THE INCREDIBLES 2 - next up for Brad Bird

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**Alpharius**

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/05/11/brad-bird-says-incredibles-2-is-his-next-movie/

Filmmaker Brad Bird, who’s been hard at work on Disney’s “Tomorrowland,” has confirmed his next project will be the sequel to his 2004 blockbuster “The Incredibles.”

Although he announced just last month that he’d begun work on the screenplay, Bird told Collider he already has “a bunch of pages.”

“I had a lot of ideas for the original ‘Incredibles’ that I didn’t get a chance to use, that I like,” he said. “I have ideas that I wanted to pursue a little bit and there wasn’t enough time in ‘Incredibles.’ There are new ideas I have, and I think there are enough of those together to make an interesting movie. I’m just focusing on getting ‘Tomorrowland’ out into the world and playing with the ‘Incredibles’ sandbox again.”

Bird, who made his live-action directorial debut with 2011’s “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” was approached by Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy to helm “Star Wars: Episode VII,” but ultimately decided to focus on “Tomorrowland.” Asked by Collider whether he might consider taking the reins of the second anthology film following the departure of Josh Trank, Bird acknowledged his interest but seemed devoted to the Pixar sequel and other projects.

“Well Kathy and I have discussed the possibility of — I mean she’s basically saying this is a very large sandbox and other people can play in it,” he said. “I was particularly attracted to the idea of picking up and — J.J. [Abrams] got very excited about the notion of shaping the next trilogy, and that idea was interesting to me too. But I kind of — I’m writing a sequel to ‘The Incredibles’ and I can’t think too much farther beyond that. I have other things I want to do as well.”

This is...good news!

I would have been OK with an IRON GIANT 2, but this will do!

Also - no Electric Boogaloo jokes please!

**SlaveToDorkness**

where's MY SUPASUIT?!!!!

**kronk**

I enjoyed The Incredibles, and look forward to a sequel.

"No capes!"

**BrookM**

Oh yes, really happy about this news. Here's hoping it will be as funny (and dark) as the first one.

**timetowaste85**

Alpharius wrote:

I would have been OK with an IRON GIANT 2, but this will do!

Also - no Electric Boogaloo jokes please!

What do you have against Clerks?!

**hotsauceman1**

All it took was 11 years. But how many sequels and spin offs did cars get?

**cincydooley**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
All it took was 11 years. But how many sequels and spin offs did cars get?

You have something against the Cars franchise?

Even when it's mediocre (Planes) it's still better than 80% of the kids stuff out there.

Plus, we got Ratatouille and MI: Ghost Protocol in between.....It's not like Bird was just doing nothing.

**hotsauceman1**

I never liked it, yeah it was good, but its still pretty bad compared to most pixar stuff.
I hope they keep the Ayn Rand Esque philosophy that made the first one better that just a super hero flick

**Alpharius**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
I never liked it, yeah it was good, but its still pretty bad compared to most pixar stuff.
I hope they keep the Ayn Rand Esque philosophy that made the first one better that just a super hero flick

...eh...what?

**hotsauceman1**

You dont see Ayn rand in the Incredibles?

**ScootyPuffJunior**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
You dont see Ayn rand in the Incredibles?

No.

Brad Bird himself said that the idea the The Incredibles was based on Obejectivism was ridiculous:

I think it got misinterpreted a few times. Some people said it was Ayn Rand or something like that, which is ridiculous. Other people threw Nietzsche around, which I also find ridiculous. But I think the vast majority of people took it the way I intended. Some people said it was sort of a right-wing feeling, but I think that's as silly of an analysis as saying The Iron Giant was left-wing. I'm definitely a centrist and feel like both parties can be absurd.

The Incredibles was satire.

**hotsauceman1**

I still see losta Ayn Rand in the Incredibles. Especially the lines from syndrome "If everybody is superl, no one is"
and dashes idea of "Everyone is special Dash" followed by "That is just another way of saying no one is"

**Platuan4th**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
I still see losta Ayn Rand in the Incredibles. Especially the lines from syndrome "If everybody is superl, no one is"
and dashes idea of "Everyone is special Dash" followed by "That is just another way of saying no one is"

I don't see Rand in that so much as a more general theme of "Individuality vs Group Conformism".

