{"id":738055,"date":"2026-07-02T02:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/738055\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T02:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:12:11","slug":"brad-bird-looks-back-on-a-legendary-career-and-forward-to-ray-gunn-at-sdcc-2026-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/738055\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Bird Looks Back on a Legendary Career and Forward to \u2018Ray Gunn\u2019 at SDCC 2026 [Exclusive]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year, Collider takes the stage at San Diego Comic-Con<\/a> to invite con-goers to our in-depth conversations with the creatives behind the magic and craftsmanship of filmmaking with our \u201cDirectors on Directing<\/a>\u201d and \u201cProducers on Producing<\/a>\u201d panels. This year, we\u2019re honored to announce that we have the opportunity to highlight Academy Award-winning filmmaker Brad Bird<\/a> with our panel, \u201cBrad Bird: My Cinematic Journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, Bird will join us for a wide-ranging conversation celebrating his remarkable career, including The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol. Bird will discuss his creative process, storytelling approach, and the unforgettable characters and worlds that have defined his films. He\u2019ll also give fans an exclusive first look at his upcoming Skydance Animation and Netflix feature, Ray Gunn<\/a>, sharing new details about the film\u2019s story, style, and what audiences can expect from his much-anticipated next film. Guiding the conversation is Collider\u2019s editor-in-chief, Steven Weintraub<\/a>. Don\u2019t miss out on your chance to join us in celebrating Bird\u2019s impact on the world of film!<\/p>\n

What Is Netflix\u2019s \u2018Ray Gunn\u2019 About?<\/p>\n

Collider recently sat down with Bird<\/a> at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where the writer and director previewed the first seven minutes of the Netflix film. During that conversation, Bird explained how his adult animated movie evolved over the 30 years<\/a> that he\u2019s held on to the dream of seeing it come to fruition, going from a 2D animated tale to utilizing the tools available today to \u201ctreat it like a live-action movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Ray Gunn, set to premiere on Netflix on December 18, private detective Raymond Gunn (voiced by Sam Rockwell<\/a>) is the last human detective in a futuristic world where humans and aliens coexist. Metropia is a megacity set in an alternate 1939 universe, blending \u201840s noir with sci-fi when Gunn takes on a case that draws him into a murder mystery, and the alluring pull of multimedia star Venus Nova, voiced by Scarlett Johansson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information on our “Brad Bird: My Cinematic Journey” panel, be sure to keep an eye on SDCC\u2019s schedule updates<\/a>, where they’ll be announcing the panel’s time, location, and date soon.<\/p>\n

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Director<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrad Bird<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatthew Robbins, Brad Bird<\/p>\n

Producers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Schwartz, Brad Bird, Connie Nartonis Thompson, Dana Goldberg, David Ellison<\/a>, Hannah Minghella, John Lasseter, Karen Rupert Toliver, Lisa Beroud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every year, Collider takes the stage at San Diego Comic-Con to invite con-goers to our in-depth conversations with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-738055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738055","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=738055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}