{"id":731840,"date":"2026-06-28T23:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731840\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T23:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:18:12","slug":"bird-still-pushing-for-ray-gunn-in-cinemas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731840\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Still Pushing For &#8220;Ray Gunn&#8221; In Cinemas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bird-still-pushing-for-ray-gunn-in-cinemas.jpg\" data-caption=\"Netflix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bird-still-pushing-for-ray-gunn-in-cinemas.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"bird-still-pushing-for-ray-gunn-in-cinemas\"\/><\/a>Netflix<\/p>\n<p>For now, \u201cThe Iron Giant\u201d and \u201cThe Incredibles\u201d director Brad Bird\u2019s upcoming Netflix animated feature \u201cRay Gunn\u201d won\u2019t be getting the big screen treatment.<\/p>\n<p>As previously reported, Bird and his team have been trying to get a theatrical run for the film, but Netflix doesn\u2019t appear to be budging from its firm \u2018no\u2019 position.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Rockwell stars in the film as the titular Ray Gunn, a hardened private detective and the last human in a galaxy populated by alien beings, who becomes drawn into a complex mystery. Scarlett Johansson co-stars.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/brad-bird-ray-gunn-interview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Polygon<\/a> at the Annecy Festival this past week, Bird confirms he\u2019s continuing to push for a cinema run:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m talking. I don\u2019t know whether they\u2019re listening. I\u2019m very grateful that the film exists, and it exists because Netflix was willing to take a flyer on the idea and they\u2019ve been tremendously supportive. That said, it\u2019s not news to anyone that I\u2019m a big fan of theatrical\u2026 I believe it\u2019s the best way to see this movie the first time you see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netflix is only giving select titles limited theatrical runs.  If \u201cRay Gunn\u201d does premiere on the streamer first, Bird asks people to try and see it on the biggest screen possible:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would recommend you find the biggest screen you can, even if it\u2019s down the street at your neighbor\u2019s place. Barge right in there and say, \u2018We\u2019re seeing this movie because you have a big screen and that\u2019s the way it should be seen.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it will depend on the reviews.  Skydance Animation is behind the project which reportedly received very high test scores recently, while arguments are also swirling about the film\u2019s rating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRay Gunn\u201d will hit Netflix on December 18th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix For now, \u201cThe Iron Giant\u201d and \u201cThe Incredibles\u201d director Brad Bird\u2019s upcoming Netflix animated feature \u201cRay Gunn\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[137872,88,206],"class_list":["post-731840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}