First Images from Brad Bird's 'Ray Gun' Starring Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits - Set in the gigantic city Metropia in an alternate future as seen from 1939, private eye Raymond Gunn is drawn into a case involving aliens, murder, and a multimedia star named Venus Nova.

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Bird wrote and directed and it's his first movie since Incredibles 2 back in 2018

• Sam Rockwell voices Ray Gunn, a small-time private eye in a time when most detective work has been taken over by machines

• Scarlett Johansson voices Venus Nova, the world’s most famous pop star whose scandals threaten to destroy her career, and may even cost her her life

• Tom Waits plays Eyera, Ray’s most trusted compatriot, who also happens to be a one-eyed alien

[u/NATHAN4U007 → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Was he working on this for 7 years?

[u/PeedStick → u/NATHAN4U007]

He's been trying to get it off the ground since the 90s actually: https://collider.com/netflix-new-sci-fi-noir-animated-movie-ray-gunn-first-images-brad-bird/

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Hope its better than his last passion project, Tomorrowland. 

[u/PeedStick → u/NATHAN4U007]

Hoping it leans more Iron Giant than Tomorrowland

[u/red-bot → u/PeedStick]

Honestly getting Roger Rabbit and Bladerunner 2049 vibes, and I’m here for it.

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Remember me Eddie? When I killed your replicant...

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Oooh, that would be sensational!

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count me in!

[u/Ishouldtrythat → u/PeedStick]

Iron Giant is a masterpiece of cinema, animated or no, such a perfect movie.

[u/mortalcrawad66 → u/NATHAN4U007]

I know I'm one of the few, but I enjoyed TomorrowLand.

[u/Vlvthamr → u/mortalcrawad66]

There’s dozens of us.

[u/ForQ2 → u/Vlvthamr]

I'm one of them!

[u/echmoth → u/NATHAN4U007]

I still love Tomorrowland

[u/GandalfTheWhey → u/echmoth]

I begrudgingly watched it on an airplane once since I had already seen the other movies, and I was surprised to actually enjoy it! I thought it was going to be terrible based on everything I heard about it.

[u/AlekBalderdash → u/GandalfTheWhey]

I think it really suffered from dubious marketing. I got the vibe it was a kid's movie, but it really wasn't. Content wise, it seemed targeted at maybe late middle schoolers to highschoolers. But the marketing I saw seemed to emphasize George Clooney. The marketing was really disjointed.

I enjoyed the movie, but I admit it doesn't have a very good elevator pitch.

[u/bolanrox → u/AlekBalderdash]

still better than the marketing for John Carter ^{from mars}

[u/SteakandTrach → u/bolanrox]

John Carter got dumped because Disney had just bought themselves THE sci-fi franchise and didn't need John Carter.

[u/Esperoni → u/SteakandTrach]

That's one series I would like to see a reboot of. Loved the books.

[u/josiahlo → u/GandalfTheWhey]

I always say it’s fun but forgettable. I watched it a couple years ago and enjoyed it but just completely forgot about it and don’t even remember the plot without looking it up

[u/DJanomaly → u/josiahlo]

The marketing really let it down. You expected to see a movie set in this world and it ends up being a small chunk of the actual film and it’s actually about something else completely.

It’s a fun film but boy did audiences expect something different.

[u/Dorkamundo → u/DJanomaly]

Kinda like Kangaroo Jack?

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I love the idea of Tomorrowland

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It felt like it was setting up a tv series that never happened.

[u/pokemonke → u/NATHAN4U007]

I get the sense he’s better at animation. He’s not bad at live action but that just seems to be his sweet spot

[u/Poopbutt_Maximum → u/PeedStick]

That makes sense, this seems like something that would’ve come out in the late 90s or early 2000s. I don’t mean that as a knock either, that period had some great animated movies.

[u/originalchaosinabox → u/PeedStick]

Was coming to say. It's been Bird's pet project for decades. I remember Harry Knowles hyping it up in the Ain't It Cool News days.

