Here's Why The Incredibles 2 Starts Right After the First Film

Before the first official trailer for The Incredibles 2 changed minds, fans were disappointed when it was revealed that the sequel would be taking place moments after the first film. Fans wanted to see Dash, Jack-Jack, and Violet as older, more experienced superheroes. While fans are still excited for the sequel, thanks to the fun trailer, many were still wondering why we didn't get a time skip.

Incredibles 2 director Brad Bird has opened up on why he decided to set the film right after the first one. Speaking with Screen Rant, Bird revealed that he initially had plans to age everyone up a bit but chose not to since he felt that the core appeal of The Incredibles was the family aspect.

Here is Bird's full statement:

"Men are always expected to be strong, so I had Bob have super strength. Mothers are always pulled in a million different directions, so I had her be elastic. Teenagers are insecure and defensive, so I had Violet have force fields and invisibility. Ten-year olds are energy balls that can't be stopped. And babies are unknowns. Maybe they have no powers, maybe they have all powers – we don't know. That's what Jack Jack was; he was seemingly the most normal one in the family and then at the end of Incredibles, you find out he's a wild card and he's sort of the Swiss army knife of powers. And that reminds me of the way babies can grasp language really easily and adapt them easily. That idea changes if you age the characters up, and the insight into those periods of your life and those particular perspectives disappear once you age them up. I'm not interested in a college aged Jack Jack, I'm just not."

The director feels that having three kids in a different age group adds to the complexity of the various situations they will be facing in the film and he has a good argument. With Bob now a stay-at-home dad and having to help each of his kids, one of whom has an unknown set of powers, it's easy to see why they went in this direction.

Incredibles 2 will be hitting theaters on June 15.

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