The first and most important question: What happened to the “The” in the title?
Brad Bird: [laughs] I don’t know.
It just seemed extra.
They never said, “The Incredibles Two”.
On the first one it seemed perfect and on this one it seemed extraneous.
I had those notions in my brain.
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So, I bailed on it and came up with another one.
I think that movies change as they grow.
And you either surrender yourself to it or you fight it.
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And it’s much better to surrender yourself and follow the story where it wants to go.
I thought it was interesting and not like anyone else.
But in animation, unless their voices changes, we can pick it up.
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I thought it was really interesting.
They might just be in a shot.
It’s definitely not that.
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Here’s Bird’s breakdown of the new villain Screenslaver:
Yeah, that’s fairly self-explanatory.
Screenslaver uses screens to control people.
And that’s probably as far as I’ll go.
It’s sort of implied in the trailer what his deal is.
So, yeah, that’s a fairly descriptive name for a villain.
I also did the scratch voice of Bob, which you just record voices and you cast in-house.
And with E, I did the scratch voice.
And we went to this wonderful actress who I have long admired.
She did a few takes.
And then she wanted to hear the scratch voice more and more.
And I thought, “Well, this is odd.
Why do you wanna listen to the scratch voice?”
You should do it.
I find myself trying to sound like you.
And so I kinda just went, “Okay.”
And she kept asking me how I would do it.
And then other people sort of convinced me that I should do it.
So, it’s very strange.
Could there be anIncredibles 3in the future?
I have not thought about it and I do not welcome thinking about it for a while.
And it’s not that I don’t love the characters.
I absolutely do, but I gotta do something else for a little bit.
But what about the potential for a Pixar crossover with Marvel or any of Disney’s other properties?
And they serve everyone better, including Disney, if they’re separate.
We’ll get to see Pixar’s own take on the superhero genre whenIncredibles 2arrives in theaters June 15th.
