Brad Bird's Ray Gunn: Sci-Fi Noir on Netflix

0:00On April 9th, Brad Bird is back in the director's chair with a fresh animated join called Ray Gunn, heading to Netflix. It's a slick mashup of sci-fi adventures and those Gritty 40s detective flicks, think hard-boiled noir, crashing into space-opper. Voices drop from heavy hitters like Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and the legendary Tom Waites with Bird co-writing the script, too. The story unfolds in Metropia, this massive city straight out of a 1939 vision of the future. Private Eye Rayman Gunn gets pulled into a wild case, mixing aliens, murders, and a flashy multimedia celeb named Venus Nova. Bird's got big plans here, aiming straight at folks who dodge animation altogether. He sees it as this powerhouse art form that's way too boxed in, and he wants to flip that script with cinematic flair and over-the-top characters. This marks Bird's first full directorial run since Incredibles 2 back in 2018. He wrote and exec produced the next Incredibles flick coming up, but handed off the directing

1:03reins there. Netflix has Ray Gunn locked for 2026 drop, blending those classic genres into something fresh that could pull in crowds we ain't seeing. Before, for animation, entertainment and celebrity news, today, powered by AI bringing you what's trending.