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Brad Bird has begun work on 'The Incredibles 2'.
The 57-year-old screenplay writer has revealed that he's started penning the sequel to the hit 2004 Disney and Pixar film, which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, but also says that smartphones and tablets make it difficult to keep elements of the movie under wraps.
Speaking to NPR, Brad said: "I'm just starting to write ['The Incredibles 2'], so we'll see what happens. It's very difficult nowadays because everyone has a device with which they can ruin your movie. They print things on red paper so that nobody can copy them, but they also make them impossible to read when you're on the set."
The original film was one of Pixar's most successful productions, having grossed more than £408 million.
It tells the story of a family of superheroes forced to hide their powers and live a quiet life until they are drawn into the limelight when a villain puts the world at risk.
Samuel L Jackson voiced Frozone in the first film, and last year hinted that his character will probably be returning.
The 'Pulp Fiction' actor said: "Every time I run into Brad he always tells me Frozone is part of what's going on, so I have to believe that.
"I guess they could be 'The Incredibles' without Frozone, but I think Frozone would be a wonderful addition to what's already there. I'm just looking forward to seeing what Jack-Jack turned into."

Melissa McCarthy will be the "leader" of the new 'Ghostbusters' movie.
The 44-year-old actress, who starred in the 2011 romantic comedy hit 'Bridesmaids', is set to head the all-female team, which will also include Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon.
Paul Feig - the director of the much-discussed reboot of the sci-fi comedy film - told IGN: "It's an ensemble, but at the same time you need the one person that brings you into the group [who is Wiig's character].
"Melissa is sort of the leader of the group, but everybody will be equal. I just love a deep bench like this. Every one of those women is strong and so funny. The hardest thing is going to be ... keeping all of their stuff in the movie."
Meanwhile, Paul revealed recently that he is still to decide whether to include the 'Ghostbusters' theme song in the all-female reboot.
He said: "We have ways to bring it in that we're playing with, so we'll see.
"It's such an iconic thing that part of you goes, 'I don't want to change it,' but then another part of you wants to update it. It's one of the biggest questions we're faced with."

Kim Cattrall thinks 'Sex and the City 3' would be "very difficult" to make.
The 58-year-old English-Canadian actress, who starred as Samantha Jones in the HBO romantic comedy series and the two subsequent films, said that with other cast members currently busy with other projects, it seems unlikely they will reunite for another movie anytime soon.
Asked whether there's any prospect of 'Sex and the City 3', she said: "I really don't know. It seems like everyone is really doing other things. It seems like it'd be very difficult to get everyone back together again. But when we do see each other, it is like no time has passed."
What's more, Kim revealed she's still being offered roles that have striking similarities to her on-screen character in the comedy, despite the series ending in 2004.
She told ITV's 'Loose Women': "I was and still am [being offered roles similar to Samantha]. That's why I love coming to England, coming home. People here see me as an actress playing a part.
"In America, they saw me as Samantha - they wanted me to keep playing Samantha, and I felt I'd done it as best I could."

Joss Whedon is being sued for $10 million. The 50-year-old filmmaker and his 'Cabin in the Woods' co-writer/director Drew Goddard are the subject of a lawsuit from writer Peter Gallagher, who claims they stole his idea for the hit horror film. In his...

Ryan Gosling couldn't combine acting and directing his own films.
The 34-year-old Hollywood star - who directed the fantasy film 'Lost River' - has revealed that unlike some of his peers, he wouldn't be able to combine the two tasks.
He admitted: "There's guys out there directing themselves and making it look easy - but it's not.
"I don't know how they're doing it, because directing is not easy. For me, it was just enough to try and direct the film. It just wasn't an option to be in ['Lost River']."
However, Ryan insisted he had no qualms directing Eva Mendes - his girlfriend and mother of his seven-month old daughter Esmeralda Amada - in the new film.
He told Metro newspaper: "You want to direct people that you care about, because you love them and you want them to be great and you want to show what you think is great about them."
Meanwhile, Ryan recently insisted he isn't "afraid" of failure, suggesting his exposure to fame at a young age has removed any problems of self-consciousness.
The former 'Mickey Mouse Club' star said: "I did start very young but I'm glad that I did because I didn't have the fear of failure, you know.
"I tried it. I think if I'd waited until I was a little older, then I think I might have been a lot more self-conscious, or afraid of failing."

