Brad Fowl Appears Again on a Legendary Profession and Ahead to ‘Ray Gunn’ at SDCC 2026 [Exclusive]

Yearly, Collider takes the stage at San Diego Comedian-Con to ask con-goers to our in-depth conversations with the creatives behind the magic and craftsmanship of filmmaking with our “Administrators on Directing” and “Producers on Producing” panels. This yr, we’re honored to announce that now we have the chance to focus on Academy Award-winning filmmaker Brad Fowl with our panel, “Brad Fowl: My Cinematic Journey.”

This yr, Fowl will be a part of us for a wide-ranging dialog celebrating his outstanding profession, together with The Iron Big, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Mission: Unimaginable-Ghost Protocol. Fowl will focus on his artistic course of, storytelling strategy, and the unforgettable characters and worlds which have outlined his movies. He’ll additionally give followers an unique first have a look at his upcoming Skydance Animation and Netflix function, Ray Gunn, sharing new particulars concerning the movie’s story, fashion, and what audiences can count on from his much-anticipated subsequent movie. Guiding the dialog is Collider’s editor-in-chief, Steven Weintraub. Don’t miss out in your probability to affix us in celebrating Fowl’s affect on the world of movie!

What Is Netflix’s ‘Ray Gunn’ About?

Collider not too long ago sat down with Fowl on the Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Pageant, the place the author and director previewed the primary seven minutes of the Netflix movie. Throughout that dialog, Fowl defined how his grownup animated film developed over the 30 years that he’s held on to the dream of seeing it come to fruition, going from a 2D animated story to using the instruments accessible right this moment to “deal with it like a live-action film.”

In Ray Gunn, set to premiere on Netflix on December 18, non-public detective Raymond Gunn (voiced by Sam Rockwell) is the final human detective in a futuristic world the place people and aliens coexist. Metropia is a megacity set in an alternate 1939 universe, mixing ‘40s noir with sci-fi when Gunn takes on a case that attracts him right into a homicide thriller, and the alluring pull of multimedia star Venus Nova, voiced by Scarlett Johansson.

For extra data on our “Brad Fowl: My Cinematic Journey” panel, you should definitely control SDCC’s schedule updates, the place they’re going to be saying the panel’s time, location, and date quickly.

Director

Brad Fowl

Writers

Matthew Robbins, Brad Fowl

Producers

Alex Schwartz, Brad Fowl, Connie Nartonis Thompson, Dana Goldberg, David Ellison, Hannah Minghella, John Lasseter, Karen Rupert Toliver, Lisa Beroud