“Elemental” director Peter Sohn will direct “ The Incredibles 3 ” for Disney and Pixar.

Pixar has set Pete Sohn to direct “Incredibles 3,” TheWrap has learned. The filmmaker behind Pixar’s “Elemental” and “The Good Dinosaur” will step into the director’s chair that was filled by Brad Bird for the first two movies. Dana Murray (“Soul”) is producing, and Bird remains involved in this third film as a writer and producer.

The next instalment of one of Pixar’s best movie series, The Incredibles, now has a director attached. But it’s not Brad Bird, who wrote and directed the first two movies. Peter Sohn has signed up to direct The Incredibles 3, according to The Hollywood Reporter.