards resemble models from BLW, ALCO, Lima, Roanoke Shops, EMD, GE, DRG and other Locomotive Works.
• The trains in the storyboard are from railroads which include the Pacific Flyer Railroad, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York), Amtrak, New Haven, CSX, Norfolk Southern, New Jersey Transit, and other railroads.

References

Unproduced

Media Top Down Truck Stop (deleted scene) • Lost • Community Service • Traffic School (deleted scene) • Motorama Girls •Backwards to the Forwards • Import Mater • Mater Goes to the Car-Nival • Runway Mater • Stunt Mater • Paris Race • Germany (deleted scene) • Meet Finn • Train To Spain • Oktoberfest • Prague (deleted scene) • Tall Tale • More Than New Paint • The Bolt • The Boogie Woogie • Jars of Dirt • Lug Nuts • Race Through the Andes • To Protect and Serve • Planes 3 • Metro Characters Chariots • Dodge Charger • Flying Tow Truck • Freddie • French Pitty • Giulia • Indiana Jones • James Bond • Jerry • JL • Marsk • Mater's Tow Fair • Marlina Wolfsburg • New Model • Stone wheels • Wally Crane • Zil Locations Calais Port • Lou's Casa Della Tires • Munich Museum