Brad Bird is currently at work on Tomorrowland, but he recently discussed a road he could take one day and a road not taken.? For the former, Bird commented on the possibility of making a sequel to The Incredibles.? Briefly, Bird says he hasn?t forgotten about the characters and that world.? The issue is how to ?get ?em to click all together.?? Bird adds that he wants to keep creative control, but he also has other projects he?s trying to work on (among them could be the historical drama, 1906).? There?s also the issue of getting Pixar on board when that studio has its next four films lined-up, and while a possible sequel to one of their movies is in development, I doubt it?s Incredibles without Bird?s involvement.
Hit the jump for his full quote and what he had to say about passing on Star Wars: Episode VII.
Here?s what Bird told THR about The Incredibles 2:
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.
As you may recall, Brad Bird was at the top of my list of directors who I wanted to take the reigns of Star Wars: Episode VII.? He decided to pass and do Tomorrowland (formerly ?1952? instead).? However, he was approached about Episode VII, and explained why he turned it down:
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.
I really respect Bird for sticking to his guns, and also his willingness to pursue something original even though I think his sensibilities would have fit nicely into the Star Wars universe.? But if the trade-off is making a movie he feels more passionately about, then that?s the movie I want to see him make.
Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1927490/news/1927490/
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