Friday, April 1, 2011

Cars 2 & Hawaiian Vacation story/writing credits

Pixar Talk reports that final writing credits for Cars 2 and Hawaiian Vacation were provided at yesterday's press event at Pixar, as follows:

Cars 2

Screenplay by Ben Queen

Story by John Lasseter, Brad Lewis, and Dan Fogelman

Hawaiian Vacation

Screenplay by Gary Rydstrom, Jason Katz, and Erik Benson

Story by Erik Benson and Christian Roman

Cars 2 is Ben Queen's first movie screenplay and his first work for Pixar. He previously worked as a writer and executive producer on a handful of television series. Queen is also the author of The Art of Cars 2.

Dan Fogelman received sole writing credit on Disney's Tangled and co-wrote the screenplays for Cars and Disney's Bolt.

Erik Benson, Jason Katz, and Christian Roman all worked on Toy Story 3. Katz served as head of story; Roman as a story artist. Benson started off as an intern and was soon recognized for his talent and hired full-time. (Read this article about him in the Victorville Daily Press.)

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