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| {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Metro''}} | | {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Metro''}} |
| {{Film infobox
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| |image=1668306040523109.jpg
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| |directors=[[Steve Loter]]<ref name="twitter">[https://t.co/JB4OIt9QPJ Steve Loter on Twitter: "I can’t talk too much about it, but I can tell you some fun facts. I..." / Twitter" / Twitter]</ref><br>
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| [[Sunil Hall]] (co-director)<ref name="twitter" />
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| |starring=[[Jermaine Fowler]]<ref name="twitter" />
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| |composers=[[Raphael Saadiq]]<ref name="twitter" />
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| |company=[[DisneyToon Studios]]|name=METRO|language=English|theater release=2021 (cancelled)}}
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| '''''Metro''''', sometimes stylized as '''''METRO''''', was a planned [[Cars (franchise)|''Cars'']] spinoff about railroad trains that was to be set in New York City.
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| It is unknown if Metro will ever be revisited to continue development and eventually release the film.
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| ==Production==
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| 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,<ref>[https://t.co/8U54voZzFK Steve Loter on Twitter: "I think 2021?" / Twitter]</ref> just a year before ''[[Cars on the Road]]''.
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| ==Storyboards==
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| <gallery>
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| 1668304721335881.jpg|"Metro and the City"
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| 1668304747928726.jpg|''Untitled''
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| 1668304810132385.jpg|"Boxcar Drop"
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| 1668304871954626.jpg|"Dream"
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| 1668304945251579.jpg|"Metro"
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| 1668305008004650.jpg|"The 07 Line"
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| 1668305072657012.jpg|"Brooklyn"
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| 1668305135058067.jpg|"Chase"
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| 1668305197875826.jpg|"Fumes Painting"
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| 1668305259946338.jpg|"Grand Central"
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| 1668305322728686.jpg|"Jersey Boys"
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| 1668305387977984.jpg|"Metro"
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| 1668305513507512.jpg|"Metro Poster"
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| 1668305577801926.jpg|"Metro Poster"
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| 1668305641230137.jpg|"Metro Roughs"
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| 1668305703638404.jpg|"Metro Roughs"
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| 1668305765047253.jpg|"Metro Roughs"
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| 1668305832930338.jpg|'Metro and Eddy"
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| 1668305898692339.jpg|"Metro and the City"
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| 1668305964619990.jpg|"NY Crailyard"
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| 1668306040523109.jpg|"Poster"
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| 1668306104543434.jpg|"Shadows"
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| 1668306167734368.jpg|"Station"
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| 1668306231453385.jpg|"Streets"
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| 1668306295193080.jpg|"Subway Station"
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| 1668306358828113.jpg|"Train Bar"
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| 1668306421562313.jpg|"Train Bar"
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| 1668306485568732.jpg|"Train Bar"
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| 1668306552587044.jpg|"Train Bar"
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| 1668306624394611.jpg|"Tron Beat"
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| 1668306687965702.jpg|"Underground"
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| </gallery>
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| ==Known Credits==
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| ===Cast===
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| *Jermaine Fowler as Lead Voice<ref name="twitter" />
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| *Unknown as Fumes<ref>[https://t.co/4ww9gHejq2 Pixar's Cars News And Updates on Twitter: "Even more concept art from 'METRO'. (2/5)" / Twitter]</ref>
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| ===Music===
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| *Score - Raphael Saadiq<ref name="twitter" />
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| *End Credits Song - Cover of Stevie Wonder’s "Living In The City"<ref>[https://t.co/s3t5bdaCnl Steve Loter on Twitter: "as well as cover of Stevie Wonder’s Living In The City as the en..." / Twitter]</ref>
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| ===Art Director===
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| *Ryan Carlson<ref name="twitter" />
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Metro was one of the many planned ''Cars'' spin-offs in development along with [[Planes (franchise)|the ''Planes'' films]], an untitled movie about Boats, a steam train related film and an untitled [http://www.billperkinsstudio.com/storyboard-visual-development-gallery/ ''Trucks''] film too.
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| **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.<ref>[https://t.co/osLgBVYLY4 Disney TV Animation News on Twitter: "DisneyToon Studios turned 30th Years this ..." / Twitter]</ref>
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| *''Metro'' director Steve Loter said that Metro was in production for around 4 years.<ref name="twitter" />
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| *With the release of ''Metro'', there would've been a Cars Cinematic Universe according to Steve Loter.{{Cite}}
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| *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.<ref>[https://t.co/shKQL2VrzH Steve Loter on Twitter: "Story wise it was a cross between a specific Walter Hill film fro..." / Twitter]</ref>
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| *The trains in the storyboards resemble models from BLW, ALCO, Lima, Roanoke Shops, EMD, GE, DRG and other Locomotive Works.
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| *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.
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| {{Unproduced}}
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| [[Category:Films]]
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| [[Category:Unused elements]]
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