The upcoming “The Incredibles 2” movie, from Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios, is going to keep Samuel L. Jackson’s Frozone character in the cast, according to latest reports.
The Vine Report disclosed that actor Samuel L. Jackson has been in negotiations with Director Brad Bird about his return to “The Incredibles” franchise as Frozone. In a recent interview, Digital Spy revealed that Jackson cited that he finds his return to the franchise as wonderful.
In addition, reports suggest that the character of Jack-Jack will receive central focus in the sequel. According to Cinema Blend, the sequel might revolve around how Jack-Jack and his family will deal with an evil force.
“The Incredibles 2” is to be the sequel to the very successful “The Incredibles” movie released on worldwide theaters in 2004.
“The Incredibles” was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The plot follows a superhero family that is forced to live a quiet family life. However, the main character, Mr. Incredible, driven by the good intention to help people, got into a battle with a villain called Syndrome. Syndrome attempted to defeat Mr. Incredible with his killer robot named Omnidroid to be proclaimed a hero himself. The whole family engages into battle with Syndrome. Eventually, Syndrome is killed, and the family goes back to their former carefree suburban life.
The cast of the first movie included Craig T. Nelson as Mr. Incredible, Holly Hunter as Elastigirl, Sarah Vowell as Violet Parr, Samuel L. Jackson as Frozone, and a few more.
“The Incredibles” is based on a 1993 sketch of Bird and the team that worked on it was composed of Brad’s co-workers from his previous project, “The Iron Giant.” The characters of the movie were designed by Tony Fucile and Teddy Newton. “The Incredibles” have undergone a full year of making and modeling for articulation.
A technology called sub-surface scattering was used for the production of the characters’ skin. The technology uses light transport to penetrate a translucent object. The light is scattered by penetrating the surface and released at a different point, thus achieving animated skin creation.
The original movie was largely based on 2D techniques, but during the film’s opening on November 5, 2004, Pixar had become part of The Walt Disney Company, which led to the announcement by Disney’s CEO Bob Iger that the movie was going to be re-released in 3D.
A Collector’s Edition DVD set was released on March 15, 2005. The DVD collection is a two-disc set which includes “Jack-Jack Attack” and “Mr. Incredible and Pals,” two short movies made by Pixar. The two short movies were made specifically for the premiere of “The Incredibles.”
The DVDs also included an additional short movie called “Boundin'” which also premiered in theaters at the same time “The Incredibles” did. “The Incredibles” DVD has sold in 17.38 million copies, making it the highest-selling DVD in 2005.
Additionally, the movie was also released on Blu-Ray on April 12, 2011, in North America, as well as on VHS, which makes it one of the last movies of Disney to be issued on VHS.
The film grossed around $70.5 million, making it the highest November opening until the release of “The Simpsons Movie” in 2007. “The Incredibles” rank sixth highest-grossing film in 2004. It grossed a sum of around $632.4 million worldwide, thus occupying the fourth place in total earnings, right after “Toy Story 3,” “Finding Nemo,” “Monsters University” and “Up.”
The promotions for “The Incredibles” included Kinder chocolate eggs containing small plastic figures of the movie’s characters in Europe. Additional promotions in Europe included Opel car manufacturers selling special “The Incredibles” editions of their cars.
Other companies promoted the movie by producing film-related products. Kellogs introduced a “The Incredibles” cereal while Hasbro produced action toys with the movie’s characters.
In 2008, it was announced that BOOM! Studios would publish a series of comic books based on “The Incredibles.” The comic book series was named “The Incredibles: Family Matters,” and it was created by Marcio Takara and Mark Waid. The series was published from March to June 2009.