Filmmaker of “Elemental,” Peter Sohn, will direct “The Incredibles 3” for Disney and Pixar.
This is the first without Brad Bird at direction. Bird wrote and directed The Incredibles, 2004 original adventure and 2018 follow-up, Incredibles 2. Bird left the threequel’s director, but the exact reason is unknown; the Pixar veteran will still be a producer and screenwriter, though. One could find the reason for conflicts in scheduling. Bird is working on the historical drama “1906” for Disney and the futuristic “Ray Gunn” for Skydance; the dates for those films are unknown.
Bob and Helen Parr, better known as Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, try to lead a normal suburban life with their three children in “The Incredibles” after the government bans superpowers. In the second film, the Parr family tries to restore public confidence in masked vigilantes as a new cybercriminal threatens civilisation. While “Incredibles 2” made $1.24 billion, one of Pixar’s biggest releases, the original film made $630 million globally. Among the voice actors are Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, and Craig T. Nelson.
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Disney said at the D23 Expo held by the company in late summer of 2024 that the third film was under production. Plot details, a release date, and other cast members—among other things—have not yet surfaced.
Published in 2023 and progressively becoming a box office success, Sohn’s most well-known work, “Elemental”, grossed almost $500 million globally. Having worked in a range of capacities to the animation behemoth’s best hits, including “The Incredibles,” “Incredibles 2,” “Finding Nemo,” “Up,” and “Wall-E,” he has been a long-time partner of Pixar.
