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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
The second season of Mutants, subtitled as ''The Astonishing X-Men''. It will focus on the international mutant recruits. We see the original X-Men be mentors to help train the new generation. Though, Logan, one of the mutants have a mysterious past and an unlikable attitude. It creates conflict and builds character arcs for the crew. Meanwhile, we see Magneto recruit Mystique, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver etc. The Brotherhood of Mutants are reborn to take revenge upon Xavier. From here we can witness Magneto doing his ruthless crimes, such as creating Asteroid M and taking over Genosha. During the course of the season, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch grow more unsure and worried of Magneto's actions and later depature him to join the X-Men. Nightcrawlers arc with Mystique and Azazel will make his character have more depths and nuance. Storm will have an arc on par to Nightcrawler, Wolverine and Cyclops so we can believe she is a good successor for Scott to become the leader of the X-Men.
