{"id":712772,"date":"2026-06-03T18:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/712772\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:12:12","slug":"brad-birds-passion-project-ray-gunn-will-be-a-really-good-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/712772\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Bird\u2019s Passion-Project Ray Gunn Will Be \u2018A Really Good Time\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great things happen when Brad Bird goes animated. This is the filmmaker who cut his teeth on The Simpsons in its prime, and went on to helm The Iron Giant<\/a>, The Incredibles<\/a> and its sequel, and Ratatouille<\/a>. And running through the background of it all, he\u2019s always wanted to make Ray Gunn<\/a> \u2013 a retro-sci-fi noir which he\u2019s been stewing on since the 1990s. Now, it\u2019s finally real, arriving as an animated feature on Netflix<\/a> later this year, with some stellar voice talent to boot.<\/p>\n

In the role of the brilliantly-named Ray Gunn himself is Sam Rockwell. \u201cHe\u2019s pretty much your Main Street private detective,\u201d Bird tells Empire of his hero. \u201cA hard-bitten character, but not without a sense of humour.\u201d And getting someone as expressive as Rockwell in the booth only adds to the personality of your hero. \u201cSam is just an amazing actor, and he\u2019s quirky and unpredictable,\u201d says Bird. \u201cHe never phones it in. It inspires you to bring something to the table as an animator.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Gunn \u2013 the last human private detective in a world inhabited by all kinds of galactic beings \u2013 becomes embroiled in a twisty-turny mystery, Bird promises audiences are in for a ride. \u201cIt has no shortage of thoughts in it. But it\u2019s primarily meant to be good with a box full of popcorn,\u201d he explains. \u201cIt\u2019s meant to be a really good time.\u201d Plus, in true Brad Bird style, it\u2019s a real genre blend. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot more action in this movie than a normal noir, and there\u2019s more comedy,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s a blend of things going on at once.\u201d Sounds like it\u2019ll be worth the seriously long wait.<\/p>\n

\"Empire<\/p>\n

Read Empire\u2019s full Ray Gunn story in the Spider-Man: Brand New Day issue<\/a>, on sale Thursday 4 June. Order a copy online here<\/a>. Ray Gunn comes to Netflix later in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great things happen when Brad Bird goes animated. This is the filmmaker who cut his teeth on The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-712772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}