Netflix’s ‘Ray Gunn’ gets 2nd trailer, and we're hyped for this animated sci-fi noir from ‘Incredibles’ director Brad Bird
"The Incredibles'" Brad Bird serves up a sci-fi detective tale in "Ray Gunn" (Image credit: Netflix) This energetic new preview is locked and loaded with dazzling visuals by Cinesite, freaky creatures, streamlined flying cars, and a blistering pace.
Key points
- And if you listen very closely, The B-52s' "Planet Claire" can be heard playing in the background, which is one of the touchstones that inspired Bird to begin his 36-year journey to bring "Ray Gunn" to life.
- 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—co-written by Matthew Robbins, who also co-wrote 1987’s Batteries Not Included with Bird—“stayed in a filing cabinet at Warner Brothers,” the director said earlier this year.
- 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 play on " raygun," of course).
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.
Additional details
- 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.
- The film’s inspiration came when Bird heard the opening of the B-52s’ “ Planet Claire ” (a personal favorite that also provides the soundtrack to the new trailer) and initially thought it was a cover of Henry Mancini’s theme music from the classic TV show Peter Gunn.
- "Strap in, buster!" Watch Ray Gunn on Netflix on Dec 18: Standard with ads: $8.99/month Standard: $19.99/month Premium (4K): $26.99/month.
- Also starring the vocal talents of Tom Waits, Bobby Cannavale, Alan Tudyk, Matt Berry, and Michelle Rodriguez, "Ray Gunn" opens in select theaters and 70mm screenings Dec.
- "In Metropia, a gigantic city in an alternate future as seen from 1939, private eye Raymond Gunn (Sam Rockwell) is drawn into a case involving aliens, murder, and a multimedia starlet named Venus Nova (Scarlett Johansson)," states the official synopsis.
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