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Helen Parr (voice of Holly Hunter), known in the Super world as Elastigirl, hung up her supersuit to raise the family with husband Bob, leaving their crime-fighting days behind them. But when she’s tapped to lead a campaign to bring the Supers back into the spotlight, she finds she can still bend, stretch and twist herself into any shape needed to solve the trickiest of mysteries. In short, she’s still got it. That’s good news, too, because a new villain is emerging—unlike any they’ve ever seen before.

Bonus Clip: Elastigirl Theme Song

Concept art features design work by Bob Pauly and Tony Fucile, highlighting the Elasticycle and Elastigirl’s costume.

Animating the Bike Sequence...

In case you missed it this summer, Disney Home Entertainment is releasing The Incredibles 2 on disc this Tuesday, giving you something to do after you vote. In anticipation of this release, the studio has begun sending out some of the bonus material to be found on the Blu-ray.

For starters there’s the Fashion of Edna Mode. Edna “E” Mode (voice of Brad Bird) possesses impeccable design sense, a keen understanding of cutting-edge technology and an unmatched skillset. A creative visionary, she longs for the return of Supers so she can once again create functional yet cutting-edge supersuits.

Concept Art – Edna Mode Fashion Models – Concept art features design work by Deanna Marsigliese and Tony Fucile, highlighting Edna Mode’s fashion show and her rival supersuit designer, Galbaki, who craves fame and attention yet ultimately did not make the final cut of the film.

There’s also a deleted scene called...

Pixar's sueprheroic sequel, Incredibles 2, is heading home in the next couple months and coming loaded with a bunch of special features to enjoy. Come inside to check out the full announcement to see what's coming!

If you've been eager to bring the Parr's latest adventure home with you, you'll get the chance pretty soon. Disney/Pixar have announced the details of the 4K Ultra HD and Blu-Ray release of Incredibles 2. The discs will launch on November 6, 2018, but if you can't wait that long, you can get the digital version on October 23rd.

Even better, it's coming loaded with a ridiculous amount of special features, including an all new short film featuring Edna and Jack-Jack:

Family members of all ages will be hypnotized by hours of delightful entertainment, with never-before-seen “Incredibles 2” bonus material highlighting the beloved characters in the film and the filmmakers who bring them to life.

It used to be, movies surprised us when we took our seats. We didn’t have so many sources for news and trailers a decade or so back. On Tuesdays, Warner Bros screened new films after hours and one night, the DC Comics crew filed in to see an animated feature called The Iron Giant. We didn’t know much about it or Brad Bird, the man behind it.

We were utterly charmed. None of us knew Ted Hughes’ The Iron Man book it was based on but found the 1950s setting perfect, and the old style animation well-done. Best, it had heart and soul and humor and a robot who wants to be Superman. What’s not to love?

Warner moved the release date so late in the process that tie-ins missed the opening and the marketing wasn’t what it should have been. As a result, this modern day classic withered and vanished.

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If you blinked, you would have missed the return of Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant to theaters last year with its Signature Edition that included additional scenes. Now, the remastered version of the film will be coming to Blu-ray on September 6th, along with Ultimate Collector’s Edition.

Within the Signature Edition Blu-ray will be copies of both the Signature Edition and an hi-def version of the original theatrical cut. In addition to director’s commentary on the theatrical cut, an alternate opening, and other bonus content, a documentary titled “The Giant’s Dream” chronicles the making of The Iron Giant.

“The Giant’s Dream” is the dramatic story about a rare moment in movie history that allowed a first-time director to make one of the world’s greatest animated films, “The Iron Giant.” Using stylized animatics, archival footage, original concept art, and revealing interviews, The Giant...

Photo: Disney / Pixar Pixar's Inside Out enjoyed the largest opening weekend for an original property, animated, live-action or otherwise, this past weekend and before the film was ever released I had a chance to sit down with director and screenwriter Pete Docter and the film's producer Jonas Rivera to largely discuss the ins and outs of turning this movie from a seedling of an idea Docter had back in 2009 to the feature film audiences are eating up in theaters right now. How does a movie go from merely being a story about the emotions inside the head of an 11-year-old girl to being the complex, yet simply understood, logic machine Docter and his team of story writers, animators, artists and technical advisors conceivedc What was the thinking behind the fluffy skin of the animated emotionsc How did hand-drawn animation actually help the CG productionc And I have a question about...

