THE INCREDIBLES 2 Puts Elastigirl Front-And-Center On A "Full-Fledged" Adventure

Following our first look at the Parr family in The Incredibles 2, we now have some plot details for the highly anticipated sequel.

Speaking to EW, writer-director Brad Bird shed light on the overal synopsis of the film, reaffirming, “Incredibles 2 picks up, literally, where the first film left off, with Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl battling The Underminer, while Violet and Dash are stuck with babysitting Jack-Jack." Bird would refuse to elaborate anymore, but did add "there are a lot more superheroics in store for our 'family dynamic.'"

Part of that family dynamic includes a shift in family roles, it seems. According to EW, a chain of events will actually send Elastigirl/Helen (Holly Hunter) to the forefront of the action, while Mr. Incredible/Bob (Craig T. Nelson) will face his own challenges at home - particularly with baby Jack Jack, whose new powers were recently revealed in the teaser trailer.

Actress Holly Hunter, who plays Elastigrl, teased of her expanded role: “Helen’s appetite for adventure comes to the fore. Whereas before, she was driven to become Mrs. Incredible out of necessity, where she went into it to save her husband, I think this time she really meets her own ambition head-on. The ambition of being an adventure is something that we get to explore.”

Hunter described Elastigirl's journey in the film as a "full-fledged" adventure with her character in particular having "a real incredible sense of competitiveness and ambition."

"She throws down the gauntlet in this one. It’s so much fun to see a woman luxuriating in those two arenas, because women have for so many generations been brought up to not be ambitious or to not be competitive, and it’s fun to see Helen basking in those two arenas in much the same way that we give men license to do.”