"Incredibles 3" is in development at Pixar Animation Studios, with writer-director Brad Bird returning to helm the project.

Pixar‘s superhero family is suiting up again.

“Incredibles 3” is in development at Pixar Animation Studios, with writer-director Brad Bird — who helmed 2004’s “The Incredibles” and 2018’s “Incredibles 2” — returning for the threequel.

Pixar chief Pete Docter made the announcement on Friday during Disney’s epic presentation of its upcoming projects at the D23 Expo. Docter provided no further information about the project, but the announcement of a new “Incredibles” movie comes on the heels of the wild success of “Inside Out 2,” which recently passed “Incredibles 2” as Pixar’s highest grossing film ever (and Disney Animation’s “Frozen II” as the highest grossing animated film of all time). No release date has been set for the third film in the franchise.

  • ThePyroPython@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    3 months ago

    I’m still disappointed that Brad Bird didn’t explore Helen’s fighter pilot background in the 2nd film.

    That back story for Helen was created when Brad Bird axed a side character that appeared for the plane scene then was instantly killed off at the end of the missiles one scene later.

    What resulted was one of the most intense scenes in animation to that date as you watch Helen switch back and forth between her ex-fighter pilot self dodging missiles in a passenger jet and her as a mother encouraging her daughter to have enough self-confidence to make a force field big enough to protect the plane.

    I want to see what Helen was like behind the stick of a proper fighter aircraft, I want to see how she learnt those skills.

    • aeronmelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      3 months ago

      Yep, some of the best action Pixar ever created.

      Helen: “I repeat, there are children on board!”

      Mirage gasps

      Bob: “NO!”

      • ThePyroPython@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        3 months ago

        Yeah and you know what, it’s also character growth.

        She looses, she fails to keep her mom home-life (where she’s the primary disciplinarian) and her past (fighter pilot and superhero) separate. They quite literally collide and her only option, facing down her fear of her kids coming into harm from this life of hero work she left behind, is to take a leap of faith in her explosion-proof super suit that both the suit AND her abilities are enough to protect her kids.

        It’s the climax to this whole growth about her worry about her kids being outed as supers in a world that appears to not accept them, the grief from her husband (Bob) being unfaithful to their family life to relive his superhero life without her, Edna mode giving the tough-love pep-talk to “pull herself together” and that she can be not just super but a super-mom!

        Oh and don’t get me started on the fact that Bob (Mr. Incredible) in that scene FINALLY fucking releases that it’s not just his life that he’s gotten into this mess it’s his wife AND KIDS. He thinks he got his family killed all because he indulged in illegal hero-work because it’s the only previous time in his life he felt personal achievement. He went chasing something he had in the past and in a few minutes lost everything he has now.

        Mirage also realises that her boss (Syndrome) will go to ANY lengths to make Bob suffer and for the betterment of himself including gambling with her life.

        And Syndrome is shown at his worst, utterly reveling in the thought of hurting Bob, who’s only ‘crime’ was pushing away and obsessive fan-boy, that he’ll murder a family in cold blood and grin ear-to-ear listening to them panic on the radio!

        That scene has more character moments than some entire films have! It is a masterpiece of filmmaking.

  • simpleEnglish
    272·
    3 months ago

    No. Please no. The first movie is one of my favorites of all time and the 2nd one was a massive disappointment. They clearly didn’t understand what made the first so great so instead opted to make a generic superhero flick.

    • Ugly Bob@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      3 months ago

      The first movie was a masterpiece of being a deconstruction of superhero tropes while also being a great superhero movie. I don’t think that’s something you can do twice.

      I’m glad they went a different route for the sequel, and even though it was not as good (literally impossible to be better, I think). I liked the sequel quite a bit except for the ending set piece.

      I’m not expecting them to reach the brilliance of the first, but if they make a good movie, I’ll be happy.

  • rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com
    15·
    3 months ago

    I was so excited for The Incredibles 2. I wanted to love it so bad, but I just didn’t. The writers and producers didn’t seem to understand that the family unit aspect was literally the one thing that made it unique. Adding more people IDGAF about was dumb, and the villain was obvious and boring.

    All that to say that they’re gonna need to convince me this time. I fucking can’t deal with hollow sequels that just add previously unmentioned characters and plot elements to fill the gaps in creativity; I was also really disappointed by Frozen 2 so I’m not seeing Frozen 3 unless I hear that it’s more like the first one.

  • Visstix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    I’m guessing they will focus on sequels now seeing as only those seem to succeed.