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The Iron Giant is Returning to Theaters this Fall

By on July 9, 2015

The Iron Giant is returning to theaters on Sept. 30 and Oct. 4 of this year, deemed the Signature Edition. The visuals are getting a spruce up and they’re adding two extra scenes. If you know how great this is, then you know just how great this is. If not, please read this list:

  • The Iron Giant was Brad Bird’s directorial debut, form that beautiful man who brought us The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and, to an admittedly lesser impact, this year’s Tomorrowland.
  • Remember how, when Guardians of the Galaxy first hit theaters all the critics and all the tweeters were blown away by Vin Diesel’s nuanced voice performance as tree-thing Groot? Everyone who saw The Iron Giant wasn’t. Diesel also voiced the titular giant with almost the exact same balance of simplicity and emotion.
  • The Iron Giant is Vin Diesel, Jennifer Anniston, Harry Connick Jr. and Brad Bird’s best film, hands down.
  • The Iron Giant currently sits at a 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
  • With a production budget of $70 million, according to Box Office Mojo, The Iron Giant proved a massive box office flop when it originally released in 1999. It made $23 million.

There is redemption to be had, and Brad Bird shall have it. He put up this poster on his Twitter account just following the announcement:

The Iron Giant Signature Edition

If you read that list simply nodding your head saying “yeah, man, I get it. We’re on the same page. The world owes Brad Bird and The Iron Giant a lot more money than it gave it,” then perhaps you should show your love in a different way while you cocoon yourself and await the fall. You should probably buy some awesome stuff from Mondo’s The Iron Giant toy line.

The Iron Giant Mondo Figure The Iron Giant Hogarth Hughes MondoThe Iron Giant Bolt Mondo

We should all be in a place where that last figure means something. Go see The Iron Giant on Sept. 30 or Oct. 4.

About Trevor Ruben

Though I contribute to many online publications on a regular basis, including The Checkout, the crux of my writing lies in video games. When not writing, I'm often streaming a variety of games on Twitch.

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