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The Wild Robot
The Wild Robot is a 2024 American animated science fiction film based on the 2016 novel by Peter Brown and produced by DreamWorks Animation. It was written and directed by Chris Sanders and features the voices of Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Mark Hamill, and Catherine O'Hara. The film follows a service robot shipwrecked on an island who must adapt to her surroundings, build relationships with the local wildlife, and become the adoptive mother of an orphaned goose.
DreamWorks Animation bought the screenplay before the first novel's release in 2016. Sanders first encountered the original book through his daughter and was offered an opportunity to direct a film adaptation at DreamWorks. The film's visuals use a watercolor aesthetic, inspired by classic Disney animated films and the works of Hayao Miyazaki. Kris Bowers composed the score, marking his first score for a fully animated film. Development took four years on a budget of $78 million.
The Wild Robot premiered at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2024, and was released in the United States on September 27, by Universal Pictures. The film received critical acclaim from critics who praised for its writing, animation, score, and voice acting. The film was a commercial success, grossing $334.5 million worldwide. Among its accolades, it received nine Annie Awards (including Best Animated Feature), won Best Animated Feature at the Critics' Choice Awards and Producers Guild of America Awards, and was nominated for three Academy Awards, becoming DreamWorks' most-nominated film at the latter ceremony. A sequel is in development.
A storm causes a Universal Dynamics cargo ship to lose six ROZZUM robots, which wash up on an uninhabited island; only Unit 7134 survives and is accidentally activated by wildlife. "Roz" is called a monster by the frightened wildlife and injures herself while trying to help them, even after learning how to communicate with all animals. Unable to find anyone needing her services, she signals for retrieval but is struck by lightning and attacked by animals. While fleeing from Thorn, an aggressive grizzly bear, Roz accidentally crushes a goose nest, resulting in the death of all but one egg.
Roz protects the egg from a hungry red fox, Fink. A gosling hatches, imprints on Roz, and accidentally breaks her long-range transmitter. Pinktail, a mother opossum, "provides" Roz with the task of caring for the gosling to ensure he can fly, swim, and eat by himself before the winter migration. Fink discovers he can benefit from Roz, who builds a shelter. Roz names the gosling Brightbill, and the three cohabit. As Brightbill grows up, he is rejected by other geese and, upon discovering that Roz accidentally killed his family, feels betrayed and angrily disowns her.
Roz reconstructs ROZZUM unit 6262, nicknames her "Rummage", and asks for advice; Rummage gives her transmitter to Roz, advising her to return to the Universal Dynamics factory. Roz enlists the help of a falcon, Thunderbolt, to help Brightbill learn to fly and receives advice from Longneck, a leader for the geese's migration, allowing Brightbill to master flying just in time to join the migration. Roz, missing Brightbill and unsure of her continued purpose, reactivates her transmitter but shuts it off immediately after Universal Dynamics detects her signal.
During the migration, a thunderstorm forces the geese to shelter inside a Universal Dynamics greenhouse, triggering a contamination alert that sets reconnaissance (RECO) robots after them. Longneck sacrifices himself so Brightbill can lead the flock to safety. Meanwhile, Roz and Fink save the island's animals during a severe snowstorm, urging them to a truce before Roz powers down. Spring arrives and Roz reawakens to find the animals still following the truce and Brightbill returning, hailed now as a hero.
Shortly after, a Universal Dynamics dropship captained by a Virtual Observational Neutralizing Troublesome Retrieval Authority ("Vontra") robot arrives to recover Roz. Roz flees with Fink, pursued by RECO robots dispatched by Vontra. The animals band together to fight off the RECOs, but Vontra detonates the damaged RECOs to incapacitate and capture Roz, starting a forest fire in the process. The geese and Thunderbolt attack the dropship so Brightbill can save Roz as Fink and the others extinguish the fire. Despite Roz appearing to have been shut down by Vontra, her love for Brightbill restores her systems. Roz eventually destroys Vontra and evacuates Brightbill as the dropship explodes.
