Brad Bird Teases A New Direction For ‘The Incredibles 2’
By Jacob Hall/Aug. 30, 2016 1:00 pm EST
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Entertainment Weekly recently sat down with Bird to talk about the upcoming Blu-ray release of The Iron Giant (a bonafide masterpiece of animation, science fiction, and family entertainment that all people of taste should have pre-ordered by now), but the interview drifted in the direction of The Incredibles 2. First, Bird confirmed that it is still a thing that exists:
He later reiterated the “new direction” angle, touching on the tricky balancing act that is making a sequel of any kind:
Hopefully it’s the same characters and feel, but going in a new direction. I mean, that’s the trick with a sequel. It’s repeating yourself, without repeating yourself.
That brings me to my next question: when will The Incredibles 2 be set? While Finding Dory picks up only months after the events of Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3 allowed Andy to age in real time, allowing him to grow up and go to college, leaving his toys in the possession of a new character. The Incredibles is flexible because it’s set in a timeless riff on the 1960s, but I would love to see Bob and Helen as grandparents, with Dash and Violet raising super-powered children of their own. The first movie already established a fantastic family dynamic, so why not expand that?
We’ll just have to wait a few more years to learn anything concrete. All we really know for sure is that Michael Giacchino will once again provide a score. In the meantime, this is your reminder that Bird’s first foray into live action filmmaking, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, is nothing short of fantastic. Oh, and that his other Pixar film, Ratatouille, is very possibly the best movie the studio has released so far.
