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Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
After Pixar's Incredibles 3 Confirms A Major Change, I'm Actually More Excited For The Movie
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. I was in the audience at D23 last summer when Pixar CCO Pete Docter confirmed that Brad Bird was already at work developing Incredibles 3. There was, unsurprisingly, a lot of applause following that announcement. The Incredibles is one of Pixar's most beloved films. Incredibles 2 was the top-grossing Pixar movie ever made until Inside Out 2 dethroned it last summer. I like both Incredibles films, but I have to admit I wasn't overwhelmed with excitement that Incredibles 3 was on the way. There was no reason to believe it wouldn't be a solid film, but I just found it less interesting than doing something new or even making a sequel to a film that hadn't already received one. But now I'm a bit more curious about Incredibles 3 because it will be different from the previous films in a big way. Today, THR broke the news that while Brad Bird will write and produce Incredibles 3, he will not direct the movie, as he had done with each of the previous Incredibles franchise entries. Instead, directing duties will be handled by Peter Sohn, who most recently directed Pixar's Elemental. While it had been widely assumed that Bird would direct the movie, it had never been specifically stated by Pixar. Perhaps that had even been the plan at one point. Bird does have other projects he's directing, including Ray Gunn for Netflix. It's possible Bird just didn't have the time in his schedule. Bird and Docter reportedly jointly selected Sohn as the man who should direct the new film. But now you have my attention. My love for Elemental is well known to frequent CinemaBlend readers. I think it's the best movie Pixar has made in a long time. Pixar has always been good at turning things without consciousness into living things that we care about and cry over. But in Elemental, we saw those characters fall in love, and the movie let a single relationship carry the weight of the entire story. If Peter Sohn can do that with fire and water, then I have high hopes that he can do even more with characters that are actually human. It might be just enough of a different vibe to an Incredibles movie that it feels unique and not simply like it's another of the same movie for the third time. Fans of Brad Bird need not worry. He's still writing the film, so one assumes the final script, the plot, the dialogue, etc, will be mostly his work. It will still be Bird's story, and Sohn has been one of his long-time collaborator. Sohn began his professional career as an animator on The Iron Giant and has contributed to every film Bird has made for Pixar, including both previous Incredibles movies. If there's another person capable of bringing Brad Bird's work to life properly, it's probably Peter Sohn. The fact that a director has been slotted indicates that Incredibles 3 is probably getting ready to shift into more of a production status, though the movie is probably at least a couple of years away at least. Still, I'm looking forward to when that day comes more now than I was before.
Forbes
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Netflix's ‘In Your Dreams' Is The ‘White Whale' Of Animated Movies
"Dreams have always fascinated me, and a dream movie, in the animated space, has been a white whale," explains director Alex Woo at a sneak peek footage screening for his directorial debut, In Your Dreams. "Every animation studio in the world has had a dream movie in development at some point over the last couple of decades, but none of them have ever been made because I don't think anyone could figure out how to give a dream movie stakes. When we started our company, and we were dreaming up different movie ideas, when we cracked it, we were like, 'Oh my gosh, we've got to make this.'" In Your Dreams, which lands on Netflix this fall, is a comedy adventure that follows Stevie and her brother Elliot as they journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams. If the siblings can withstand a snarky stuffed giraffe, zombie breakfast foods, and the queen of nightmares, the Sandman will grant them their ultimate dream come true-the perfect family. "I grew up on movies that told me that if I wished hard enough, if I wanted something badly enough, that my dreams could come true," Woo, who previously worked on WALL·E and Incredibles 2, continues. "As I got older, I realized that sometimes that's true, but sometimes it's not, and I wanted to make a movie that explores the question, 'What do you do when your dreams don't come true? How do you find hope? How do you keep moving forward in life? How do you find a way through?' That was why I wanted so desperately to make it." Already tipped as an awards season contender, In Your Dreams has taken Woo on a personal journey of discovery within his own relationships that he never, to be honest, dreamed of. "I have a little brother, and Elliot is based on him. I'm very much like Stevie. My brother and I had our epic battles