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The Wild Robot
The Wild Robot is a 2024 American animated science fiction film based on the 2016 novel by Peter Brown and produced by DreamWorks Animation. It was written and directed by Chris Sanders and features the voices of Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Mark Hamill, and Catherine O'Hara. The film follows a service robot shipwrecked on an island who must adapt to her surroundings, build relationships with the local wildlife, and become the adoptive mother of an orphaned goose.
DreamWorks Animation bought the screenplay before the first novel's release in 2016. Sanders first encountered the original book through his daughter and was offered an opportunity to direct a film adaptation at DreamWorks. The film's visuals use a watercolor aesthetic, inspired by classic Disney animated films and the works of Hayao Miyazaki. Kris Bowers composed the score, marking his first score for a fully animated film. Development took four years on a budget of $78 million.
The Wild Robot premiered at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2024, and was released in the United States on September 27, by Universal Pictures. The film received critical acclaim from critics who praised for its writing, animation, score, and voice acting. The film was a commercial success, grossing $334.5 million worldwide. Among its accolades, it received nine Annie Awards (including Best Animated Feature), won Best Animated Feature at the Critics' Choice Awards and Producers Guild of America Awards, and was nominated for three Academy Awards, becoming DreamWorks' most-nominated film at the latter ceremony. A sequel is in development.
A storm causes a Universal Dynamics cargo ship to lose six ROZZUM robots, which wash up on an uninhabited island; only Unit 7134 survives and is accidentally activated by wildlife. "Roz" is called a monster by the frightened wildlife and injures herself while trying to help them, even after learning how to communicate with all animals. Unable to find anyone needing her services, she signals for retrieval but is struck by lightning and attacked by animals. While fleeing from Thorn, an aggressive grizzly bear, Roz accidentally crushes a goose nest, resulting in the death of all but one egg.
Roz protects the egg from a hungry red fox, Fink. A gosling hatches, imprints on Roz, and accidentally breaks her long-range transmitter. Pinktail, a mother opossum, "provides" Roz with the task of caring for the gosling to ensure he can fly, swim, and eat by himself before the winter migration. Fink discovers he can benefit from Roz, who builds a shelter. Roz names the gosling Brightbill, and the three cohabit. As Brightbill grows up, he is rejected by other geese and, upon discovering that Roz accidentally killed his family, feels betrayed and angrily disowns her.
Roz reconstructs ROZZUM unit 6262, nicknames her "Rummage", and asks for advice; Rummage gives her transmitter to Roz, advising her to return to the Universal Dynamics factory. Roz enlists the help of a falcon, Thunderbolt, to help Brightbill learn to fly and receives advice from Longneck, a leader for the geese's migration, allowing Brightbill to master flying just in time to join the migration. Roz, missing Brightbill and unsure of her continued purpose, reactivates her transmitter but shuts it off immediately after Universal Dynamics detects her signal.
During the migration, a thunderstorm forces the geese to shelter inside a Universal Dynamics greenhouse, triggering a contamination alert that sets reconnaissance (RECO) robots after them. Longneck sacrifices himself so Brightbill can lead the flock to safety. Meanwhile, Roz and Fink save the island's animals during a severe snowstorm, urging them to a truce before Roz powers down. Spring arrives and Roz reawakens to find the animals still following the truce and Brightbill returning, hailed now as a hero.
Shortly after, a Universal Dynamics dropship captained by a Virtual Observational Neutralizing Troublesome Retrieval Authority ("Vontra") robot arrives to recover Roz. Roz flees with Fink, pursued by RECO robots dispatched by Vontra. The animals band together to fight off the RECOs, but Vontra detonates the damaged RECOs to incapacitate and capture Roz, starting a forest fire in the process. The geese and Thunderbolt attack the dropship so Brightbill can save Roz as Fink and the others extinguish the fire. Despite Roz appearing to have been shut down by Vontra, her love for Brightbill restores her systems. Roz eventually destroys Vontra and evacuates Brightbill as the dropship explodes.