For those who love the retrofuturistic aesthetic of The Incredibles, or Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, but hoped that it could maybe be mixed with a little bit more cyberpunk, director Brad Bird’s newest animated movie is here to make all your dreams come true. Instead of the dieselpunk of Incredibles, upcoming new film Ray Gunn is decidedly cyberpunk, if cyberpunk somehow existed in a 1940s hardboiled aesthetic.
With images clearly inspired by all sorts of anachronistic sci-fi (including at least one shot that feels straight from Attack of the Clones), Ray Gunn looks to be a mishmash of various genre conventions all at once. As one villain says to the titular private detective, “You’re old school!” So, what would Blade Runner look like as a Pixar-esque movie, but not actually made by Pixar? The answer is Ray Gunn, and the new trailer seems to strongly suggest this one is not for kids.
