Rated 4 out of 5: 5 years later, will this billionaire saga return?

In 2018, 14 years after The Incredibles, the superhero family returned to cinemas with The Incredibles 2.

In this second opus, still directed by Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, Ratatouille, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol), Helen, aka ElastiGirl, finds herself in the spotlight, leaving Bob to carry out a thousand and one daily life missions and take care of him. Violet, Flash and Little Jack-Jack. It’s a difficult change of pace for the family, especially since no one understands the extent of Jr.’s incredible powers… When a new enemy appears, the family and Frozone must team up to foil his plan. Machiavellian.

2004’s The Incredibles grossed $631 million at the international box office, while its sequel grossed more than double that, grossing $1.2 billion worldwide. The Pixar film is also the 4th highest-grossing animated film worldwide behind Frozen 2, Super Mario Bros. the Movie and Frozen.

Is a third movie being considered?

The only reason director Brad Bird decided to make a sequel to The Incredibles was because he had a good idea for the script.

In 2018, while promoting his film, the filmmaker specified at a press conference: “The fact is, a lot of sequels suck. There’s a saying in the industry that I can’t stand that if you don’t make another one, you’re leaving money on the table. But money on the table. It’s not what gets me up in the morning; what gets me up is doing what people It will still be worth it in a hundred years. If we had taken the money, we wouldn’t have waited fourteen years – it doesn’t make financial sense to wait that long – that’s just what we had to say..

In Incredibles 2, the roles are reversed. This idea was already in the head of the director while writing the first opus. That’s why Brad Bird took the time to develop his story. If for the audience 14 years have passed between the two films, narratively, the second part takes place barely 30 seconds after the end of the first film.

“Never say never”

But since the release of Incredibles 2, there has been no word on the third movie. However, Brad Bird and producer John Walker do not exclude this possibility. In 2018, Brad Bird said on the microphone of the site EW :”You know, you should never say never, because there might be an opportunity to do that. But maybe the idea I have will end up in another movie. I had an idea for an animated version of The Spirit that I used in The Iron Giant. You never know how these things will be used. We had a lot of ideas for Incredibles 2 that we could use for another Incredibles movie or something. “. Producer John Walker concludes:I will never rule it outAnd with over $1.8 billion collected at the box office in two movies, we get it!

In turn, Samuel L. Jackson, who lent his voice to Frozone in the original version, said he was ready to return to work, and why not, for a spin-off centered on his character. “It would be cool to know why Lucius is considered the uncle of the family, how long he and Bob have known each other, and how they met. Did they meet because they were superheroes? Did they meet by chance one evening? Or they met naturally and discovered that they too were heroes “- he confided Entertainment Weekly While promoting Incredibles 2 .

Brad Bird is currently in full development on an animated film for Ray Gunn, Skydance Animation, a project he co-wrote with Matthew Robbins in the 90s.

Will we have to wait another 10 years to continue the adventures of the Paar family? To be continued…