It's been 14 years since we last went on an adventure with the superpowered Parr family but on June 15th we'll finally see the release of Brad Bird's long-awaited Incredibles 2. By all accounts, the wait has been worth it with early reviews describing the film as equal to or even better than the first.
Don't let this fool you into thinking we'll have an Incredibles 3 to look forward to however or even a sequel to any other Bird directed films, as in a new interview with i09 Bird confirmed that while he always said he'd do another Incredibles if the story was right, he has no interest in returning to his other works.
"I'm told I need to remake everything that I've made and no one apparently wants anything new anymore. I'm a little at odds with society on that. I would like to do some new things. I feel like I've done my Ratatouille. I've done my Mission: Impossible and I've done my Iron Giant. And that's it. I'm not mad about it but it seems like it's the only thing that people want now is for you to repeat what you just did."
The Ratatouille director has always favored original projects, having only worked in a previously established franchise once, for his live-action debut Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. Outside of this, Iron Giant is his own other work that's based on pre-existing material.
Brad Bird was even Disney/LucasFilm's first choice to helm Star Wars: Episode VII but he decided instead to focus on his Damn Lindelof co-scripted science-fiction film Tomorrowland, and while that project wasn't as successful as the Academy Award winner's previous filmography, Bird is clearly still very much focused on original properties.
What do you think? Are you happy to see Bird focus on original works? Or were you hoping to get a sequel to one of his films? Leave your thoughts below.