Recently, directed by Brad Bird, Greg The animated adventure film "The Incredibles 2", co-voiced by T. Nelson, Samuel Jackson, Holly Hunter and others, released a full-length trailer. The story of the film is set shortly after the end of the first story, but focuses on the adventures of Mr. Superman's wife, Stretch Supergirl, who retreats behind the scenes to become a "family cook". In 2004, Pixar's "The Incredibles" not only grossed $630 million worldwide, but also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature film that year, becoming the most special and heroic film among countless Pixar animations. Many people will think that Pixar will definitely launch a sequel while it is hot, but this sequel has made fans wait for 14 years. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 15, 2018, the domestic introduction should be a foregone conclusion, although the release schedule has not yet been determined, but we can understand in advance, why a sequel makes fans wait for 14 years, what new characters have been added to the film, and what has changed in the story?
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Don't make a sequel without inspiration
Why didn't "The Incredibles," which grossed $630 million worldwide, take advantage of the chase to make a sequel, but postpone it until 14 years later? Pixar has always been known in the animation industry for its original animation and wild imagination, and sequels have been made very rarely, except for the "Toy Story" series and the "Cars" series, only 2016's "Finding Nemo 2" grossed 900 million yuan at the global box office, becoming one of Pixar's most profitable films. However, the film's reputation is not too good in Pixar's standard system, which is always a reminder of Pixar's core problem is the decline in overall creativity.
Director Brad Bird said that when "The Incredibles" was made, there were only a few superhero movies on the market at that time, such as "X-Men" and "Spider-Man", but now superheroes are everywhere. He didn't want to make a follow-up, "I want to try to make something different, and make more fuss about the character itself and the relationship between the character." Before that, Bird had several stories in his mind, but they were not yet mature, and good stories were the main motivation and purpose of his sequel, rather than grabbing high box office.
Pixar's business model is to start a film only when the director has a good story. In 2015, after completing his live-action film Tomorrowland, Bird finally began working on the script for The Incredibles 2. According to Pixar's average of 4 to 6 years to create an animation, the film was originally intended to be released in June 2019, but Bird's progress was completed quickly, mentioning it to the release before Cars 3.
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Mr. Super Energy transforms into a "cooker"
The biggest change in the story of "The Incredibles 2" compared to the previous game is that The Stretch Woman has become the new spokesperson of the Superman family to save the world, while Mr. Superman has taken a back seat to take care of the family. From the trailer can see the general content of the story, the trailer began at the dinner table, stretch superwoman and mr. superpower discuss the new job, when the stretch superwoman rode a motorcycle to work, mr. superpower can only tutor his son's mathematical arithmetic problems at home, and is disliked by his adolescent daughter. The little son's superpowers in the trailer are also revealed, not only can he spit fire, generate electricity, stealth, his eyes can also shoot lasers, and he can also transform into the appearance of a little devil, but because he is too young to control superpowers well, Mr. Super is always anxious.
Compared with the hardships of Mr. Superman at home with children, the task of Stretch Supergirl is not easy, in the trailer she rides a motorcycle to break through the windows of the building, prevent the train from derailing, and become the guardian of the city, in the trailer she also complains that "in order to help the family, I want to leave the family, in order to amend the law, I want to break the law first." At the end of the trailer, Mr. Superman picks up the phone: "Set off, there may be a big thing happening", which also indicates that Mr. Superpower will fight on the front line again, and work with his wife Elastic Supergirl to deal with the villain.
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6 new heroes
In the Story of The Incredibles 2, 15 years ago, after the government declared superheroes illegal, there were other heroes hidden besides the Superman family. Not long ago, the filmmakers released the concept map of several other superhero characters, each with different superpowers.
1 Screen
Looks a bit like an owl, and also has the ability to resemble an owl, the head can rotate 360 degrees freely, and there is a pair of artificial wings that can fly. His superpower is to shatter glass when he screams.
2 He-Lectrix
He was very thin and wore a blue dress with a lightning bolt logo on it. His superpower is that he can unleash lightning, and he carries a high voltage of his own.
3 Reflux
Odd-looking, dressed in a cape, he can spew volcanic lava from his mouth and has the superpower of melting rock, but this also makes him a very dangerous person.
4 Brick
The biggest of these superheroes, muscular, is a super Hercules. She is a female superhero with superpowers and fearless spirits.
5 Krushauer
He was athletic, dressed in a blue tights, and possessed the ability to maneuver over the air, and he could even crush a car in the air.
6 Voyd
Also a female superhero, she is an avid fan of Stretch Supergirl, who is able to manipulate the ability to create space and move objects instantaneously.
New villain
A new villain appears in The Incredibles 2, and at the end of the recently revealed trailer, the main villain voiced by actor John Ratzenberg appears, but he appears on the TV set by intercepting the TV signal, wearing a black mask and not being able to see the real face. However, it can be judged that the trailer in which the train derailed, the bridge collapsed, and the city was destroyed were all planned by this villain.
Cool Ice Man
Samuel Jackson's cool ice man didn't play much of a role in the first film, but as Superman's friend, he played a role as a divine aid in the final battle. His superpower is to freeze water into ice in an instant, and in the latest trailer for "The Incredibles 2", the character appears twice, once in Mr. Super's home, after seeing Xiao Jie's various superpowers, he sends out his signature line: "What the..." And once at the end of the trailer, after receiving a call from Mr. Superman, he immediately went to change his clothes to help Mr. Super.
Soundtrack
Not long ago, film score master Mike Giachino shared a live video of the soundtrack for "The Incredibles 2" in the recording studio, proving that he also continues to compose music for the film. He is an old partner with director Brad Bird, and has collaborated on "The Incredibles", "Food Story", "Tomorrowland" and other films. He has also scored Pixar cartoons such as Flying House, Racing Story 2, and Inside Out, and in 2010, Giachino won the 82nd Academy Award for Best Original Score for Flying House.
Image contrast
Before making an animation, Pixar usually designs the appearance of the character according to the facial features of the voice actor. So, the voice actor and the character will look a lot like that. Previously, the official Tweet of "The Incredibles 2" released a set of voice actors and character images, and rated each set of pictures with similarity. The new voice actor Bob Oldenkirk is 78% similar to the new character Winston Deavor, the new voice actor Catherine Kinner is 41% similar to the character Evelyn Deavor, and the director Brad Bird is 12% similar to his own voiced character Edna Mode.
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