The Incredibles 3

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Production notes

Incredibles 3 is being directed by Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur, Elemental) — his third Pixar feature, following Brad Bird's decision in mid-2025 to step back from directing the film due to his commitments to Skydance Animation's CG sci-fi noir feature Ray Gunn. Bird remains the film's writer and producer, and Bird and Pete Docter personally chose Sohn to take over directing duties; Sohn has worked closely with Bird across all of his previous animated films. The film is the third installment in the Parr family superhero saga that began with The Incredibles (2004) and continued with Incredibles 2 (2018), making it Pixar's fourth franchise to extend to three theatrical features after Toy Story, Cars, and the Inside Out series. Casting and plot details remain confidential as of mid-2026, but Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Samuel L. Jackson, and the original principal voice cast are expected to return. Composer Michael Giacchino is expected to return as well. The film is currently scheduled for 2027 release.

Trivia

• Incredibles 3 will be the first Incredibles film not directed by Brad Bird; Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur, Elemental) was personally chosen by Bird and Pete Docter to take over directing duties after Bird stepped back due to commitments to Skydance Animation's Ray Gunn.
• Brad Bird remains the film's writer and producer despite stepping back from directing, continuing his role as the franchise's primary creative voice — he had written and directed both previous Incredibles films and remains the franchise's signature creator.
• Peter Sohn rose to direct Incredibles 3 on the strength of Elemental's slow-build commercial recovery; his promotion to a major franchise property marked a significant elevation for a director whose previous theatrical features had received mixed initial reception.
• The first Incredibles film grossed $632 million worldwide and Incredibles 2 grossed $1.24 billion — making the Incredibles franchise's combined two-film theatrical gross approximately $1.87 billion, one of the most reliably commercial properties in Pixar's catalog.
• Incredibles 3 marks Pixar's fourth franchise to extend to a third theatrical feature, following Toy Story (which has now reached five films), Cars (three films), and the Inside Out / Inside Out 2 sequence.

Legacy

Incredibles 3 will be one of Pixar's highest-stakes theatrical releases of the late 2020s, given the franchise's billion-dollar second-film performance and its status as one of Disney's most reliable superhero-genre properties. The director change — Peter Sohn replacing Brad Bird — has been characterized publicly as a continuity choice (Bird remains writer and producer, Sohn was personally chosen by him), but it inevitably reshapes the franchise's creative identity given Bird's outsized association with the original two films. The release will arrive in a market where animated sequels have demonstrated unprecedented commercial reliability (Inside Out 2, Moana 2, Zootopia 2 each exceeded $1 billion), and Incredibles 3's projected performance has been positioned in that tier. Beyond the immediate film, the project represents Pixar's deliberate decision to keep the Incredibles franchise actively producing in the late 2020s — making the Parr family one of the studio's most consistently extended properties since Toy Story.