La Luna Short Film. Enrico Casarosa‘s La Luna (2011) short film Krista Sheffler, Tony Fucile, and Phil Sheridan. La Luna‘s plot synopsis: “A fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. [...]

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La Luna

Written and Directed by Enrico Casarosa

USA, 2011, imdb

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The Oscar nominated short La Luna has already made the festival circuit, but being featured in front of Brave gives this Pixar short an audience several magnitudes larger than it (or most short films) had before. It deserves to be seen.

La Luna is a fantastic and economical short film about the difference between communication and language, as well as the difficulty of choosing how to walk the minefield of emulating your heroes versus imitating them. Since these are also the themes of Brave, the short film and feature are perfect matches for one another.

Despite being the longest Pixar short paired with a feature to date, La Luna makes good use of its time. As a quick example, we learn in the...

“Supermaaaaaan…” Be honest. It got a little dusty in your room reading that and thinking of The Iron Giant. You teared up a bit. It’s okay. It happens to all of us. I’m sure it even happens to writer/director Brad Bird when he goes back and watches this animated classic from 1999. Well, that’s one of the things we’re about to find out here with the commentary track for this very film. And, with Bird’s years at Pixar and his first, live-action feature, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, what better time do go back and see precisely what he, along with some of his top-notch animation team, has to say about The Iron Giant? So strap your boosters on, don’t be a gun, and enjoy what all we learned from the commentary track for The Iron Giant. “You stay. I go. No following.” Tears. The Iron Giant (1999) Commentators: Brad Bird (writer, director...

The Incredibles (Blu-Ray)Walt Disney Home Entertainment2004/Rated PG/Running Time 115 minsList Price: $45.99 – Available April 12, 2011With amazing strength and popularity amongst superheroes, Bob Parr is Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) a hero with a heart of gold who battles criminals one moment and saves kittens in a tree the next. While rescuing a suicide jumper who didn't want to be saved, Bob ignites a public fury against superheroes, soon finding themselves facing one lawsuit after another, causing the government to develop a "Superhero Relocation Program". Fifteen years later, Bob has settled down and married the beautiful Helen a.k.a. Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), whose powers rival those of Mr. Fantastic and Plastic Man and has given him three wonderful children. Missing the fast and furious life as an adventurer, Bob is now stuck in a dead end job at an insurance company whose sole purpose appears to be robbing its customers blind.

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Director:

Brad Bird

Writer:

Brad Bird

Cast:

Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter and Jason Lee

MPAA Rating: PG (for action violence)

Runtime:

115 min

Summary:

Known to the world as superheroes, Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, Bob Parr and his wife Helen were among the world’s greatest crime fighters, saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. Fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs to live “normal” lives with their three kids, Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. He soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction.

“No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again.

Given how much fun is present in animating super-heroics, it’s interesting to note that feature film makers eschewed delving into the genre. Maybe they were scared off by the iconic Fleischer Studio Superman shorts from the 1940s or were disdainful of the subject matter. We got the first taste of what could be with the wonderful and underrated Iron Giant. It’s little surprise, then, that its director, Brad Bird would produce the first feature animated film to focus on super-heroics with the marvelous Pixar production The Incredibles.

In 115 glorious minutes, Bird and company wonderfully honored the tropes of herodom while telling a strong story about good versus evil and more importantly, about family. Much has been written about the Parr family resembling the Fantastic Four, but the number is about all they have in common. Instead, we’re looking a far better version of No Ordinary Family that...

We have been keeping you up-to-date on the 4-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack release of The Academy Award®-Winning animated feature, Disney•Pixar’s The Incredibles, which hits store shelves Today! The absolutely incredible people (see what I did there?) over at Disney•Pixar have sent over four more new clips from the Blu-ray to show off some of the goodies in the combo pack.

Check out the clips and details on the Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack below!