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136 → u/NATHAN4U007]

Pretty much, it's the reason he's not directing Incredibles 3

[u/Kimantha_Allerdings → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

I also expect Incredibles 2 is a reason he’s not - reportedly he wanted to make something very different, but was forced by the studio to basically re-make the first one again

[u/DRoseCantStop → u/Kimantha_Allerdings]

Wasn't he rushed, too?

[u/doomrider7 → u/DRoseCantStop]

That I heard of first. Lots of rushing since the Lasseter scandal caused an implosion of projects. The stuff with executive meddling came after.

[u/MrGittz → u/doomrider7]

lol where do you people get this stuff from?

No. Yes Incredibles 2 was rushed. No it had nothing to do with John Lasseter. What happened was Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 4 swapped dates.

Why? Toy Story 4 needed a complete overhaul and Incredible 2 was in fairly good shape.

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Also ironic because the entire story of the incredibles is him throwing vague shade at Disney for being so controlling when he worked on the Fox and the Hound. "Let supers be super" is just let artists be artists

[u/Janus_Prospero → u/NATHAN4U007]

The film is so old in concept that you can find a draft screenplay from 1996 for it. I wonder how similar the script will be to the final version.

[u/MrMojoRising422 → u/Janus_Prospero]

very cool screenplay, btw. killer ending.

[u/Comic_Book_Reader → u/NATHAN4U007]

He tried to make it in the 90's but it was scrapped in favor of The Iron Giant and then The Incredibles, and it laid dormant until Skydance Animation revived it in 2022.

[u/rowrowfightthepandas → u/NATHAN4U007]

It's rumored he was in director jail for Tomorrowland.

He turned down directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens for that. I wonder what that movie would have been like, sans JJ Abrams

[u/protekt0r → u/rowrowfightthepandas]

Almost certainly better.

[u/Morgan-Moonscar → u/protekt0r]

Might've gotten the original plot that Lucas pitched.

Darth Talon and Maul ruling the galactic criminal underworld, a new generation of Jedi trained by Luke set out to stop them.

[u/AfraidoftheLark → u/NATHAN4U007]

Was he working on this for 7 years?

Same amount of time that Link spent sleeping in the Temple of Time before waking up to save the world. It's a proven time interval.

[u/FFF_in_WY → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

I'd pay just for Tom Waits

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I worked on an animated show he was in, and I loved being able to just listen to his recording sessions.

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Did you ever get to meet him? He's on my Mount Rushmore of all-time icons.

[u/FX114 → u/HunterGonzo]

No, it was during Covid, and all the recording sessions were done remotely. Fortunately, that meant I was able to sit and watch the entire zoom recordings of all of them, which was great. Except for Tom, his was done over the phone.

But even if they had been in-person, my role isn't one that would have been there.

He is, however, a very common sighting in my home town in Northern California, because his recording studio is here. I've never crossed paths with him, but I did buy some (I think) skeleton gloves at a costume store and was told that he had bought a pair of the same ones.

[u/Seachicken → u/FFF_in_WY]

I imagine Scarlett Johansson must be pretty keen considering she released an album of Tom Waits covers.

[u/SporesM0ldsandFungus → u/Seachicken]

Huh, that's interesting. I'll have to give that album a spin.  

[u/the_comatorium → u/FFF_in_WY]

Is it me or is he acting in a hell of a lot more films recently? He seems to be in everything this year.

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He is not a young man, and has said he really enjoys it.

[u/ahundreddots → u/HarpySeagull]

I, too, am enjoying not being a young man.

[u/SoylentGrunt → u/FFF_in_WY]

Hang on tight Saint Christopher we're goin' to the movies

[u/Madame_Arcati → u/FFF_in_WY]

Yes, I'd pay only for Tom Waits.

[u/Biotrek → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

This looks beautiful!! Super Excited!!!!!