throughout our childhood," he explains to a handpicked group of journalists and other guests at Netflix HQ in Hollywood. "I'm sort of the perfectionist, overbearing older sibling, and he's the carefree, fun, loving, charming little brother. A lot of this movie was about me trying to understand and appreciate him and his unique perspective on life. One of my good friends, who knows me a little too well, saw the movie and said, 'You know, this film is just a circuitous way of you telling your brother that you love him?' and I was like, 'I guess so?' Making movies is easier than dealing with your feelings." In Your Dreams' ensemble voice cast includes Shang-Chi's Simu Liu and The Penguin's Cristin Milioti as the kids' parents and Hot Tub Time Machine's Craig Robinson as Elliot's lost cuddly toy, Baloney Tony. The streamer is so convinced that horse plushy will be popular with audiences that they have even recreated him for real. Expect it to be on Christmas lists this year. "I've been a huge fan of Craig's for years," Woo enthuses. "He's a genius, so I was so thrilled when he agreed to be in the movie, yeah. His performance as Tony is just fantastic. He just brought so much energy to that character. We improved so many of his lines, and he brought a lot of comedy that we couldn't come up with ourselves. It was just a fantastic time." Robinson adds, "The script touches all of us. Everybody dreams. You daydream, and we all dream about dreaming, so to be a part of it was something real. Tony was just so funny and silly, and I could see myself as this crazy stuffed animal." "It is a love letter to our brothers and sisters. I have a younger brother and an older sister. My brother and I are relentless in teasing our sister, but it's with love and fun. For instance, with text messages, you can't misspell a word in our text chain, or it's over. We're like, 'What does that mean? I never heard that word before.'" Meet Baloney Tony! NETFLIX The comedian also understands Baloney Tony on a deeper level, admitting he still has all of his stuffed animals. "When I was growing up, I had this teddy bear, but it was later, in my teens," he shares. "I had it in college. For some reason, I had all these stuffed animals. I put them all in storage in LA, but I said to myself, 'Why don't I have like 30 stuffed animals?' Anyway, my teddy bear is in there, too." Woo also believes that casting Simu Liu was kismet and recalls approaching him with the project at precisely the right time. "We cast Simu before Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings came out in 2021," the filmmaker, who also co-wrote the movie, reveals. "I have a friend who is good friends with him, and he was filming Shang-Chi at the time. My friend was like, 'Hey, you should think about this actor because he's going to be huge. He's really charismatic.' We were introduced, and I was charmed by him, his good looks, and that charisma. I just asked him if he'd be willing to be a part of this film. I think what hooked him is that his character, the dad, is a musician, and he's this struggling musician himself. He sings a song in the film, and Simu loves singing, and he's very good. I told him, 'It's not musical, but you're going to be able to sing in this film,' and he was like, 'Oh yeah, Sign me up.' That was fantastic." (Left to right) Stevie, Baloney Tony, and Elliot. NETFLIX In addition to the relationships between siblings and our love for our cuddly childhood companions, In Your Dreams also explores the iconic lore of The Sandman. The character, voiced by British comedian Omid Djalili, turned out to be a bigger piece of the puzzle than he expected. "To be honest, it helped us crack the movie," he confirms. "He has this Scandinavian folklore about why kids have dreams when they sleep. The mythology is that when you go to sleep, the Sandman sprinkles sand over your eyes, which is why you wake up with a little crust in the morning, but that's how you get dreams. The story is limited to that origin story of why we have dreams, so what we did was extend that and say, 'Well, what if we could find him in the dream world and he can make your dreams come true?' Suddenly, you can have something in the dream world affect the real world, and that's how we connected those two realities and then gave the film stakes." "Also, one of my favorite movies in the world is Back to the Future, and the song Mr. Sandman, sung by The Chordettes, was used in that movie and this one, so it's a secret homage to that film from me by using that." Finally, what is in Woo's dreams, and did any of them make it into the movie? "That naked dream moment we see in the trailer is shot-for-shot one of the recurring dreams that I have," the In Your Dreams co-writer laughs. "It's me in a department store trying to find a place to hide from all these strangers because I'm completely naked. I forgot to put on clothes when I went out. I also used to have a recurring dream of my parents as lobsters, but I didn't know they were lobsters at the time. Mom and Dad are like, 'Don't cook us,' and I'm putting them in the boiling pot. It's dark, and I don't know what it means."