Clip: The Incredibles – Where’s My Super Suit?

Clip: The Incredibles – Violet’s Forcefield

Bonus Clip: The Incredibles – Put It In Context

Bonus Clip: The Incredibles – Studio Stories: Gary’s Birthday

The pack includes The Incredibles feature film, the original short film Jack-Jack Attack, and tons of other special features, including a behind-the-scenes look at Pixar.

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The Incredibles Quick Thoughts:

When I first saw The Incredibles I liked it, but didn't love it. When I last ranked Pixar's films I placed it at #7, but to say a film is in the bottom five when it comes to Pixar's eleven feature films it's such a fine line from one film to the next it's still not an insult. My biggest issue with the film is a rather slow start compared to the excellent last half. Nevertheless, it's always an enjoyable watch.

Being a superhero film, The Incredibles is the one film in the Pixar stable you would most think would be getting a sequel, but perhaps the fact that it's so obvious is the reason one has never been made. After all, with so many superhero films hitting theaters nowadays would Pixar look like a front-runner or a follower if they added yet another superhero flick to the schedule?...

Since the year 2004 when it was released The Incredibles has been my favorite Pixar film. Now that it is finally hitting blu-ray on April 12th in a high definition 1080p/Avc-encoded presentation and a DTS-hd Master Audio 5.1 Es surround track, the film is even more, well… incredible!

Review:

I just love everything about this film, and like Pixar itself, their blu-ray releases are bar-none the best & chock full of awesomeness. One of the things that stands out to me in this film is the family dynamic, even though they have superpowers they still deal with the same problems all families deal with. The film uses the superhero genre to explore not only the tensions of family life but the male mid-life crisis as well. Each character has their own very well done story arc with powers attributed to how they are personality wise. Intermixed into all this great storytelling are...

Just last month, we told you that The Academy Award®-Winning animated feature, Disney•Pixar’s The Incredibles was slated to hit shelves as a 4-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack on April 12th. Now, the wonderful folks over at Disney•Pixar have sent over four clips from the Blu-ray to refresh your Incredible memory on this awesome movie (I still think it’s Pixar’s best).

Check out the clips and details on the Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack below!

Film Clip: Engage

Film Clip: Fighting the Robot

Bonus Clip: Jack-Jack Attack Explodes

Bonus Clip: Kind of Looks Like You

The pack includes The Incredibles feature film, the original short film Jack-Jack Attack, and tons of other special features, including a behind-the-scenes look at Pixar.

See larger image The Incredibles (Four-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) (Blu-ray) Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

List Price: $45.99 Usd New From: $29.99 In Stock

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The Incredibles finally comes out on Blu-ray next Tuesday, but we have some preview clips from the film and its special features.

Film Clip- Engage

Film Clip- Fighting the Robot

Bonus Clip- Jack-Jack Attack Explodes

Bonus Clip- Kind of Looks Like You

Remember, the new 4-disc set comes with the following new bonus features (in addition to the already released DVD’s features)

• The Incredibles Revisited – A roundtable discussion with Writer/Director Brad Bird, Producer John Walker, Story Supervisor Mark Andrews, Supervising Technical Director Rick Sayre, Production Designer Lou Romano, Character Designer Teddy Newton, and Supervising Animator Tony Fucile.

• Paths To Pixar: Story Artists – Continuing the popular bonus feature series that viewers have seen on many other Disney•Pixar releases, this exciting new feature showcases multiple Pixar story artists giving viewers exciting insight into their work, their inspiration and the personal paths that eventually led them to a career at Pixar.

The Academy Award®-Winning animated feature, Disney•Pixar’s The Incredibles is slated to hit shelves as a 4-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack on April 12th. The pack includes The Incredibles feature film, the original short film Jack-Jack Attack, and tons of other special features, including a behind-the-scenes look at Pixar.

Check out the three clips from the impending Blu-ray release of The Incredibles below, along with how you can pre-order the Blu-ray Combo Pack and the official press release with all the details on the contents of the pack.

Come to Nomanisan Island: A Getaway from The Incredibles

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Convincing Edna

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Mr.Incredible vs. The Robot

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