Meet the movie's next lovable robot, The Wild Robot. Based on Peter Brown's popular children’s books, this animated 2024 new movie gave those who enjoyed reading the book with their kids a chance to see the story on the big screen, while others got to enjoy it for the first time.
There are a lot of popular family-oriented movie franchises dominating the big screen this year, including Despicable Me 4, Inside Out 2, Mufasa: The Lion King and Moana 2. The Wild Robot could become that, as it has a few sequel books, but right now it is a new animated movie character for people to enjoy.
Here is everything we know about The Wild Robot.
The Wild Robot how to watch
The Wild Robot is available to buy or rent via digital on-demand platforms in the US and UK; it is also still playing in select movie theaters.
The Wild Robot cast
A stellar ensemble of actors has been brought to provide the voices for The Wild Robot, led by Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o as the robot ROZZUM unit 7134, or "Roz." Nyong'o broke out with her Oscar-winning performance in 12 Years a Slave and has since starred in Black Panther, Us, The 355 and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. In addition to The Wild Robot, she stars in A Quiet Place: Day One in 2024.
The voice cast also features Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) as Fink the fox, Catherine O'Hara (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) as Pinktail the opossum, Bill Nighy (The Beautiful Game) as Longneck the goose, Kit Conner (Heartstopper) as the gosling Brightbill and Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once) as another robot Vontra. In unspecified roles are going to be Mark Hamill (The Boy and the Heron), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows) and Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning).
The Wild Robot plot
Here is the official plot for the movie from DreamWorks Animation:
"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 script was written by Chris Sanders.
The Wild Robot trailer
Watch the trailer for The Wild Robot directly below, which features Nyong'o performing a rendition of "What a Wonderful World."
Additional trailers for The Wild Robot offer more look at the plot of the movie and include some critics quotes. Take a look right here:
You can also watch this special featurette video on the movie right here:
The Wild Robot reviews
The Wild Robot is one of the best reviewed movies of the year, with it earning a 97% "Certified Fresh" score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Wild Robot awards
Check out the major awards and nominations that The Wild Robot has earned so far:
Golden Globes
- Best Motion Picture Animated (nominee)
- Cinematic and Box Office Achievement (nominee)
- Best Original Score (nominee)
- Best Original Song — "Kiss the Sky" (nominee)
Critics Choice Awards
- Best Animated Feature (nominee)
- Best Song — "Kiss the Sky" (nominee)
- Best Score (nominee)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
- Best Animated Feature (winner)
Chris Sanders movies
Chris Sanders is an animation veteran, earning three Oscar nominations for Best Animation Feature for his previous efforts, Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon and The Croods. His most recent directorial effort, The Call of the Wild, was a live-action movie (with some heavy CGI scenes), but he returns to his most familiar medium as the director of The Wild Robot, in addition to writing the script.
