The latest on 1906
Brad Bird is one of those directors that emerged within the past decade that many of us have come to love and admire. He made a couple of films that we all dig, including The Iron Giant, The Incredibles and Ratatouille. Okay, not everyone likes Ratatouille as much as me but it’s far better than Cars. Anyways, there’s been one particular project that the famous writer/director has been conjuring up for awhile now, 1906, and we finally got an update from Latino Review on the fate of the project.
For those of you who don’t know, 1906 is about a young man who discovers a series of secrets and lies that left San Francisco highly vulnerable to the fires that engulfed it in the aftermath of the historical 1906 earthquake. Here’s more on what’s the latest on the feature.:
Time has kept ticking and it seems no closer to being made than before. There is no official start date. There is no studio approval from Warner or its Disney-Pixar partnership. Yes, the Mouse is involved, but Warner is the active partner in this. The budget and length of the script are said to be problems for the Suits that weld power over Brad’s fate. And there is doubt that they will give it approval. Bird has turned in at least two drafts and is awaiting a decision. Several Bothans that I talked to are starting to express doubt that it’ll ever come to pass. Not that it isn’t a great script that would make a great film, but the length and size of the budget make some at Warner very nervous. Think of it as a project of “Titanic” proportions and yes I meant the innuendo.
And so Brad Bird waits. The question is how long will he wait if the Suits continue to have cold feet? He’s already been away for two years. Will he try and get the studio to release the project if they turn him down? Perhaps he’ll go back to Pixar and start working on another film (Incredibles 2, Ray Gunn)?
Unfortunately it’s not looking very good for the project, much to the dismay of Bird. Another unfortunate part is that this reporter here is more curious to when they’re going to make a sequel to The Incredibles, as intriguing as this project might sound.