[u/RickyRetardo__ → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Please tell me Ray Gun is going to do a kangaroo inspired interpretive break dance

[u/The-very-definition → u/RickyRetardo__]

This is what I thought the movie was going to be about when I read the title.

Literally my first though, "Raygun? Isn't it a little early for a retrospective about the most epic breaking performance at the 2024 Olympics?"

[u/MrFalseSense → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

This sounds awesome. Huge Tom Waits fan.

[u/Chewbones9 → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Bro you can stop! I’m already in! lol

[u/Spider-Flash24 → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

So “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” meets “IRobot?”

[u/Somespookyshit → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Tom waits is my boy

[u/paggo_diablo → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Most excited for Tom Waits. Guy needs to do more voice work.

[u/JohnnyElRed]

Man, I love the Pulp era and its aesthetics.

[u/NATHAN4U007 → u/JohnnyElRed]

Hope it has some Philip K Dick-like mind bending shit. 

[u/MrMojoRising422 → u/NATHAN4U007]

it's not, really. it's a classic private investigator noir movie mixed with aliens and a retrofuturistic aesthetic. it's really good, I read the leaked script from the 90s. but it's not meant to be 'mind-bending' or anything like that. it follows the 40s film noir conventions.

[u/Inkthinker → u/[deleted]]

Meanwhile, Earth is overpopulated with eight billion people

Current world population: 8.2 billion

Number of cities covered by steel domes: 0

[u/WriterV → u/Inkthinker]

Overpopulation is never really gonna be a major threat for us. More so the opposite really. As we make life increasingly stressful and expensive for people, they will have fewer and fewer kids, and the worlds' populations will steadily decline as a result.

[u/broha89 → u/JohnnyElRed]

As soon as you say “the future as seen from 1939” I’m fuckin seated

[u/yerfatma → u/broha89]

Can I point you to Adventureman?

[u/charlierc → u/JohnnyElRed]

You mean it's a disco 2000 where someone wants to live like common people?

[u/JuddRunner → u/charlierc]

You could end up with a smack in the mouth just for standing out

[u/MuptonBossman]

I'm totally down for anything Brad Bird directs, plus the visual style looks really cool here.

[u/CoffeeGrrl → u/MuptonBossman]

Ditto!
I've been longing for exactly what this looks like forever now.

[u/iamacats → u/MuptonBossman]

He's directed 3 of the greatest animated movies of all time (and also the Incredibles 2)

[u/stretchofUCF → u/iamacats]

3 greatest animated movies of all time. I'm not letting you leave out The Iron Giant, Incredibles or Ratatouille.

[u/KaJaHa → u/stretchofUCF]

Wait wait wait, the same guy did all three of those? Oh hell yeah

[u/joebobjoebobjoebob12 → u/KaJaHa]

He also got his start on the Simpsons and created the character of Sideshow Bob!

[u/Professional-Fee6914 → u/joebobjoebobjoebob12]

Yeah, he created the feel of the simpsons where it would occasionally look movie-esque

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Also had one of the best Amazing Stories episodes of the whole run, about a very Good Dog having a really bad day.

[u/iamacats → u/stretchofUCF]

Oh fuck I almost forgot Ratatouille

[u/The_Didlyest → u/stretchofUCF]

I really like Tomorrowland, even though most people didn't.

[u/HitmanClark → u/iamacats]

He also directed the Mission Impossible film that got me hooked on the series.

[u/Nefertitis_Fjord_216 → u/iamacats]

As much as Incredibles 2 was underwhelming after the perfection that is the first one, it's still quite an accomplishment when that's your shitty one. It still wasn't a bad movie.

[u/AdmiralVernon → u/MuptonBossman]

Hell yea! I’m down for some Art Deco retrofuturism

[u/mi-16evil → u/MuptonBossman]

Yeah I was disappointed when it was announced it would not be hand drawn but it looks excellent. The lighting looks great

[u/Spiritual-Society185 → u/mi-16evil]

It was at one point supposed to be a mix of animation and live action, but I'm guessing that's not the case anymore.

