Animation studios have established a certain look — Sony Animation is often full of innovative, stylized art, Pixar will undoubtedly make some sort of cutting-edge, high-concept tearjerker, Aardman is keeping British stop-motion work alive, and Illumination is doing something with the minions. Dreamworks, for better or for worse, established a reputation as the Shrek and How to Train Your Dragon studio, but everything changed with 2024’s The Wild Robot.
Dreamworks’ surprisingly intimate movie about a robot who lands on a strange island and bonds with the animals there was a departure for the studio and a hit with audiences. Thankfully, we’re about to get more of Roz’s adventures with young gosling Brightbill — and possibly a new era for Dreamworks.
