Brad Bird

The Bottom Line: Should you see it? Yes. Why?A bona-fide action spectacular, Cruise at his death-defying best. The fourth installment of the Mission: Impossible series is the most fantastic yet, and the best action-packed film of the year. Forget plot, character development, and heavy themes. For all-out, balls to the wall action sequences, this is the movie. The Mission: Impossible series has always lacked any real semblence of depth. Who needs it? 15 years ago brought the first...Read Full Story

Bird's comedy about a family of superheroes won the Best Animated Feature prize at the 2005 Oscars     | nme.comRead Full Story

Look, this will all make sense in a moment. Brad Bird, see, the guy behind The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, Ratatouille, and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, is working on this unnamed science fiction film, according to Hollywood buzz. Written by, yes, Damon Lindelof, it’s currently running with the code name 1952, understood to be a codename that may or may not have anything to do with the actual content of them movie. The movie was also briefly known as Tesla, which, again, may or may...Read Full Story

Ever since Brad Bird’s new film, ‘Tomorrowland‘, originally thought to be titled ’1952′, has been announced, there has been so much speculation and rumor surrounding the project that it was impossible to figure out just what the film was possibly about. The most popular theory surrounding the film included it dealing with Walt Disney working with the government to help cover up UFOs, and that seemed to be gaining a lot of steam, with many thinking that George Clooney would be playing the...Read Full Story

“Everyone in Hollywood says they wish they could do it like Pixar, but they really don’t. There’s no secret at Pixar, but there is a belief in letting people pursue something with passion and take chances, and most of Hollywood, really, doesn’t like that. It’s too scary. Some studio executives will say they love obsessive creators who take risks, but really most of them would rather play it safe. Projects cost a lot of money and people would rather follow patterns they know and make things...Read Full Story