The sequel to the 2004 animated blockbuster film “The Incredibles” is already scheduled for showing to global theaters on June 21, 2019, which is about three years and a half from now.
That means that “The Incredibles 2” will come out some 15 years after the first movie. But instead of a 15-year time jump from the original film to the sequel, reports have it that there shall only be a six-year time jump.
So the youngest of the superhero Parr family, which is Jack-Jack, will only be six years old when “The Incredibles 2” is shown on cinemas.
It could be recalled that Jack-Jack unleashed his power toward the end of “The Incredibles” to defeat Syndrome. Fans saw that his power was to shift shape because he can take the form of just about anybody he desires. However, Jack-Jack does not have control of his power, or so the reports say.
Latest reports have it that Jack-Jack will be the villain in “The Incredibles 2” and other than shape-shifting, he will reportedly develop other powers including floating, shooting lasers, teleporting, turning into fire, being a bulletproof steel, or become a small monster, details the Vine Report.
The speculations also say that Syndrome, whom Jack-Jack defeated in “The Incredibles,” will come back and will be the mentor of the youngest Parr family member to become evil like him.
Better than the original film
It was actually Disney CEO Robert Iger who made the announcement that “The Incredibles 2” is a go and that writer and director Brad Bird shall take on the same role he took for “The Incredibles” in the upcoming sequel, cites Movie News Guide.
Soon after, Brad Bird stated that he is 75% done with the story for “The Incredibles 2” but he refuses to let others in on the details, lest he spoil everything.
But before taking on “The Incredibles 2” project, Bird said that he would only accept it if he could come up with a better story than the original film. Since he accepted the project, then it is very likely that Bird has come up with an even better story for “The Incredibles 2.”
According to speculations, Bird drew inspiration from spy films he watched and the comic books he read during childhood to come up with the story for “The Incredibles 2.” There are also reports saying that Iger himself has old ideas from the first movie which were not used but may be incorporated in the sequel already.
Confirming the composer for the sequel
Director Bird also confirmed the entry into “The Incredibles 2” of award-winning composer Michael Giacchino, who also composed the score of the first film.
It was actually Bird who announced on social media the entry of Giacchino to write the score of “The Incredibles 2.” For his part, Giacchino also posted on Twitter by saying that he is looking forward to being back in business with Mr. I and Family, referring to Mr. Incredibles and his superhero family.
Bird and Giacchino have recently worked together also on Disney’s “Tomorrowland” shown a few months ago. But the composer has been real busy as of late. He has scored some of the latest blockbusters including “Jurassic World” and “Inside Out.” He is still working on providing the score for “Zootopia” also for Disney, and “Star Trek Beyond.”
When asked about the difference between the preparation for “The Incredibles” more than 10 years ago to the pre-production work for the upcoming “The Incredibles 2,” Bird said that when the first movie came out in 2004, there were only two superhero movie franchises at that time.
He said that the two other superhero film franchises then were “X-Men” and “Spider-Man.” Bird said in jest, that now, there are 400 billion of them and there’s a new superhero movie every two weeks.