Brad Bird agrees with Steven Spielberg that there are “way too many superhero movies now” but he’s figured out how to make The Incredibles 2 work…
IGN: You’re working next on The Incredibles 2. Did you always envisage a sequel, or were you happy to leave it as a standalone masterpiece, like, say, E.T.?
Brad Bird: Well, my true answer is somewhere in the middle. I wanted to make a film that was self-contained and didn’t have to go on. There’s another worrying trend that if you make a successful movie then you have to go on and follow it up, or you’re leaving money at the table and I hate that mentality. You know, a film like E.T., if it were made nowadays I think there would be E.T 2 and 3 and 4 and they’d beat it into the ground, instead of letting it be the wonderful standalone film that it is.
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IGN: You’re working next on The Incredibles 2. Did you always envisage a sequel, or were you happy to leave it as a standalone masterpiece, like, say, E.T.?
Brad Bird: Well, my true answer is somewhere in the middle. I wanted to make a film that was self-contained and didn’t have to go on. There’s another worrying trend that if you make a successful movie then you have to go on and follow it up, or you’re leaving money at the table and I hate that mentality. You know, a film like E.T., if it were made nowadays I think there would be E.T 2 and 3 and 4 and they’d beat it into the ground, instead of letting it be the wonderful standalone film that it is.
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