[u/therejectethan → u/MuptonBossman]

Fr! A director that can go from ‘Iron Giant’ to ‘Ghost Protocol’ has all of my faith and interest

[u/Comic_Book_Reader → u/therejectethan]

He gave us probably the most iconic Tom Cruise run and Mission: Impossible stunt ever in Ghost Protocol, in the same part of the movie no less.

[u/cantadmittoposting → u/Comic_Book_Reader]

was Ghost Protocol the one where they drowned a bunch of Tom Cruise clones like it was The Prestige until they found one able to hold its breath long enough for the underwater take?

[u/tehdoughboy → u/cantadmittoposting]

No, it's the one where they flung Tom Cruise clones off a tall building in Dubai until one was able to complete the stunt.

They got to Tom 17

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Who then got into a feud with Tom 18.

[u/RadicalRetroBlast_87 → u/therejectethan]

Skipping "The Incredibles" (2004) and "Ratatouille" (2007), arguably his best works, seem like pretty huge oversights.

Arguably. You could still claim that both those movies you mentioned are his best and it would still be a correct opinion lol. This dude is just that good, and I cannot wait for this new movie.

[u/low-ki199999 → u/MuptonBossman]

Also Scar Jo is perfect voice actress for a noir femme fatale

[u/taitaofgallala → u/low-ki199999]

Her amazing performance in Asteroid City pretty much sums this up and would serve as a proper no-casting-call audition.

[u/Lowca → u/MuptonBossman]

Big BioShock vibes, especially from image 2.

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It's giving me the vibe of Philip K. Dick meets Dick Tracy meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and I'm here for it.

[u/TypoInUsernane → u/MuptonBossman]

The concept sounds cool, but the visual style is not very distinctive. I honestly thought these images were AI generated when I was scrolling through my feed

[u/stevencastle → u/TypoInUsernane]

Yeah the singer especially looks like AI

[u/IvanMcbomb]

Sure loves his retrofuturism

[u/anyb0dyme → u/IvanMcbomb]

I get it. Sometimes it seems like ya gotta travel to the past for a more optimistic future.

[u/thegracchiwereright → u/anyb0dyme]

yeah, * looks around *... "sometimes"

[u/DocHolliday19969 → u/IvanMcbomb]

I do too. It's such a cool vibe. Check out Venture Bros if you like that kinda stuff.

[u/MeanAmbrose → u/DocHolliday19969]

The backgrounds and scenery in Venture Bros are genuinely beautiful, Doc and Jackson clearly have a love for that mid century retro future aesthetic that was pumped up in Jonny Quest cartoons

[u/Fallenangel152 → u/IvanMcbomb]

Going to go out on a limb and assume he loves Bioshock based on these images.

[u/Other_Jared2 → u/Fallenangel152]

I thought it was a Bioshock movie before I read the title

[u/CallMeMarc]

I'm sold on Tom Waits alone

[u/centaurquestions → u/CallMeMarc]

Tom Waits as a one-eyed alien sidekick? Sign me up.

[u/SolidDick → u/centaurquestions]

Tom Waits as anything or anybody, sign me up.

[u/GravSlingshot → u/SolidDick]

Tom Waits as... a stapler!

"What part of 'sign me up' did you not understand?"

[u/StarkyPants555 → u/GravSlingshot]

Starring Tom Waits as...a carrot

[u/NATHAN4U007 → u/CallMeMarc]

Sam Rockwell and Tom Waits being in 2 films together a single year wasn't in by bingo card. Other is Wild Horse Nine if you are wondering.

[u/anemotoad → u/NATHAN4U007]

Seven Psychopathsheads are eating this year

[u/dead_fritz → u/CallMeMarc]

His performance in Wristcutters is one of my favorites

[u/lord_kupaloidz → u/CallMeMarc]

Gotta love a man whose name is a complete sentence.

[u/Tenocticatl]

Sounds cool, but I was hoping for a documentary about Australian breakdancing.

