Brad Bird Discusses the Long Road to His New Animated Film ‘Ray Gunn’
You’d assume that directing classic, unforgettable movies like The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol would make it easier to get a movie made. Especially when that film is Ray Gunn, a cool blend of sci-fi and film noir featuring the voices of Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits. Director Brad Bird has been thinking about making Ray Gunn for decades.
- ▪You’d assume that directing classic, unforgettable movies like The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol would make it easier to get a movie made.
- ▪Especially when that film is Ray Gunn, a cool blend of sci-fi and film noir featuring the voices of Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits.
- ▪Director Brad Bird has been thinking about making Ray Gunn for decades.
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You’d assume that directing classic, unforgettable movies like The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol would make it easier to get a movie made. Especially when that film is Ray Gunn, a cool blend of sci-fi and film noir featuring the voices of Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits. But those assumptions would be wrong. Director Brad Bird has been thinking about making Ray Gunn for decades. Well before he ended up winning Oscars with Pixar, Bird had an idea in his head for a hard-boiled detective story set in a world that blends the past and the future. The story kicked around Hollywood for decades, across multiple owners, until finally, over 30 years later, Netflix got involved.
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