Just Jared has obtained exclusive shots of The Incredibles and Ratatouille director Brad Bird on his latest assignment.
Yup — that’s Tom Cruise with the acclaimed animation guru scouting a location for his upcoming feature, Mission: Impossible IV. According to reports, the live-action film (a first for Bird) will be shot in Prague.
At Upcoming Pixar, we’re not known for catering to the paparazzi (or non-Pixar related matters) but these photos were just too good to pass up. Besides, it’s the perfect opportunity to discuss the Brain Trust member’s future at Pixar and beyond — assuming he returns to his roots in animation. For now, this is what he’s up to! Excited?
What will Brad be up to next: 1906; The Incredibles 2? P.S. Check out his cap!
(via Cartoon Brew)
Last modified: September 21, 2010
What if Brad’s scouting Cruise for a future Pixar production while making M:I 4?
You never know. ^^^
Haha, When you said look at his cap I was looking a the wrong guy’s head. “New York Yankees? That doesn’t make any sense!” Then I saw I was looking at Tom.
I’m not sure if you guys knew this already, but apparently Paramount doesn’t want to call it Mission: Impossible IV. The current working title is “Aries.”
Anyway, Brad Bird could announce his next film is about a pile of dirty laundry and I’d be lining up to see it, the man is a genius and I can’t wait to see M:I– er, I mean Aries and I’m eagerly awaiting whatever he has planned next.
I’ve figured that Brad is using ‘MI:4’ as a possible springboard to prove himself towards getting ‘1906’ made.
I just hope that Paramount won’t throw a large line of executives and product-people at Brad, but he’s stepped outside PIXAR and back into the real world, and the studio system is…meh.
Why are you reporting this when you refuse to report anything related to John Carter of Mars because it’s not from Pixar?
Like I said, it’s too good to pass up. JCoM casting announcements— not so much. That’s my opinion. For the record, I don’t refuse to post about JCoM. If it involves Andrew Stanton heavily, I’ll post about it. Minutiae— no thanks.
I’m not all that crazy about Mission Impossible, but as long as Bird will continue to work with Pixar, that’s fine with me.
I don’t really like the M:I movies, but—-it’s Brad Bird. I might actually like this one. However, I’d prefer more Pixar.
I was looking at the DGCBC film list (http://www.dgcbc.com/productions.pdf) which has a list of upcoming productions and it has ARIES listed as starting December/10.
So…shooting in Prague or Vancouver? Prag-couver?
Anyway there’s a new Pixar studio here too. Maybe it doesn’t mean anything – maybe it means a lot…