These 10 Cool Facts WIll Make You Want To Rewatch "The Incredibles" Again

by N/A, 10 years ago | 2 min read

These are super facts.

1. Executives told Bird that the movie was impossible to make.

He was told it would take 10 years to make the movie and tons of money. It ended up costing $92 million.

2. Sarah Vowell got the role of Violet because of This American Life.

Bird was listening to NPR and thought she has the perfect voice for the role.

3. There wasn't supposed to be a Pizza Planet cameo in this one.

Bird didn't ask anyone to put it in there, but it may have been put in by one of the animators.

4. Bomb Voyage had a different name.

They wanted to call it Bomb Perignon, but couldn't get the rights.

5. It was the first Pixar movie made using entirely CG humans.

6. The idea for movie was born in 1993.

Brad Bird developed the idea in 1993 but didn't pitch it to Pixar until 2003.

7. The movie used four times as many locations as any other Pixar movie.

There were 781 visual effects shots used, making it Pixar's longest movie.

8. A sequel is supposed to come out in 2016.

Bird will write and direct it.

9. Bird didn't realize that he looked like the villain until it was too late.

10. There aren't references to Ayn Rand or Nietzsche.

A lot of people think the theme of "celebrating mediocrity" came from those authors, but it didn't.