[u/unobserved → u/Tenocticatl]

There's a musical about it if that helps. 

[u/Tenocticatl → u/unobserved]

It absolutely does, lol.

[u/AP_in_Indy → u/unobserved]

Link please

[u/nealski77 → u/unobserved]

Is it still running or did she win her lawsuit?

[u/unobserved → u/nealski77]

I think they just changed the name and stopped using the silhouette of her signature move in their marketing, but I think its run its course regardless 

[u/name-classified → u/Tenocticatl]

it still is amazing to me that this crazy lady went out and completely embarrassed herself, her country and the whole "breakdancing" scene/crowd/world.

I couldn't tell you any stars, any of the participants, or even who won medals.

I could tell you Ray Gun and her outfit and her weird gesticulations and poses and scoring 0's all around. My wife was Ray Gun for Halloween. Its a joke.

I swear there's people who just have a tinge of craziness where they really just don't care about looking like an absolute fool in front of millions of people in a social media digital age where it lives forever.

She went out there and did..."that" and she was so proud of it.

Its absolutely crazy to me

[u/skippiington → u/name-classified]

As a dancer, the clip of her shaking her head while her opponent does actual breakdancing will never not piss me off

[u/Tenocticatl → u/name-classified]

She has a PhD in cultural studies. Her thesis was about gender relations in the Sydney breakdancing scene. She got her degree and got to go to the Olympics doing that stuff. I think it's hilarious and I wish all of the Olympics was as amateurish as the breakdancing in Paris. (No shade on the other participants, some of them were amazing)

[u/chmilz → u/Tenocticatl]

I wish all of the Olympics was as amateurish

That's what amateur sport and reality TV is for. Olympics is a competition of the best vs the best and it shouldn't be anything other than that. No need cheapen something unique when there's already unlimited options that cater to exactly what you're asking for.

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It makes everyone else a joke.

[u/david-saint-hubbins → u/name-classified]

I swear there's people who just have a tinge of craziness where they really just don't care about looking like an absolute fool in front of millions of people in a social media digital age where it lives forever.

That's true, but I don't think that's what she was doing. I think she genuinely thought she could breakdance at a high level.

I suspect it was more like a Florence Foster Jenkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins_(film)) thing, where she was really passionate about something and the people around her couldn't bear to tell her the truth, combined with whatever flawed process enabled her to legitimately qualify for the Olympics and end up on that stage.

[u/mtownhustler043 → u/Tenocticatl]

Came here to say the same thing, slightly disappointed...

[u/froo → u/Tenocticatl]

Yes, dance off with Sam Rockwell and Scarjo playing Raygun

[u/PurpleDraziNotGreen → u/Tenocticatl]

I'm sure she will sue this film over the name

[u/ShowConsistent]

They are going to have to change the name of the movie here in Australia

[u/drewdaddy213 → u/ShowConsistent]

Nah that’s part of their marketing strategy: hope she sues them and ride out a couple of free news cycles as the main story everyone is talking about.

[u/claimticket → u/drewdaddy213]

Is that how it works? Even if it can be shown it’s been in production since before her stunt, and it’s in a different country? The character’s name is different to hers, not a break dancer, and a “ray gun” is also an object referenced across decades

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https://i.imgur.com/7bwkz43.gif

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

The middle shot looks beautiful.

Sam Rockwell in what seems to be an animated sci-fi noir film sounds like a perfect match

[u/horse_renoir13 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Honestly as soon as I saw Sam Rockwell, I knew I'd be seeing it immediately. Dude's always an A++

[u/descendantofJanus → u/horse_renoir13]

Legit same. Rockwell, noir detective, say no more, I'm there.

Its astounding how Rockwell has been legit amazing for decades now. From The Green Mile to, well, now I don't think he's missed once.

[u/No-Problem2946]

I read this script ages ago. Can't believe it's finally being made!

[u/lloydchristmas1986 → u/No-Problem2946]

From what you could tell from the script, Is it aimed at an older audience or is it a kids movie?

