The Incredibles was released 7 years ago and grossed over $600M, the fact that there hasn’t been a sequel yet is shocking to me. We can thank the Disney-Pixar people for that, with them not rushing to make more money in a quick sequel we might be better off in the long run. Word from the director/writer of the original Brad Bird is that he welcomes the idea of a sequel, as long as the story is there.
Brad Bird is starting to promote his first live action movie Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and was asked about a possible Incredibles sequel and his answer is:
Movies.com talked to Bird, who said that he hasn’t really been pursuing a story for The Incredibles 2, but is gathering ideas and is open to the possibility:
I think the reason it hasn’t [happened] yet is because the studio would like me to do it, if there were another Incredibles. And I’ve told them that I’m not really friendly to have someone else take away my child. I would like to think that I have several good ideas that could be incorporated into a next Incredibles, but I don’t have a whole movie yet, and the last thing I want to do is do it just because it would open big, or something like that.
I want to do it because I have something that will be as good or better than the original. Toy Story 2 was, to me, a perfect sequel, because it absolutely respected the first film but found new places to go without selling out its characters. So if I could come up with an idea that is to Incredibles that Toy Story 2 is to Toy Story, I would do it in a second. [movies.com]
I’ve always said that about Toy Story; it’s the best trilogy because each sequel is equal to or better than the original. That’s the only way they should do it and I hope Brad Bird returns when he’s good and ready to commit to a great story.
