In a recent interview to THR, Brad Bird (The
Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatui and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol)
talked about the possibility of a sequel to The Incredibles and the reason why
he passed on the Star Wars: Episode VII opportunity.
About the possibility of a sequel to his 2004
hit The Incredibles, Brad said:
“I have been thinking about it. People think
that I have not been, but I have. Because I love those characters and love that
world. I am stroking my chin and scratching my head. I have many, many elements
that I think would work really well in another [Incredibles] film, and if I can get ‘em to click all
together, I would probably wanna do that. I like the idea of moving a
little more quickly in films. I’m looking for ways to accelerate the pace a
little bit and figure out a way to keep creative control over these movies to a
level where I’m comfortable with the end result but also speed them up a bit
and make more of them. I have many different films I wanna make. It’s
like a big airplane hangar and I have different projects on the floor;
half-assembled in my brain. I’m interested in all of them. You kind of have to
move on the ones people are willing to pay for and the ones you’re most excited
about.”
About refusing the Star Wars offer he
explains:
“I’ve known Kathy [Kennedy] for a while and I know George. And they did
come to me. But the problem was, the schedule they had in mind made it
impossible to do…unless I dropped Tomorrowland. And I was just really deeply into this film at
that point. It’s easy to say, “Just put it on hold.” But you’re
moving now; you don’t know if you’re going to be able to move later. Maybe it’s
true of filmmakers like Cameron or Spielberg, but I have to act on momentum. We
had reached a critical mass where it would’ve thrown the furniture around from
the train stopping. I really want to see this movie. I love the Star Wars films, and I
can’t wait to see what J.J. does, but it meant I’d have to shut down one
dream to participate in another. I feel like [with Tomorrowland] we’re making something that’s really special and
unique.”
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