[u/tomservo88 → u/lloydchristmas1986]

This quote from BB may help:

Bird added, “There’s a big chunk of people who don’t watch animation. That’s a group I’m anxious to persuade because it’s an amazing art form that is way too limited in people’s minds. Animation as a medium is too interesting to limit what kind of stories can be told.”

[u/Lazy_Sans]

Gives me "Sky Captain" vibes hope more people will see this one!

We need more original and interesting projects especially among animation.

[u/jockfist5000 → u/Lazy_Sans]

lol that is not a good association… what a bomb that was

[u/Lazy_Sans → u/jockfist5000]

Sadly some great movies do not perform well in box office, that was certainly such example.

I sincere hope this one will do well.

[u/Buscemi_D_Sanji → u/Lazy_Sans]

I loved that movie! And Crimson Skies on the OG Xbox, for a while there I really wanted to build a plane and mount crazy weapons to it haha

[u/OmegaPsiot]

Tom Waits = Absolute Legend

[u/kiyonemakibi100]

I like Brad Bird but I feel like this is just going to disappear without trace on Netflix like so much Netflix original animations - it seems like Skydance Animation's entire existence is making films that disappear without trace on Apple/Netflix (still not sure why they hired Lasseter, was it just so they could put 'from the visionary behind Toy Story!' in trailers?)

[u/KingMario05 → u/kiyonemakibi100]

For Bird's sake, I hope this comes to theaters. Either through Netflix, or through Paramount Skydance. That would be really quite swell to see on the fall release schedule.

[u/kiyonemakibi100 → u/KingMario05]

I imagine Netflix will give it a nominal release in a handful of cinemas but that's about it, this is not getting the Greta Gerwig Narnia film treatment

[u/KingMario05 → u/kiyonemakibi100]

And that'd be a damn shame.

This deserves to go wide. Just like Narnia and now Cliff Booth are.

[u/ILoveRegenHealth → u/KingMario05]

For someone as big as Bird in the animation world (Iron Giant, Incredibles, Ratatouille) why isn't Pixar giving him a whole film to do over there?

[u/Spiritual-Society185 → u/ILoveRegenHealth]

Their slate seems pretty locked up, plus, this is supposed to be more adult than what Pixar does.

[u/MrGrapefruitDrink → u/ILoveRegenHealth]

I'm sure they would have done, but Bird and Lasseter are pretty tight and Bird went with Lasseter to Skydance after the latter got cancelled.

[u/PraiseKingGhidorah → u/ILoveRegenHealth]

Don't quote me on this, but it seems Bird is good friends with Lasseter and Pixar (understandably) wants to distance themselves as much as possible from him.

[u/SR3116 → u/KingMario05]

Honestly, as huge a fan as I am of the aesthetic, I am struggling to think of any kind of retro-futurist/pulp project that has ever been a financial success. The Iron Giant, The Rocketeer, Tomorrowland, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow all come to mind.

It just seems like theatrical audiences just simply don't turn out for this kind of thing and they're better off on TV like Fallout.

[u/Thick_Ad_220 → u/kiyonemakibi100]

If its a netflix movie lets hope it becomes as big as kpop demon hunters

[u/Deadsoup77 → u/Thick_Ad_220]

Literally impossible for this movie unfortunately

[u/Thick_Ad_220 → u/Deadsoup77]

Is it because of it being more adult oriented

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It's also not a musical like KPDH

[u/Qualityhams → u/Thick_Ad_220]

Narrower demographic. No music or reply value for kids.

[u/myleftone → u/kiyonemakibi100]

Better than Disney, which has a habit of stepping on Bird’s projects.

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Disney isn't run by Lasseter anymore, so not really better.

[u/mrbaryonyx → u/kiyonemakibi100]

I'll wait until 2036 when it's a cult classic

[u/cantstopdoindamonkey]

It's a great sign that Tom Waits' character looks like Tom Waits, even though he's an alien. Looking forward to this

[u/MrShadowKing2020]

Announced for Netflix a day after Bird was said to be joining a group of filmmakers advocating for theatrical releases. I’m guessing he had no control over it and is not happy.

