Animated movies about robots are always good. You’re talking about major films like “Wall-E” and “The Iron Giant.” Those are classics. Dreamworks Animation hopes to add “The Wild Robot” to that list.
As seen in the trailer, “The Wild Robot” tells the story of a robot who has been shipwrecked on an island with no hope of leaving. The robot finds itself talking to the animals and connecting with an orphaned gosling. Now, acting as its mother, the robot has to teach the gosling how to swim and fly so that it can migrate south for the winter. Meanwhile, an army of robots is looking for its missing unit.
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The film stars the vocal talents of Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Matt Berry, and Ving Rhames. “The Wild Robot” is written and directed by Chris Sanders. The filmmaker is probably best known for films such as “Lilo & Stitch,” “The Croods,” and “How to Train Your Dragon.”
“The Wild Robot” debuts in theaters on September 27. You can watch the trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
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.