2018's 'Incredibles' sequel will face a different superhero movie world
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
The Parr family will return to the big screen a bit earlier than animation fans may have anticipated, with a sequel to the 2004 Pixar movie 鈥淭he Incredibles鈥� set to debut in 2018 rather than 2019. The new movie will be debuting in a far different superhero movie marketplace than the first.
The 鈥淚ncredibles鈥� sequel was first announced for 2019 by studio Pixar, which has since decided to release a fourth 鈥淭oy Story鈥� film in 2019 and move the 鈥淚ncredibles鈥� sequel up a year.聽
The 2004 film, which featured the voice work of Craig. T Nelson, Holly Hunter, and Samuel L. Jackson, centered on a superhero family forced to hide their powers after public opinion turns against superheroes.聽
The movie was critically acclaimed when it was released and became the fifth-highest-grossing film of the year.
2004 was a very different place when it came to superheroes. The pop culture explosion in which we are currently living had not yet occurred; the movie 鈥淏atman Begins,鈥� for example, which stars 海角大神 Bale and kicked off director Christopher Nolan鈥檚 critically acclaimed 鈥淒ark Knight鈥� trilogy, came out the next year. The first Marvel Studios movie, 鈥淚ron Man,鈥� wouldn鈥檛 arrive for another four years.聽
Superheroes were a high-grossing genre in Hollywood, of course; the 鈥淴-Men鈥� and 鈥淪pider-Man鈥� series, for example, were in full swing, with the 鈥淴-Men鈥� film 鈥淴2鈥� having just come out in 2003 and the successful 鈥淪pider-Man 2鈥� coming out the same year as 鈥淭he Incredibles.鈥澛�
But an 鈥淚ncredibles鈥� sequel will encounter a crowded superhero marketplace, where the average moviegoer likely knows a lot about superheroes and has many entertainment options about them to choose from, whether it is the multiple TV shows 鈥� Netflix has aired three so far and is planning another one and a miniseries, while the CW is currently airing four, to say nothing of shows like Fox鈥檚 鈥淕otham鈥� or ABC鈥檚 鈥淢arvel鈥檚 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D鈥� 鈥� or various big-budget movies.
According to studio release schedules, 2018 will also see Marvel鈥檚 鈥淏lack Panther,鈥� 鈥淎vengers: Infinity War,鈥� and 鈥淎nt-Man and the Wasp,鈥� as well as Warner Bros.鈥� 鈥淭he Flash鈥� and 鈥淎quaman.鈥澛�
