Prior to 2015, Brad Bird had earned enough goodwill to generate interest in any project he had lined up. Bird’s next project was an original science fiction project, and the eventual revelation that it would be named after one of Walt Disney Parks’ most beloved attractions only earned it more buzz. The Tomorrowland themed land was inspired by Walt Disney’s passion for a futuristic utopia, but Bird’s film was hardly the optimistic crowdpleaser that Disney investors may have anticipated. In Bird's film, a group of progressive thinkers aimed to bring to life Walt Disney's dream of a technological utopia. Instead of indulging in nostalgia for a future that was never fulfilled, Bird used Tomorrowland as a means of reaching out to modern audiences.