Pixar Head Pete Doctor Talks About INCREDIBLES 3 and Brad Bird Returning to Direct

Pixar officially announced Incredibles 3 was in development at D23 earlier this month and they announced that franchise director Brad Bird was also returning to bring this new story to life.

Pixar head Pete Docter recently sat down with Fandango, and during the conversation, he talked about little bit about Incredibles 3 and its director.

Doctor said: "Brad [Bird] is an amazing collaborator. He's so fiery and passionate. Different people work in different ways. He's a guy who needs a little more time to build up the steam to get the passion and the power going.

“I think we're at that point now. And we're not sharing any details right now, because it's still pretty malleable in terms of what the story is actually about." 

He continued: "The great thing about Brad's films, when you look at Ratatouille, on one level, it's a fun romp about a rat that wants to cook.

“But, really when you dig deeper, it's about 'What does it take to do that?' The passion versus opportunity. He's always got these deeper sociological ideas and so I think that's where we're starting from."

Bird is a talented filmmaker and a great storyteller and it’s surprising to me that he hasn’t made more films. I’m happy to see that he’s returning to the Incredibles franchise, but I would love to see him make more original movies.

I know Bird has been trying to get other projects off the ground like a Live-Action/Animation hybrid musical and his 1906 San Fransisco Earthquake project, but neither of those have gotten off the ground.