Incredibles 2 is a 2018 American animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Brad Bird, it is the sequel to The Incredibles (2004) and the second full-length installment of the franchise. The story follows the Incredibles as they try to restore the public's trust in superheroes while balancing family life. Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, and Samuel L. Jackson reprise their roles from the first film. Newcomers to the cast include Huckleberry Milner, Bob Odenkirk, Catherine Keener, and Jonathan Banks. Michael Giacchino returned to compose the score.
Following the success of The Incredibles, Bird postponed development on a sequel to work on other films. He attempted to distinguish the script from superhero films and superhero television series released since the first film, focusing on the family dynamic rather than the superhero genre.
Incredibles 2 premiered in Los Angeles on June 5, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 15, 2018. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its animation, humor, voice acting, action sequences, writing, and musical score.
However, the movie received controversy and backlash over certain scenes that contained intense strobe lights, particularly a fight scene between Elastigirl and Screenslaver in the latter’s cage filled with hypno-screens, that could trigger seizures for audiences with photosensitive epilepsy or other disorders or conditions triggered by strobe lights. As a result, Disney informed theaters to put up epilepsy warnings for the film, and eventually sent out an edited version of the film with the strobes toned down to UK cinemas, and this version was used for all home releases. The original version was never released officially on any home media, and is partially lost, but a few clips were posted by people on YouTube of some of the scenes with the strobe lights, but these are theater-recorded and not the best quality. There is a cam copy of the film, which has the original version with the strobes, but is low quality. It’s unlikely that the original version will ever be found in high quality.