Brad Bird, “The Incredibles”, “Ratatouille”, And “The Iron Giant” Creator Has A New Animation, And The Trailer Just Dropped
by Benjamin Dzialdowski · BuzzFeedThe Academy Award winner behind some of the best and most-loved animations of recent history – including The Iron Giant, Ratatouille, and The Incredibles – is returning with his first new animated feature film in almost a decade.
The sci-fi noir film is set in the fictional supercity of Metropia, in an alternate future as seen from 1939. We follow the private investigator, Raymond Gunn, as he gets drawn into a convoluted case involving aliens, murder, and a media star called Venus Nova.
Brad Bird has been ruminating on this project for a long, long time. In fact, Ray Gunn has existed in the his mind for over three decades. The idea remains fundamentally the same as that original thought, as Brad explained: “It was always meant to be a blend of sci-fi and classic detective movies from the ’40s. The elevator pitch I came up with is The Maltese Falcon meets Buck Rogers.”
The film stars: Sam Rockwell as Raymond Gunn.
Scarlett Johansson as Venus Nova.
On the project, and working with Bird, Scarlett Johansson expressed her admiration for the filmmaker: “Having the opportunity to collaborate with Brad Bird is a career milestone for me. I have loved his work my entire life. This project is so uniquely special because it is a total realisation of where Brad is currently on his artistic journey. I can’t wait for audiences to see this extraordinary animation that looks like nothing else out there.”