The Incredibles 2

Actions occur after the events of the first film of the series . The Park family - Bob, Helen , Violet, Shastik and Jack Jack - continue to save the world. After they save the city hall from the underground super-villain Podryvashker, the authorities begin to worry about the level of damage caused by the super-heroes. As a result, Rick Dicker informs the Park family of the closure of the Super Defense program, which has left millions of people with superpowers unemployed around the world. After the trial, the family is forced to settle in a motel under the guise of ordinary people. Winston Dever, telecommunications tycoon and owner of DEVTECH, contacts Bob, Helen, and Freon. Together with their sister Evelyn, they offer them to participate in a campaign designed to return the love of the whole world to superheroes.

Helen was chosen as the program participant, whose methods of saving the world were considered the least destructive in comparison with other superheroes. According to the agreement, a surveillance camera is attached to the suit of Elastika, recording her actions during work, which should make people reconsider their views on the activities of superheroes. Winston provides the family with a new home. Bob offers to take care of children in the absence of his wife and soon discovers that Jack-Jack has seventeen different superpowers: it ignites, vibrates, becomes metallic, turns into a small monster, intangibility (passes through a wall, glass or protective field), superpower (from Mr. Exceptional ), telekinesis (moves objects with his eyes), emits long and short lasers with his eyes, becomes rubber (from Elastica), multiplies, electricity (creates lightning), teleportation, gravity, movement of human es space is transformed into other people, levitation (flying), increases in size; but nonetheless, trying to maintain control over the situation. Bob's strength is running out and he seeks help from Edna Maud, a designer of superhero costumes, a friend of the Park family and Lucius. She agrees to help, being delighted with the abilities of the baby. Meanwhile, during the mission, Helen encounters Ekranothiran, a mysterious villain who mesmerizes people through television screens and other equipment.

Elastica finds Ekranotiran's lair, defeats him and discovers that this is just an ordinary pizza delivery man, who himself was mesmerized. Winston invites all superheroes to a conference held on his ship, but everything gets out of control when Ekranothiran hypnotizes them and subjugates their power with hypnotic glasses. Elasticity is also controlled by a supervillain. It turns out that Evelyn is Ekranothiran, who decided to undermine the reputation of superheroes because of the old resentment against them. When she was a child, thieves and her father burst into their house, a big fan of superheroes who even set up phones for a direct line with two of them, died because none of the superheroes came to his aid in armed robbery of their house. Soon the villain manages to subjugate Bob and Lucius, and the only hope remains for the children of the Parks.

Violet, Shastik, and Jack Jack sneak aboard Dever's ship to save their parents and the rest. Having freed them, Lucius and the rest of the superheroes from hypnosis glasses, the group upset Evelyn's plan. She flees and is about to fly on a plane with her brother, but he refuses to help her. Evelyn flies away on a plane, but superheroes manage to stop her. Their reputation has been restored.

• Holly Hunter - Helen Park / Elastica ^[5]
• Craig T. Nelson - Robert Park / Bob / Mr. Exceptional ^[6]
• Sarah Wowell - ^[6]
• Hack Milner - Dashle Robert Park / Shastik ^[6]
• Samuel L. Jackson - Lucius Best / Freon ^[7]
• Brad Bird - ^[6]
• Jonathan Banks - Agent Rick Dicker
• John Ratzenberger - miner Podryvashkin
• Bob Odenkerk - Winston Dever ^[8]
• Katherine Keener - Evelyn Dever ^[8]
• Bill Wise - voice of Ekranotiran Screenslaver / Pizza Delivery Man
• Phil Lamarr - Krushauer and Electrics
• Sophia Bush - Karen / Void
• Paul Aiding - Gus Burns / Reflux
• Isabella Rossellini - Henrietta Selick, US Plenipotentiary Representative to the United Nations
• Kimberly Eder Clark - The Voice of Freon's Berry Wife
• Barry Bostwick - Mayor of New Urbem
• Michael Bird - Tony Rydinger
• Adam Gates - Chad Brentley
• Michael B. Johnson - Victor Kachet
• Jer Burns - the first detective
• Adam Rodriguez - second detective

Director Brad Bird said in June 2007, before the release of Ratatouille , that he was ready to return to the Incredibles project: “I’ll get down to work on the sequel, if I’m sure that the second part will be at least as good, like the first one. I already have separate ideas for the continuation, which I think are good enough, but so far I do not see the whole picture ” ^[9] .

