The Wild Robot
The Wild Robot is a 2024 American animated science fiction survival film based on the book series of the same name by Peter Brown, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film was written and directed by Chris Sanders, produced by Jeff Hermann, and executive-produced by Sanders's longtime collaborative partner Dean DeBlois. It features the voices of Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O'Hara, Matt Berry, and Ving Rhames. In the film, Roz (Nyong'o), a robot shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, must adapt to her surroundings, build relationships with the local wildlife, and become the adoptive mother of an orphaned goose, Brightbill (Connor).
Plot
A Universal Dynamics cargo ship loses six ROZZUM all-purpose robots during a typhoon, which wash up on an island uninhabited by humans; only one survives the crash and is accidentally activated by the local wildlife. ROZZUM Unit 7134, nicknamed "Roz," attempts to advertise her services to the animals but only succeeds in terrifying them and injuring herself. Even after spending several days translating the animals' language, she still cannot find anyone who requires her help. She decides to signal her manufacturers to retrieve her but accidentally crushes a goose nest, leaving only a single egg. After Roz defends the egg from a hungry fox, it hatches, and the gosling imprints itself onto her and breaks her long-range transponder. Pinktail, a mother opossum, instructs Roz to raise the gosling with three primary requirements – feeding it, teaching it to swim, and ensuring it can fly before the winter migration. Roz recruits the fox, Fink, to help find food and construct a shelter; as the three begin cohabitating, Roz names the gosling Brightbill.
More details
author | Chris Sanders |
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director | Chris Sanders |
editor | Mary Blee |
genre | adventure animation science fiction |
keywords | cargo ship falcon fight fly forest fire fox goose grizzly bear hide how to kill opossum scar spring teach terrify |
musicBy | Kris Bowers |
producer | Jeff Hermann |
publisher | Universal Pictures |
theme | 3d animated children's adventure coming-of-age science fiction adventure survival |