{"id":979,"date":"2008-03-13T02:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T02:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/03\/its-official-brad-bird-will-direct-1906\/"},"modified":"2008-03-13T02:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T02:56:00","slug":"its-official-brad-bird-will-direct-1906","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/03\/its-official-brad-bird-will-direct-1906.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s official: Brad Bird will direct 1906."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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One year ago<\/a>, I mentioned that Brad Bird \u2014 the Oscar-winning director of The Iron Giant<\/i> (1999), The Incredibles<\/a><\/i> (2004) and Ratatouille<\/a><\/i> (2007) \u2014 was thinking of making his live-action debut, and Pixar\u2019s, with a movie about the San Francisco earthquake called 1906<\/i>. Today, the Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> says the movie is a go \u2014 and it will be co-produced by Disney\/Pixar and Warner Brothers:<\/span><\/p>\n

The story centers on a college student who begins to investigate the murder of his father, uncovering a web of deceit that has left the city vulnerable to the sort of fire that breaks out when the Great Earthquake of 1906 hits San Francisco.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The historical San Francisco earthquake<\/a> (or at least its aftermath) was one of the first major natural disasters to be caught on film; the video below shows footage that was taken from a streetcar shortly before and after the earthquake took place:<\/p>\n