Gizmodo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Brad Bird Won't Return to Direct ‘Incredibles 3'
Pixar is hard at work bringing its own superhero team back to the big screen, but its previous leader is taking a back seat. Brad Bird, who wrote and directed the first two Incredibles films, won't be helming Incredibles 3. He's writing the script but is handing the director's chair over to Peter Sohn, who made The Good Dinosaur and Elemental and has worked on Pixar films going back to 2003's Finding Nemo. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news of the director change which, frankly, is a bit of a shock. Sohn is great, as his work on Elemental proved, but with other major Pixar directors still helming Pixar films, like Andrew Stanton doing Toy Story 5 and Lee Unkrich returning for Coco 2, we assumed Bird would return too. However, the trade reports Bird's schedule is the main culprit here, as he's getting ready to make a new animated film at Skydance called Ray Gunn. But, it's Pixar, so even if Bird isn't directing and Sohn is, it's still a group effort. The animation house helped popularize a system where a group of talented filmmakers give notes on a film throughout the process. So while Sohn will make the final decisions, he'll have a ton of incredible talent—no pun intended—around him. The Incredibles, of course, came to prominence in 2004 with the smash hit story of a family of superheroes. The movie went on to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature and, years later, spawned the good but less celebrated sequel Incredibles 2. And even though Incredibles 2 doesn't get talked about as much as the original, it almost doubled the gross of the original, proving this is a story family audiences still want to see. No word on when Incredibles 3 might hit theaters but 2027 or 2028 would be the most likely. Are you ready to see the Parrs back in action? Is Sohn the right guy for the job? Let us know below.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why Disney Is Building Affordable Housing
The entertainment behemoth is set to break ground on a 1,400-unit mixed-income development near Orlando, Florida. Disney has been doing some serious housing development lately. In California's Coachella Valley, the company is creating a luxury community on a 600-acre site with about 1,900 homes to be completed later this year, and has plans for another around double that size outside Raleigh, North Carolina. Both are part of an initiative that "focuses on developing residential communities that integrate [its] brand and experiences into everyday life." As Angela Serratore wrote for Dwell, "homeowners will be able to play pickleball in the shadow of a building meant to resemble one that appears in the (Disney-owned) Pixar film Incredibles 2." Now, just 10 miles north of Disney World outside Orlando, Florida, the company is building affordable housing. A development is set to unfold on 80 acres in Horizon West, a massive master-planned community whose website boasts residents "can view nightly fireworks from [the] Magic Kingdom." The addition will include nearly 1,400 apartments, with 1,000 designated for households with incomes ranging between 50 to 100 percent of the area median income of $90,400. Reportedly, there will be "a mix of building typologies…featuring murals and unique elevations that create a distinct look and feel for each neighborhood within the development." At a meeting last year where Orange County commissioners greenlit the affordable housing project, an attorney representing the corporation and developer said: "Disney is trying to help the teachers, the police officers, the grocery store workers, the hospitality workers and folks who are just starting out in their career, the people who our community depends on every day, to make sure they have a safe and affordable place to live." Presumably, the project will also accommodate staff of the nearby theme park itself, or "cast members" as the company calls them. Disney World happens to be the nation's largest single-site employer, with around 80,000 workers, almost a quarter of the current population of the entire Orlando Metro Area. (Disney did not respond to requests for comment.) The attorney also noted that the development aims to abet the county's affordable housing goals by "bringing forward an innovative and, in this situation, private solution without requesting [public] funding." Indeed, it is one of the state's most ambitious free market affordable housing projects to date, and Disney and the developer, Michaels Organization, the country's largest privately held owner of affordable housing, are absorbing significant impact fees and waiving tax incentives. The project will stand in stark contrast to the Coachella Valley development, where some homes will cost nearly $5 million, and whose development triggered "…an ongoing series of lawsuits against the city of Rancho Mirage, related to the displacement of marginalized and low-income families," according to SFGATE. First proposed in 2022, the project "has been touted as a long-sought contribution from one of the entertainment colossuses that power the Central Florida economy to help solve a housing crisis" for which Disney is partly responsible, says the Orlando Sentinel. Support for the project has been wide-ranging, by groups from the Orlando Regional Realtors Association, to housing advocacy/anti-sprawl group Orlando Yimby, to Habitat for Humanity. "Rising housing costs push our community workforce further from their jobs, increasing commute times, decreasing quality of life for employees, and undermining [their] overall availability and stability," says Catherine Steck McManus, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County. "So, we're encouraged by efforts [of regional] stakeholders, including Disney, to expand affordable housing options that will increase the resilience of our community and economy." But the