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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
Superman has spent his first year operating publicly and has rapidly transformed from an unbelievable phenomenon into a worldwide symbol of hope. Across Metropolis and beyond, people celebrate him as a savior who prevents disasters and protects lives without asking for anything in return. However, beneath the admiration, billionaire genius and LexCorp founder Lex Luthor quietly sees Superman as a threat to humanity’s future. Publicly presenting himself as a beloved philanthropist and protector of human progress, Lex begins funding growing “Humanity First” movements, arguing that humanity should never become dependent on an all-powerful alien. Clark Kent struggles with the weight of his abilities and the responsibility of deciding how much influence one person should have over the world. While Lois Lane investigates LexCorp’s hidden dealings and Jimmy Olsen captures the hopeful image of Superman the public loves, Lex secretly recruits wounded mercenary John Corben and transforms him into Metallo, a cybernetic super-soldier powered by a mysterious green meteorite. During Metallo’s assault on Metropolis, Superman experiences pain and weakness unlike anything he has felt before, exposing a dangerous vulnerability. Despite nearly being killed, Superman defeats Metallo through strategy and determination rather than lethal force, preserving Corben’s life. Lex erases all evidence linking himself to the attack, emerging with his reputation stronger than ever while Superman realizes enemies will target what makes him different. Post-Credits: Deep within a secured LexCorp research facility in Metropolis, classified files on Kryptonite and Superman disappear from encrypted servers. Security alarms activate as a dark figure steps into the red light, revealing Batman before he vanishes back into the shadows.
