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From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown\u2019s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot.<\/p>\n

The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot\u2014ROZZUM unit 7134, \u201cRoz\u201d for short \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

The Wild Robot stars Academy Award\u00ae winner Lupita Nyong\u2019o (Us, The Black Panther franchise) as robot Roz; Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us, The Mandalorian) as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O\u2019Hara (Schitt\u2019s Creek, Best in Show) as opossum Pinktail; Oscar\u00ae nominee Bill Nighy (Living, Love Actually) as goose Longneck; Kit Connor (Heartstopper, Rocketman) as gosling Brightbill and Oscar\u00ae nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once, this summer\u2019s The Fall Guy) as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz\u2019s life on the island.<\/p>\n

The film also features the voice talents of Emmy winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise, The Boy and the Heron), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows, The SpongeBob Movie franchise) and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible films, Pulp Fiction).<\/p>\n

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, The Wild Robot is written and directed by three-time Oscar\u00ae nominee Chris Sanders\u2014the writer-director of DreamWorks Animation\u2019s How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Disney\u2019s Lilo & Stitch\u2014and is produced by Jeff Hermann (DreamWorks Animation\u2019s The Boss Baby 2: Family Business; co-producer, Kung Fu Panda franchise).<\/p>\n

Peter Brown\u2019s The Wild Robot, an illustrated middle-grade novel first published in 2016, became a phenomenon, rocketing to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. The book has since inspired a trilogy that now includes The Wild Robot Escapes and The Wild Robot Protects. Brown\u2019s 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\u2019s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, a Golden Kite Award and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award.<\/p>\n

Genre:\u00a0Animated Drama<\/p>\n

Starring:\u00a0Lupita Nyong\u2019o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O\u2019Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor and Stephanie Hsu, with Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames<\/p>\n

Based on:\u00a0The Wild Robot novel by Peter Brown<\/p>\n

Written and directed by:\u00a0Chris Sanders<\/p>\n

Producer:\u00a0Jeff Hermann<\/p>\n

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