project has also aroused consternation among many residents and nearby neighbors of Horizon West, which is one of the country's fastest-growing master-planned communities—in one of the country's fastest-growing metros. Some 400 individuals signed petitions opposing the project; and at planning meetings, some bore signs with slogans like "Not the Disney dream, just a corporate scheme." Aside from skepticism about the company's motives, most opponents feel "the project is too big and…worry that the increase in population will negatively impact already existing problems with overcrowded schools, jammed traffic roads, and overwhelmed first responders," according to Central Florida Public Media. Brett Theodos, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, suggests the issue be viewed through a longer lens. "Traffic is often a concern with large housing developments," he says. "But if the jobs are coming, the traffic will be even worse with no nearby development, because it means people will be driving further from home to work and back." "Companies are taking an interest in housing production because the affordability issue adversely affects employee recruitment and retention." —Brett Theodos, senior fellow at the Urban Institute Not to mention, affordable housing proposals inevitably arouse concerns around property values and "neighborhood character." As of April, homes in Horizon West were commanding a median price of more than $630,000, according to which is more than $200,000 above an Orlando metro median-priced home. Affordability isn't exactly a historic community attribute—and some want it to stay that way, citing "concerns about decreasing property values and changing the character of the community with low-income housing." But Theodos contends these concerns are shortsighted. "An emerging bipartisan consensus [understands] housing supply is constrained, in large part because of 'not-in-my-backyard' barriers to growth, [which drives up] home prices," he says. "That may feel okay to current homeowners, but what about their kids? Companies are increasingly seeing that they benefit when their employees do too, and we are seeing [them] take an interest in housing production because the affordability issue adversely affects employee recruitment and retention." Of course, there has been a long-standing deficiency of federal government support for affordable housing. With cuts at the federal level, "we have to think about doing practical things at the state and local level," says Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, former mayor of San Antonio, and board chair for the Bipartisan Policy Center. As far as Disney is concerned, Cisneros says the company "has experience in building all over the world, whether its theme parks or other venues, and anytime a competent entity…is seeking to explore housing production, frankly, as a former HUD secretary, I encourage it." Top image courtesy of Disney Related Reading: Why Is Disney So Obsessed With Housing? The Legacy of Disney's Monsanto House of the Future
Perth Now
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Sophia Bush makes girlfriend Ashlyn Harris feel like 'best human and mother'
Sophia Bush makes girlfriend Ashlyn Harris feel like she is the "best human" and the "best mother". The former 'One Tree Hill' actress started dating the former women's soccer player in October 2023, and Ashlyn has told how Sophia has helped to heal "pain and trauma" she had in her life. Speaking on the 'Second Wind Podcast', Ashlyn said: "What I love so much about her is she makes me feel the way I only thought we read about in books. "She holds up a mirror and makes me feel like I'm the best human, I'm the best mother, and it's exactly what I needed and what I need to heal so much pain and trauma and grief in my life." Ashlyn - who split from her wife, Ali Krieger, with whom she has two children, daughter Sloane, four, and two-year-old son Ocean, in 2023 - admits she has put "a lot of pressure" on herself to be a good mother, and she loves receiving praise from her significant other. She added: "I think as a mom, we all can sit here and say, we always think we're failing ... I made a promise that my kids wouldn't feel the same kind of pain that I did as a kid and I put a lot of pressure on myself, and she's just like, 'You are the best mom. I just have never seen someone move and act the way you do.' "And it's this type of reassurance that she came into my life when I was an open wound and she's so selfless and such a beautiful person that even in the hardest season of her life, she wants to help me heal, which is something I'll never forget." Ashlyn - who won 25 caps for the USA women's team - also praised Sophia for seeing her "pain and scars" as a "superpower". She said: "I felt like she just sat with me in the pain and was like, 'OK, well just when you're ready to walk through it, I'll be right here with you,' and it's such a selfless act of kindness and understanding. "I met the most incredible human in the world who doesn't see my pain and scars as an issue. "She sees it as a superpower, and she's showing and teaching me every day to use it in such a way that heals and helps other people, that I have an incredible gift to be not only a parent, but the way I show up for people. "She's just made my life so much richer. I don't even know how to express it or articulate it." Sophia finalised her divorce from Grant Hughes in January, after the pair split in August 2023, following 13 months of marriage. The 'Incredibles 2' star previously praised Ashlyn, writing in an emotional essay for America's Glamour magazine: "I didn't expect to find love in this support system. I don't know how else to say it other than: I didn't see it until I saw it. "And I think it's very easy not to see something that's been in front of your face for a long time when you'd never looked at it as an option and you had never been looked at as an option."
