Then, one night at about 11:30, Bird got a text message from J.J. But he went on his way, pursuing an ambitious live-action project about the wild and woolly scene in San Francisco just before the 1906 earthquake. “His composition and storytelling was absolutely wonderful, and I said, ‘If you ever want to direct live action, please, please direct me,”’ Cruise said by telephone from Tokyo. He called Bird shortly after The Incredibles was released. Adding to the pressure, the movie’s star, Tom Cruise, who is also a producer, urgently needs a fresh hit.īird got this gig largely because of Cruise. It’s proving that a director is a director is a director, breaking out of what is perhaps Hollywood’s most restrictive ghetto.īird’s movie, the fourth in the Paramount Pictures franchise, cost an estimated US$145 million to make and was filmed on location (Dubai, India, Russia) using Imax cameras. But it’s clear from talking to him that part of the challenge is not just mastering a different kind of movie. “I don’t want to make the same kind of movie over and over,” he said. US director Brad Bird arrives for the premiere of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol in London on Tuesday.
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