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Philip Bradley Bird (born September 24, 1957) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He has had a career spanning over four decades in both live-action and animation. Bird was born in Montana and grew up in Oregon. He developed an interest in the art of animation early on, and completed his first short subject by age 14. Bird sent the film to Walt Disney Productions, leading to an apprenticeship from the studio's Nine Old Men. He attended the California Institute of the Arts in the late 1970s, and worked for Disney shortly thereafter. In the 1980s, Bird worked in film development with various studios. He co-wrote Batteries Not Included (1987), and developed two episodes of Amazing Stories for Steven Spielberg, including its spin-off (based on a segment written by Bird for the show), the widely panned animated sitcom Family Dog. Afterwards, Bird joined the animated sitcom The Simpsons as creative consultant for eight seasons. He directed the animated film The Iron Giant (1999); though acclaimed, it was a box-office bomb. Bird moved to Pixar where he wrote and directed two successful animated films, The Incredibles (2004) and Ratatouille (2007). They earned Bird two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature wins and Best Original Screenplay nominations. He transitioned to live-action filmmaking with similarly successful Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), he then directed Disney's Tomorrowland (2015). He returned to Pixar to develop Incredibles 2 (2018), which became the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time during its theatrical run, and earned him another nomination for the Academy Award. Bird has a reputation for supervising his projects to a high degree of detail. He advocates for creative freedom and the possibilities of animation, and has criticized its stereotype as children's entertainment, or classification as a genre, rather than an art. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brad Bird, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Clark Kent quietly navigates a world on edge, hiding powers he doesn’t fully understand. As alien paranoia rises, Metropolis reels from a wave of attacks by two bioengineered threats: Metallo, a cybernetic soldier powered by a glowing green core, and Parasite, a former janitor turned energy-leeching monster. Both are secretly orchestrated by Lex Luthor, who manipulates public fear to discredit Superman and position himself as humanity’s defender. As Superman rises to stop the chaos, he wrestles with identity, purpose, and the fine line between savior and threat. In a climactic battle through the heart of the city, he defeats Metallo and outsmarts Parasite by overloading his absorption. Still, the damage is done—trust is shaken, and Superman realizes that mankind’s deepest dangers may not come from the stars, but from its own obsession with control. Days later, Lex Luthor delivers a televised eulogy for Army veteran John Corben, hailing him as a true son of Earth who died protecting it. With cold precision, he declares, “This is the cost when we entrust our safety to an alien. Let us not forget who bleeds for us. Who dies for us.” The crowd applauds, unaware of Lex’s hand in Corben’s death. Mid Credits: Lex stands over a hidden lab. Superman’s blood swirls in a vial marked “Project B-Zero.” “Let’s see what a weapon without a soul can do.” Post Credits: Amanda Waller studies a heavily secured cell. Parasite snarls within. “You’re dangerous… and useful.”
