{
  "id": 13379957,
  "title": "Brad Bird Talks Long-Gestating Passion Project ‘Ray Gunn’ & Portraying “Characters Who Are Desperate” In Utopia — Contenders London",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/brad-bird-talks-long-gestating-passion-project-ray-gunn-portraying",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-10T09:46:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/brad-bird-ray-gunn-scarlett-johansson-sam-rockwell-1237153907/"
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  "summary": "“It seems like the only way to look at the future these days is as dystopia,” said director Brad Bird at Deadline’s Contenders London this weekend. “And that’s fine. I love a lot of movies that take that thing, but there are other ways to look at the future too, and you can.” Bird was […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IndieWire",
        "title": "‘Ray Gunn’ Review: Brad Bird’s Longtime Passion Project Is a Retro-Futurist Detective Story with a Muddled Message",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/ray-gunn-review-brad-birds-longtime-passion-project-is-a-retro",
        "published": "2026-10-10T13:45:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}