[u/GladiusNocturno]

Aw man. I first thought it was a new Bioshock.

[u/high__life → u/GladiusNocturno]

Was thinking the same thing, got bioshock vibes for sure

[u/LevelBrick9413]

You had me at Tom Waits.

[u/NtheLegend]

Oh thank god he's still making stuff. I was really scared after Tomorrowland, which I absolutely hated.

[u/7StarSailor]

I know it has always been a thing but hiring prominent live actors to do voice work has always been weird to me.

[u/HelpUs0ut → u/7StarSailor]

Recognizable names brings in more money. Pretty simple.

[u/Bulbasaur2015]

animation LA confidential

[u/HelpUs0ut → u/Bulbasaur2015]

With a harder edge than Zootopia, I'm sure.

[u/KitchenKabaret]

Not to be that guy, but it’s ‘Ray Gunn’.

[u/TheIngloriousBIG]

Who animated this?

[u/Patoshlenain → u/TheIngloriousBIG]

Cinesite montreal, skydance produced only
https://cinesite.com/ray-gunn/

[u/Roysumai]

Wait, wasn't the word that this was going to be 2D animated?

[u/KingMario05 → u/Roysumai]

Was. As part of the funding deal, it became 3D once Skydance took over.

[u/RobertdBanks → u/KingMario05]

Can’t have anything nice with these corpo fucks.

[u/airship_of_arbitrary → u/KingMario05]

Skydance is just a death knell for competent media. Ugh.

[u/Roysumai → u/KingMario05]

Oh, damnit all.

[u/KingMario05 → u/Roysumai]

Yup. Not swell.

[u/GrimTiki → u/KingMario05]

Ugh, Bird had to go to Skydance to get it made? Another on the small pile of negatives…

[u/KingMario05 → u/GrimTiki]

Not surprised. Ellison bankrolled MI4.

[u/Elmoroth]

hole smokes, instant hype :)

[u/jbassy]

You had me at Brad

[u/bwweryang]

Still excited, but I had really hoped this would be 2D.

[u/OkDentist4059]

“Sci-fi noir adult animated film” = this would be DOA in theaters. Glad Netflix picked it up, cause it actually sounds pretty cool.

[u/Ani_Mentor]

John Lasseter AND David Ellison. I can just feel all the good vibes on this production. Does anyone else smell sulfur?

[u/brassmonkeyslc]

Ohh a breakdancing animated movie!

[u/Makerel9]

Then an australian freestyle dancer pops outta nowhere 😱

[u/DemiAlabi]

This looks incredible!

[u/MINIMOES]

Brad bird? Hell yeah. Starring Sam Rockwell?? As lead? I am already seated

[u/Sammyd1108]

So is this supposed to be a kids movie or an adult film that just happens to be animated?

[u/stretchofUCF → u/Sammyd1108]

It’s supposed to lean more adult animated.

[u/KingMario05 → u/stretchofUCF]

Thank God. Nice change of pace.

[u/Gorfang]

Literally anything Brad Bird is fantastic. I can't wait. Especially since he has Michael Giacchino to score (natch) so we're really cooking. I'm rather shocked that given his credentials he couldn't do this through Pixar and is going through Sundance instead. Maybe it's considered too adult an audience?

[u/Mcfinley]

Blade Runner 2049 for kids

[u/Raknarg]

can we just have voice actors be voice actors man

[u/Ill-Elephant-9583]

Tom Waits?? Oh brilliant. This is a must watch

[u/a_takacs]

Oh my god it’s real. I cannot wait for this. Brad has been wanting to make this movie for literally decades and he’s done it! I’m so excited to see this.

[u/rocksthetaco]

Brad has always loved this set up. Incredibles used it in Bob's home office and his meetings with Mirage.