From Universal Pictures and Dreamworks, The Wild Robot will be in theaters September 20, 2024. Let me tell you, I think we’re all in for a real treat. It looks both beautiful and moving.
The epic adventure 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.
It’s a powerful story about the discovery of self, a thrilling examination of the bridge between technology and nature, and a moving exploration of what it means to be alive and connected to all living things.
This adaptation is from Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot. It’s an illustrated middle-grade novel first published in 2016. The book has since inspired a trilogy that now includes The Wild Robot Escapes and The Wild Robot Protects. Brown’s work on the Wild Robot series and his other bestselling books have earned him a Caldecott Honor, a Horn Book Award, two E.B. White Awards, two E.B. White Honors, a Children’s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, a Golden Kite Award and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award. You can find them here if you haven’t read them yet and would like some background before seeing the movie.
Stars of The Wild Robot
Roz – Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther, Us, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens)
Fink – Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us, The Mandalorian, Game of Thrones)
Pinktail – Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek, Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Longneck – Bill Nighy (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest)
Brightbill – Kit Connor (Rocketman, Ready Player One, His Dark Materials)
Vontra – Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, The Marvelous Mrs. Maizel)
Also featuring the voice talents of:
Mark Hamill (The Star Wars series, The Machine, Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Matt Berry (Christopher Robin, Snow White and the Huntsman, Toast of London)
Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction, Dawn of the Dead, Lilo & Stitch)
That’s a lot of star power! The animation looks absolutely beautiful. I have to admit that I have not read the books. I’m very interested in them, and now this movie! Check out this awesome trailer.
I’m very much hoping that we see a The Wild Robot presence in the Universal parks. Give us the books, some bags, t-shirts, plush, toys, and on and on! Do you think it will make it into them?
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