During an interview in May 2013, Bird once again mentioned the idea of ​​creating the second part of the cartoon: “I already thought about it, although many thought that I would never return to this project. I love these characters and this universe. I thought about it a lot. "I have many ideas that I think should look good in the new cartoon about The Incredibles, and if I manage to put them together, I would like to include them in the second part."

At a Disney shareholders meeting in March 2014, Disney CEO and chairman Bob Iger confirmed that Pixar Studios is working with Bird and working on the sequel to The Incredibles. ^[10] Later that month, Samuel L. Jackson announced that he would most likely return to Freon’s voice acting in the second part of the cartoon ^[11] . In an April 2015 interview with NPR, Bird confirmed that he had begun work on a script for the second part of the animated cartoon ^[12] .

In May 2015, Byrd confirmed that The Incredibles 2 would be his next film after Earth of the Future . ^[13] In August 2015, the logo of the second part was displayed at the D23 Expo ^[14] . In October 2015, Bird confirmed that Michael Dzhakkino will again write music for the second part of the animated cartoon ^[15] . In November 2016, it was confirmed that Holly Hunter would return to Elastic’s voice acting ^[5] . On December 15, 2016, Samuel L. Jackson posted the photo on his Facebook page , confirming that he was going to return to Freon’s voice acting ^[7] .

Marketing

On November 18, 2017, the first teaser trailer was released.

Comics

In March 2018, it was announced that the 2018 incredibles 2 graphic novel and the comic book mini-series from Dark Horse Comics were also being prepared for release in 2018. A graphic novel called Incredibles 2: Heroes at Home was written by Liz Marsham and drawn by Nicoletta Baldari. Comic-miniseries Incredibles 2: Crisis in Mid-Life! & Other Stories was written by and and painted by the team of and artists , Andrea Greppi and Roberta Zanotta. ^{[16] [17] [18]}

Computer game

Simultaneously with the cartoon, a computer Lego game based on the plot of both cartoons was released ^[19] .

Rental

The release of the cartoon was originally scheduled for June 21, 2019, but soon the date was moved to June 15, 2018. On the original date (June 21, 2019), the release of the cartoon Toy Story 4 , which is behind in production ^{[20] [21]} , was postponed. In Russia, the picture was released June 14, 2018 ^[22] .

Cash gathering and records

According to Box Office Mojo , the Cartoon The Incredibles 2 raised $ 235,826,976 worldwide for the first weekend ( $ 182,687,905 in the 24th movie rental week in the US and Canada - the 2nd result for June after Jurassic World ^{[23 ]} , 4th for summer ^[24] and 8th in general ^[25] , plus $ 53,139,071 at the international box office), which makes it currently ranked 46th in the list of the best box office gates for the first weekend of world film distribution .

The cartoon raised a total of $ 1,242,805,359 worldwide ^[26] , of which $ 608,581,744 in the US and Canada ^[26] and $ 634,223,615 in other countries ^[26] (including $ 73,187,597 in the UK ($ 12,579) 895 for the first weekend), $ 51 473 064 in China ($ 20 985 934 for the first weekend), $ 43 890 785 in Japan, $ 42 286 341 in France, $ 37 575 760 in Brazil, $ 37 244 911 in Mexico ($ 12 097 243 in the first weekend ), $ 33 838 139 in Australia, $ 25 270 319 in Spain, $ 21 822 931 in South Korea, $ 20 578 828 in Germany, $ 15 712 921 in Argentina, $ 15 608 016 in Russia, $ 14 646 895 in Italy, $ 11 367 439 in Venezuela and $ 10,507,057 in Colombia) ^[27] .

It occupies the 2nd place (after Frozen ) in the list of the highest-grossing cartoons in the world of cartoons , the 4th place among the highest-grossing releases of 2018 ^[28] , the 5th place in the genre of superhero movie and the 16th place in the list highest grossing films in history ^[29] . In the box office of the USA and Canada, this is the highest grossing cartoon in the history of cinema ^[30] and from Pixar in particular ^[31] . The Incredibles 2 took the first place in the box office of Russia three times in a row in total gatherings for the week (24th, 25th and 26th) and for the weekend ^{[32] [33]} , and also took 45th place in the list of the highest-grossing cartoons of Russian film distribution for all time , with the third in 2018 ^{[34] [35]} , collecting 981 848 213 rubles and 4 717 504 viewers in Russia and the CIS according to the “ Film distribution newsletter ” ^[33] .

