'Ratatouille' director shoots down movie sequel: 'We told that story'
Guess we won't be seeing more of genius rat chef Remy as the Ratatouille director rejected the idea of a sequel.
Brad Bird, who helmed the hit 2007 movie, made the statement in his interview with Collider. Bird shared that Pixar executives have asked whether he'd be interested in a second movie, to which he answered, "No, I don't."
"They've made little feints towards that to see how I would react. They'll, like, crack a joke, but the joke will be a little bit serious, like, 'Would you?' And I'm like, 'No, we told that story,'" he said.
"Any time you do something that ends up connecting with people, they automatically think, 'How about another?' People have mentioned it about The Iron Giant, which is hilarious to me because the film didn't succeed at all in its initial release. It's caught up in time, but what would you do to follow that up? He's lumbering around, still undiscovered? In other words, to me, that story is told," he explained.
Patton Oswalt, who voiced Remy, previously expressed his interest in reprising his role for the sequel as long as Bird is on board.
“Obviously, I’d love if there was a Ratatouille sequel,” Oswalt told The Daily Beast.
“So if he [Bird] gets an idea, that’s the one I wanna do. I don’t wanna be the guy going, ‘Hey, what if Remy did this?’ I want it to be one of those ideas that happens that you cannot get away from. I don’t want it to come from us going, ‘All right, let’s get out the legal pads and let’s break down a sequel.’ There are a lot of movies where that’s how they’re done, and it always feels inorganic," he added.
Ratatouille tells the story of a rat who dreams of becoming a chef in Paris. His life changes when he teams up with garbage boy Linguini and guides him in preparing dishes that wow the French culinary scene.
It was hailed as the Best Animated Feature Film of the Year in 2008 at the Academy Awards. It also racked up nominations and wins in several prestigious award-giving bodies, including Annie Awards, ACE Eddie Awards, BAFTA Awards, and Golden Globes, among many others.
