Incredibles Director Brad Bird's Long-Planned 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Project Could Become a Miniseries | Comic Con 2026

At San Diego Comic-Con Thursday, The Incredibles and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol manager Brad Bird revealed he's looking to crook his long-in-development task astir the 1906 San Francisco earthquake into a miniseries.

This task goes mode backmost for Bird, with the archetypal reports that helium was considering making it arsenic a diagnostic movie dating backmost to 2007. It was meant to beryllium his live-action debut, but ne'er came to be, with Bird alternatively making Ghost Protocol.

Bird dismissed what helium referred to arsenic "BS stories online" astatine the clip that the movie mentation was halted due to the fact that of fund concerns. Instead, helium said, it simply was a concern of not being capable to fig retired however to acceptable everything helium wanted to into 1 film.

As Bird explained, erstwhile helium began to probe the 1906 quake, "the deeper I dug, the much worldly [I'd find]." At a definite point, helium felt similar helium was cutting excessively much, which is wherefore a miniseries would beryllium a earthy fit. Though helium cautioned it would so request a ample fund due to the fact that "it has to beryllium large similar a movie.”

Bird's comments astir the task were made during the Brad Bird: My Cinematic Journey sheet astatine SDCC, hosted by Collider EIC Steven Weintraub. When Weintraub asked however Bird envisions the miniseries, helium remarked, "It’s astir apt similar 8 episodes. But it has the top physique ever. It’s not conscionable the earthquake, it’s the occurrence aft earthquake."

He went connected to enactment that the occurrence that followed the earthquake was fed by elephantine winds that "got to beryllium similar gale force."

Understandably, overmuch of the sheet was focused connected Bird's adjacent project, the animated movie Ray Gunn releasing connected Netflix this fall. Incredibles 3 was besides mentioned, with longtime Bird collaborator, composer Michael Giachinno (who besides scored Spider-Man: Brand New Day), making a astonishment appearance. Bird reiterated that helium is not directing Incredibles 3 — Pete Sohn (Elemental) volition nonstop — but helium is co-writing (alongside Dana Murray) and producing the project.

As for Giachinno's involvement, erstwhile the composer coyly asked who's doing the score, Bird joked, "the shade of Jerry Goldsmith” earlier deadpanning: “We’ll speech astir it." That's probably a confirmation Giachinno volition so instrumentality for the adjacent installment of the Incredibles franchise.

Bird besides mentioned a spot astir different task helium has successful improvement — 1 that could perchance hap earlier the 1906 miniseries. Bird didn't privation to uncover galore details, but said it was a movie he'd direct. “It’s live-action, but there’s animation successful it.”