Brad Bird pours cold water on speculation surrounding his Oscar-winning Pixar film Ratatouille.
said Bird, who wrote and directed the 2007 film about a mouse with an unexpected talent for cooking Collider In an interview published on Thursday he said he had no plans to work on Potential Ratatouille 2despite clear interest from Pixar brass in a sequel. This follows Ratatouille Voice star Patton Oswalt recently expressed interest in reprising the character.
“No, I don’t,” Bird told the publication when asked if he had an interest in it. Ratatouille 2. Referring to Pixar executives, the director continued, “They played a little trick on it to see how I would react. They would tell a joke, but the joke would be a little serious, like, ‘Would you allow that?’ And I would say, ‘No, we told that story.’”
Bird, who also directed the 2004 hit Pixar film The Incredibles He said he’s not surprised when Hollywood is eyeing a potential sequel and sequel to the film in 2018. He said he’s also fielded questions about a potential follow-up to his animated film Iron giant Released by Warner Bros. In 1999.
“Anytime you do something that ends up connecting with people, they automatically think, ‘What about someone else?’” the director said. “People have mentioned that about him Iron giantWhich is funny to me because the movie didn’t do well at all in its initial release. The time has come, but what will you do to follow through? He’s wandering around, and he hasn’t been discovered yet? In other words, for me, this story was told.
Ratatouille The film’s events revolve around a mouse residing in Paris who has a penchant for cooking and teams up with a young restaurant employee. Lou Romano, Ian Holm, Janeane Garofalo, Peter O’Toole and Brad Garrett also provided voices for the Disney film, which grossed more than $620 million ($1 billion today) at the global box office and was nominated for five Oscars, including a win for Best Animated Feature.
Pixar has had great success with sequels to its popular properties. Toy Story 5 Recorded the largest frame debut of the year when it opened on Friday, while Inside out 2 It became the highest-grossing title of 2024.
Oswalt said obsessed podcast in an episode released last week that he would return to the game world Ratatouille. “Obviously I would love to have him there Ratatouille “A sequel,” he said. But Oswalt made it clear he wanted to make sure Bird was involved: “So if he gets an idea, that’s the one I want to do.”
