IRON GIANT Director Brad Bird Offered Input on Marvel's WEREWOLF BY NIGHT

Brad Bird, the director of The Iron Giant and The Incredibles offers some input on Marvel’s awesome-looking horror special Werewolf by Night. It turns out there was one thing that director Michael Giacchino was trying to get right in the film, and Bird gave him exactly what he was looking for.

Giacchino explained in a recent interview with CB: "Brad did come in and watch it for me and had some really good thoughts. And there was a key thing that I was looking for that I couldn't quite crack. It was a specific line of dialogue that I wanted to do in a specific way. And we just couldn't figure it out. And I asked Brad, I was like, 'Brad, what do you think?' And he instantly said, 'Oh, do it like this.' And I was just like, 'Of course.'"

Giacchino did not reveal the specific scene that Bird helped with, which means the filmmaker must be preserving the story or a big surprise. But, one day after the series is released, I’m sure that information will be revealed.

While Bird didn’t have a heavy hand in the series, it’s still kinda cool that he did help out with something. I’m just such a big fan of Bird and he doesn’t do enough these days!

The filmmaker went on to talk about the visual effects in the film and how he want to do as much of it as practical as possible. He said: "Wherever we could do practical in camera effects, we did it. And I would say there's a ton of them in there that you just would never even know."

One sequence, in particular, is said to feature an impressive shot that centers around the transformation of the werewolf. Damn, I can’t wait to watch this!

The project is a throwback to the black and white horror films of the ’30s and ’40s. The story centers on a group of unusual suspects gathered together on a creepy night, and one of them is the Werewolf by Night. They find themselves in a position where they are forced to stay alive as the end of the night approaches.

Gael García Bernal plays Jack Russell, a.k.a. Werewolf by Night, and he’s joined by Laura Donnelly and Harriet Sansom Harris. It will premiere on Disney Plus on October 7th.