Criticism and reviews

The cartoon aroused rave reviews in the press. According to Rotten Tomatoes , the cartoon received 94% of the positive reviews out of 344 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9 / 10. The site summarizes the opinions of critics as follows: “The Pixar team presented us with the long-awaited continuation of the history of the superhero family, which may not be very similar to the first part, but nevertheless good enough to earn your own name ” ^[36] . On Metacritic, the cartoon has an average of 80 points out of 100 based on 51 reviews, indicating "universal acceptance" ^[37] .

Robert Abele of TheWrap praised the film, saying: “Be that as it may, the opposite in the sequel is a progressive, stunningly funny combination of super-security, retrospective aesthetics and Brad Bird’s family comedy” ^[38] . Variety called the cartoon “funny, but far from unbelievable” and wrote: “It’s true that in the Toy Story trilogy, the theme of obsolescence of toys was not only perfectly shown. This cartoon touched you for a living. When viewing “The Incredibles 2“ we will never get these emotions ” ^[39] .

Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune gave the film two and a half stars out of four, adding: “The Incredibles 2” is suitable to pass the evening by observing the bright, action-packed scenes of the film. Giaccino’s music is the most important element in creating this effect: it allows not only to preserve the uniqueness of the film, but also to present in the best way an interpretation of those that are familiar to us from childhood. The animation is vibrant and visually dynamic, everything would be fine ... if the name of the film was “Satisfactories 2”, it would be more correct ” ^[40] . Alex Hudson from Exclaim! praised the film’s sequence of actions, but criticized the lack of an original story ^[41] .

Critic Anton Dolin noted that The Incredibles 2 criticizes the euphoric movement for female emancipation and at the same time exposes male fanfare even harder. And most importantly, he wonders what happens to the family in the 21st century, when a ruthless human rights struggle destroyed its traditional models, but did not propose new ones ^[42] .

Awards and nominations

• 2018 - Award from the United States National Film Critics Council for Best Animated Film.
• 2019 - Oscar nomination for best feature-length animated film (Brad Bird, John Walker, Nicole Paradis Grindl).
• 2019 - nomination for the Golden Globe Award for the best animated film.
• 2019 - BAFTA Award nomination for Best Feature Film Animation (Brad Bird, John Walker).
• 2019 - two Annie awards for best music (Michael Giaccino) and for best storyboard (Dean Kelly), as well as 9 nominations: best full-length animated film, best directing (Brad Bird), best script (Brad Bird), best voice acting ( Holly Hunter), best character design (Matt Nolty), best character animation (Lance Fight), best storyboard (Bobby Rubio), best editing (Steven Schaffer, Anthony Greenberg, Katie Schaefer), best animation effects (Greg Gladstone, Tolga Goctekin, Jason Johnston, Eric Lacroix, Krzysztof Growth).
• 2019 - nomination for the " Satellite " award for the best animated film.

After the release of The Incredibles 2, director Brad Bird admitted that the cut-off schedule for the production of the cartoon led to the appearance of many storylines and ideas that he shot for the final version of the cartoon. He cited Pixar's decision in October 2016 to replace the release dates for Toy Story 4 and The Incredibles 2, which meant Byrd’s cartoon had lost its full production year. Bird argued that protracted storylines could lead to the third cartoon, as in the second.

There were a lot of ideas that we had in this film that could be used ... whether it be another film The Incredibles or something else.

Original text

There were a lot of ideas that we had on this film that could be [used] ... whether it's another Incredibles film, or something else.

- Brad Bird

Actors, including Samuel L. Jackson and Sophia Bush , have expressed interest in re-performing their roles.

I would never rule out this, and if the past is a prologue, it will be another 14 years - and many people will probably need oxygen to make a third.

Original text

I wouldn't ever rule it out and if past is prologue, it'll be another 14 years - and a lot of people will probably need oxygen to make a third one.

- John Walker

Producer John Walker will not collaborate on the work of the third part ^[43] .

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  - The Incredibles 2 official site