We caught the first trailer for the upcoming Netflix animated film Ray Gunn in September and were charmed by director Brad Bird’s blend of a Jetsons-like future with classic 1930s noir detective thrillers. Bird has described it as a mashup of The Maltese Falcon and Buck Rogers, and the latest trailer definitely gives off that energy. As previously reported, Bird has directed some of our all-time favorite animated films: The Iron Giant (1999), The Incredibles (2004), and Ratatouille (2007), with the latter two snagging well-deserved Oscar wins. He’s been kicking around the idea for Ray Gunn for the last 30 years, working on his many other film projects while the Ray Gunn script\u2014co-Batteries Not Included with Bird\u2014\u201cstayed in a filing cabinet at Warner Brothers,\u201d the director said earlier this year.<\/p>\n
The film\u2019s inspiration came when Bird heard the opening of the B-52s\u2019 \u201cPlanet Claire\u201d (a personal favorite that also provides the soundtrack to the new trailer) and initially thought it was a cover of Henry Mancini\u2019s theme music from the classic TV show Peter Gunn. Bird is a longtime fan of film noir and hard-boiled detectives, and he came up with the idea of a futuristic detective named Ray Gunn (a pun on “raygun,” of course). \u201cIt\u2019s film noir and a hard-boiled detective story, but it\u2019s got a lot more comedy and a lot more action than the average film noir,\u201d said Bird.Read full article
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