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are in talks to star in 'La La Land'. The 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' co-stars are in negotiations with director Damien Chazelle and Lionsgate to star in the upcoming romantic musical after Miles Teller - who played the lead in C...

Mark Ruffalo is uncertain about the Hulk's role in future Marvel movies.
The 47-year-old actor, who starred as Bruce Banner/The Hulk in 'The Avengers' and is set to reprise the role in 'Avengers: Age of Ultron', has revealed the character's participation in other planned projects remains unclear.
Asked how many films he has left to complete on his Marvel contract, Mark said: "I think it's four [films left] now, but that could always go further. That could include different--I could show up in another character's movie; I could do Avengers 3 and 4; I could do a Hulk standalone; I could do a combination of those things. That's four or five, I think."
"I don't know if I'm in [Captain America: Civil War] yet. I don't know. Sometimes these things happen at the last minute in this world. I really don't know where I fit in from here on out, and I'm not sure they do."
He said, too, that an ongoing rights issue between Marvel and Universal means a standalone Hulk movie remains unlikely for the time being.
He told Collider: "As far as a Hulk movie, a standalone Hulk movie, Marvel doesn't really have the rights to that yet. That's still Universal's property, so there's that issue.
"That's a big impediment to moving forward with that. Now I don't think that's insurmountable, by the way, but I don't know where it's going from here for me."

Ben Stiller has introduced the world to Derek Zoolander's son.
The 49-year-old star - who starred as the male model in the 2001 hit comedy film 'Zoolander' - is set to reprise the role in the eagerly-awaited sequel and has revealed the identity of his character's on-screen son, played by Cyrus Arnold.
The comedian posted an image of himself alongside Cyrus on Instagram, and captioned it: "Meet @cyrusarnold. Son of Derek. #Zoolander2"
The image comes shortly after Karl Lagerfeld revealed he's turned down a cameo role in 'Zoolander 2'.
The Chanel creative director was approached to make an appearance in the long-awaited movie but said he has no desire to turn his hand to acting.
He revealed: "I don't want to be in the movie. They wanted me to be in the movie! I'm not an actor."
The film was officially announced when Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson made a surprise appearance in character as Derek Zoolander and Hansel McDonald during Valentino's recent Paris Fashion Week show.
However, the outspoken designer didn't welcome the interruption, saying: "I didn't like it."
'Zoolander 2' - which is also rumoured to star hip-hop icon Kanye West - is set for release in February 2016.

Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy "went at it" during filming for 'Mad Max: Fury Road'.
The 39-year-old actress and her co-star were rumoured to have clashed during the making of the post-apocalyptic action movie, and Charlize has revealed there was plenty of healthy tension between the pair.
She said: "We f***in' went at it, yeah. And on other days, he and George [Miller, the director] went at it.
"It was the isolation, and the fact that we were stuck in a rig for the entire shoot. We shot a war movie on a moving truck - there's very little green screen.
"It was like a family road trip that just never went anywhere. We never got anywhere. We just drove. We drove into nothingness, and that was maddening sometimes."
However, Charlize said she came to respect her London-born co-star for his honesty.
She told Esquire magazine: "I'd rather have that honesty working with someone than someone who fake-smiles through something - especially for actors, when your job is to go for the emotional truth. When you're with somebody and you don't feel like you're in their emotional truth, then you don't trust them.
"I think good actors go all the way. If you want to be a safe actor, and you emotionally protect yourself from things getting out of hand, the performance will show all of that.
"Anyone who really, really, really goes into the deep dark corners of what emotional truth is, as somebody who works opposite of that, you have to be grateful for that. I beg for that. I beg for that on a job, that potency to the stew that makes it that magic that it is."