Stunning New Making Of Featurette for DWA’s ‘The Wild Robot’ Movie
by Alex Billington
July 25, 2024
Source: YouTube
“The artists here have outdone themselves.” Universal + DreamWorks Animation have unveiled a wonderful behind-the-scenes featurette for The Wild Robot, which is opening theaters in September this year (full trailer here). It looks magnificent! This is going to blow us all away, isn’t it?? Everyone speaks so fondly about making this. After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island’s animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose. A powerful story (based on the beloved books) about the discovery of self, a thrilling examination of the bridge between technology and nature. A moving exploration of what it means to be alive and connected to all living things, The Wild Robot is written & directed by three-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders—of How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Lilo & Stitch. Starring Lupita Nyong’o as Roz; Pedro Pascal as the fox Fink; Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail; Bill Nighy as goose Longneck; Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Matt Berry, & Ving Rhames. This is an update on the look from DWA’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – I adore the soft painted style. It works perfectly for this lovely nature story.
Here’s the new “A Wild Vision” featurette for Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot, direct from YouTube:
You can rewatch the first trailer for DWA’s The Wild Robot movie right here and the second trailer here.
From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation – Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot. The epic sci-fi adventure story follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling. The Wild Robot is both written and directed by acclaimed animation filmmaker Chris Sanders, director of the movies Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and The Call of the Wild previously, as well as lots of other animation work. Adapted from the beloved book series written by Peter Brown. Produced by Jeff Hermann; executive produced by Dean DeBlois. Made by DreamWorks Animation. Universal will debut Sanders’ The Wild Robot in theaters everywhere starting on September 27th, 2024 later this year. How does that look? Who’s in?