“THE WILD ROBOT” #1 New York Best Selling Novel Goes to the Big Screen on October 9, 2024
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“The Wild Robot is a once-in-a-generation book,” says DreamWorks Animation President Margie Cohn, and to celebrate a story that transcends pages, Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller has been adapted for the big screen. "The Wild Robot" follows the story of Roz (Lupita Nyong’o), a robot stranded on an uninhabited island, and how she navigates the harsh environment and forges new relationships with the wildlife.
DreamWorks reached out to Brown even before the book was published, seeing the potential for it to be a landmark film. “At DreamWorks, our goal is to transport audiences into immersive places that they’ve never experienced before, whether it’s the fairytale landscapes of Shrek and Puss in Boots, the fantastical prehistoric world of The Croods or the natural beauty of Kung Fu Panda and, of course, the How to Train Your Dragon films,” Cohn says. “But our films also explore the emotional terrain of what it means to be alive: to be lonely, to be afraid, to experience the thrill of the unknown, to find the brave places inside yourself that you may not have known existed, and, above all, to find your home, and your family, in whatever form that may be. We were thrilled that Peter trusted us with his story.”
Three-time Academy award-nominated writer-director Chris Sanders, known for his work on "How to Train Your Dragon" and "The Croods", encountered the novel through his daughter’s school assignment. “What struck me most about the book was its deceptively simple yet profound emotional depth,” Sanders says. “I connected with its innocence and its earnestness. I’m drawn to stories with strong emotional undercurrents. While I appreciate big adventure stories, it’s the quieter, more intimate moments that truly resonate. These are the elements I prioritize as a filmmaker, and I thought The Wild Robot exemplified them beautifully.”
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. "The Wild Robot" stars Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz; Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail; Oscar® nominee Bill Nighy as goose Longneck; Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill and Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island. The film also features the voice talents of Emmy winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames.
Get in touch with your wild side The Wild Robot as it opens in Philippine cinemas on October 9.
Photo and video credit: “Universal Pictures International”
“The Wild Robot is a once-in-a-generation book,” says DreamWorks Animation President Margie Cohn, and to celebrate a story that transcends pages, Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller has been adapted for the big screen. "The Wild Robot" follows the story of Roz (Lupita Nyong’o), a robot stranded on an uninhabited island, and how she navigates the harsh environment and forges new relationships with the wildlife.
DreamWorks reached out to Brown even before the book was published, seeing the potential for it to be a landmark film. “At DreamWorks, our goal is to transport audiences into immersive places that they’ve never experienced before, whether it’s the fairytale landscapes of Shrek and Puss in Boots, the fantastical prehistoric world of The Croods or the natural beauty of Kung Fu Panda and, of course, the How to Train Your Dragon films,” Cohn says. “But our films also explore the emotional terrain of what it means to be alive: to be lonely, to be afraid, to experience the thrill of the unknown, to find the brave places inside yourself that you may not have known existed, and, above all, to find your home, and your family, in whatever form that may be. We were thrilled that Peter trusted us with his story.”
Three-time Academy award-nominated writer-director Chris Sanders, known for his work on "How to Train Your Dragon" and "The Croods", encountered the novel through his daughter’s school assignment. “What struck me most about the book was its deceptively simple yet profound emotional depth,” Sanders says. “I connected with its innocence and its earnestness. I’m drawn to stories with strong emotional undercurrents. While I appreciate big adventure stories, it’s the quieter, more intimate moments that truly resonate. These are the elements I prioritize as a filmmaker, and I thought The Wild Robot exemplified them beautifully.”
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. "The Wild Robot" stars Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz; Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail; Oscar® nominee Bill Nighy as goose Longneck; Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill and Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island. The film also features the voice talents of Emmy winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames.
Get in touch with your wild side The Wild Robot as it opens in Philippine cinemas on October 9.
Photo and video credit: “Universal Pictures International”
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