First Look: ‘Planes’ takes off from ‘Cars’ franchise
Dusty (voiced by Dane Cook), center, is surrounded by talking vehicles in "Planes."
What: “Planes”
Voice cast: Dane Cook, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Teri Hatcher and Cedric the Entertainer, as well as part-time Las Vegan Brad Garrett and former Las Vegan Colin Cowherd
Writer: Jeffrey M. Howard
Director: Klay Hall
The story: A cropduster named Dusty (Cook) is afraid of heights in this animated spinoff from Pixar’s “Cars” franchise.
The buzz: Dane Cook? Really? Still, even he shouldn’t be able to ruin the fun of this one thanks to the reunion of Anthony Edwards and Val Kilmer — “Top Gun’s” Goose and Iceman — as, naturally, fighter jets.
— CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE
