Last week, Warner Bros. released a trailer for The Iron Giant: Signature Edition. This is a digitally remastered version of the 1999 film that will include two new scenes that were cut from the original movie.
There might be another reason behind this remastered version of the film. It seems the studio might have bigger plans in store. Vin Diesel took to his Facebook page and posted a very intriguing comment:
“I have been very lucky to have played so many interesting characters… one of the first and one of my favorites is… the Iron Giant.
P.s. Don’t be surprised when you hear WB announce the sequel.”
What?! A sequel?! I never in a million years thought that would ever happen. If you follow Diesel on Facebook, then you know when he teases something he means business. He doesn’t tease things that don’t happen or aren’t true. He also said “when you hear,” not “if you hear.”
Diesel will obviously be involved with the project if it happens. My two big questions are will Brad Bird return to write, direct, or produce it? And will it be traditionally animated or CG animated?
If Bird comes back to write and direct a traditional animated sequel to Iron Giant, I will explode with excitement. What I don’t want to see happen is a half-assed direct to video movie. If that’s the case they might as well just not do it. Once upon a time, in the 1990’s Warner Bros animation stood tote-to-toe with Walt Disney animation studios. That is no longer the case, but an Iron Giant sequel could reclaim much of the status WB lost the past two decades.