Brad Bird knows how to tell a story. Doesn’t matter if it’s about a giant alien robot (The Iron Giant), a family of Super Heroes laying low (The Incredibles) or something as simple as a rat who cooks in a Paris restaurant (Ratatouille – One of the very best films of 2007). His efforts have garnered him 2 Oscars and I’m sure he’ll get more in the future.
Seems that Bird is getting ready to make is first lead to live action with the film “1906” which will be about the major earth quake that hit San Francisco. Yahoo News gives us this:
“1906” centers on a college student whose investigation of his father’s murder uncovers a web of deceit that has left the city vulnerable to the sort of fire that breaks out in the aftermath of the great quake. The original script was written by John Logan (“Sweeney Todd”), and Bird is doing a rewrite. The project is a co-production between Warner Bros. and Disney/Pixar.
In my mind this man can do (or at least HAS DONE) no wrong, so I’m fascinated to see what he’ll do with a live action period piece. But what I find even MORE interesting is the fact that this is being produced by Pixar. For any of you who have read The Movie Blog for any period of time you know I believe Pixar is not just the best animation studio in movies… but the very best studio period. Every single one of their films have both amazing, and box office successes. Can they bring that same magic to live action?
Well, since the strength of Pixar has always been their pure dedication to great storytelling, I don’t see any reason to believe they can’t make this jump. As with all things we’ll have to wait and see.
I think Ratatouille is hugely over rated and I don’t understand why it got all this praise, or even an Oscar.
Since it is a Brad Bird film I thought it would rock but I like Cars more than this and I thought I would hate Cars cause I don’t care about cars.
Ratatouille was the same cookie cutter material that almost every god damn animated film has used.
That being said I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE The Iron Giant, The Incredibles was by far the best Pixar film to date so I thought the rat tale was such lazy storytelling and was really disappointed.
But Brad doing live action and with Pixar producing makes me interested.
i hated a bugs life too…..but everything ive seen made by bird has been gold…gold. the iron giant was one of the best animated films of all time and the incredibles is up there with toy story…..this sounds a lil more mature than his previous films, which is good…..cant wait
I personally think Pixar is overrated – I hated Monsters, Inc. and I DESPISED A Bug’s Life. Everything else of their’s has been really good though – I ended up liking Cars even though I thought I wouldn’t but I’d still say it’s a pretty forgettable film.
Still, if Pixar is behind it I’ll totally give them the benefit of a doubt on something.
I love Pixar films a lot and have kinda always wanted to see how this animation studio would handle a live action film So this is good news for many reasons.