**Soladrin**

You know what I see? A family friendly flick without politics.

Politics ruins most movies, why bring them in? Especially Ayn Rand.

**ScootyPuffJunior**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
I still see losta Ayn Rand in the Incredibles. Especially the lines from syndrome "If everybody is superl, no one is"
and dashes idea of "Everyone is special Dash" followed by "That is just another way of saying no one is"

You can see that all day long, but you're still wrong.

Please refer back to quote I supplied from the director of the movie if you are still unsure on the matter.

**hotsauceman1**

It doesnt matter of authorial intent. Many people see Farenheit 451 as anti censorship when the author intended it to be about how TV is killing the book.
Just because the author didnt put it in, doesnt mean you still cant see that in it.

**cincydooley**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
It doesnt matter of authorial intent. Many people see Farenheit 451 as anti censorship when the author intended it to be about how TV is killing the book.
Just because the author didnt put it in, doesnt mean you still cant see that in it.

Doesn't make you less wrong.

It's a schooner, whether you say so or not.

**Alpharius**

Yeah, you'll see what you want to see and that often says a more about 'you' (you being used in the general sense here) than the movie itself - just as it always is!

**ScootyPuffJunior**

cincydooley wrote:
hotsauceman1 wrote:
It doesnt matter of authorial intent. Many people see Farenheit 451 as anti censorship when the author intended it to be about how TV is killing the book.
Just because the author didnt put it in, doesnt mean you still cant see that in it.

Doesn't make you less wrong.

It's a schooner, whether you say so or not.

It all comes down to what school of criticism you subscribe too.

**LordofHats**

The Incredibles is one of those things made to entertain children that became really really dark when you think about it to much.

So just don't think about it too much

It was a fun movie. Look forward to the sequel.

**BlaxicanX**

cincydooley wrote:
hotsauceman1 wrote:
All it took was 11 years. But how many sequels and spin offs did cars get?

You have something against the Cars franchise?

Yes. It existed before an Incredibles franchise.

A cardinal sin if ever there was one.

**kronk**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
I never liked it, yeah it was good, but its still pretty bad compared to most pixar stuff.
I hope they keep the Ayn Rand Esque philosophy that made the first one better that just a super hero flick

College English Major Alert! Ah-Ooo-Gah! Ah-Ooo-Gah!

We got a situation Fitzgerald in the parlor! Repeat, there is a Fitzgerald in the parlor!

Hide the women and the children, put the scotch out of reach, and for God's sake, destroy those Pride and Prejudice DVD's, lest we be kept up til all hours discussing British Regency or some other dumb gak...

**hotsauceman1**

.........I'm not an English major.

**cincydooley**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
.........I'm not an English major.

Yes, we know. You make that clear all the time.

Your sarcasm detector is broken, by the way.

**Alpharius**

cincydooley wrote:
hotsauceman1 wrote:
.........I'm not an English major.

Yes, we know. You make that clear all the time.

Your sarcasm detector is broken, by the way.

He rejected the sure success that comes with an English Major for the almost guaranteed riches of a Sociology degree, I believe.

**Frazzled**

Alpharius wrote:
Yeah, you'll see what you want to see and that often says a more about 'you' (you being used in the general sense here) than the movie itself - just as it always is!

Do you see two lights or three lights?

**cincydooley**

Alpharius wrote:

He rejected the sure success that comes with an English Major for the almost guaranteed riches of a Sociology degree, I believe.

I do believe that's the case.

Unless he's changed his mind, as impressionable college students are wont to do.

**hotsauceman1**

Nope, I'm continuing in my degree in sociology, and continuing off to masters maybe with a focus on research to work on user experience Studies for tech companies.

**cincydooley**

hotsauceman1 wrote:
Nope, I'm continuing in my degree in sociology, and continuing off to masters maybe with a focus on research to work on user experience Studies for tech companies.

Sounds lucrative....

**hotsauceman1**

Cause it is......or at least decent paying.