Brad Bird doesn’t want Pixar to make Star Wars or Avengers movies
The Incredibles 2 will explode in UK cinemas soon, but just because it seems to be redefining the superhero genre (if critics are to be believed), don’t expect the man behind it to start making Marvel movies in the Pixar universe.
“I’ve heard it discussed, not with me in particular, but I’ve heard it sort of thrown around a little bit,” Bird said.
“But at Pixar we’ve always felt like Marvel is Marvel, and Pixar is Pixar, and Lucasfilm is Lucasfilm. And they serve everyone better, including Disney, if they’re separate. If you start crossing them too much it’s like when you blend too many colors together, it starts turning into mud. So, that may make a marketing guy’s mouth water but I don’t think it makes artists excited.”
The director went on to explain that the explosion of superhero movies in the 14 years since the first Incredibles movie was release had no influence on the super sequel.
“I think that if you start getting too inside with it, you’re not focusing on what you should focus on, which is the characters in the story,” Bird said.
“So, I just kind of went, ‘Okay, I’m in this little Incredibles universe.’ And that’s where I’m gonna stay. I’m not gonna have our characters commenting on DC or Marvel characters. They’re kind of in their own universe, and that’s the way I like it.”
That’s the way we like it, too.
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