I am so excited to announce that Dreamworks Animation is currently wrapping up a feature animated film based on my book, The Wild Robot. The movie will open in theaters on September 20, 2024, and they’ve just released the movie poster and the first teaser trailer and announced the cast of voice actors. I’ve known about this movie for quite a while now, and I’m so glad I can finally share the details.
My love of animation is what first made me want to go to art school. I grew up watching classic Disney animation and going to animation festivals and pouring over the pages of books about the making of animated movies. In college I studied storyboarding and character design, and I even went on to paint backgrounds on an animated TV show on The Cartoon Network. So to see one of my books come to life as a feature animated film is a dream come true.
The directors of The Wild Robot movie is Chris Sanders, who co-directed the How To Train Your Dragon movies and Lil0 & Stitch, among others. He also co-wrote the Disney movies Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, among others. Those are some of the best animated movies to come out in my lifetime, so I know that Roz and Brightbill and all their friends are in very good hands. I’ve had many meetings with Chris and his producer, Jeff Hermann, and I’ve seen a lot of the gorgeous behind-the-scenes work that has gone into this movie, and I know it’s going to be a thing of beauty.
Voice Cast
Lupita Nyong’o as Roz the wild robot
Pedro Pascal as Fink the fox
Kit Connor as Brightbill the goose
Catherine O’Hara as Pinktail the opossum
Bill Nighy as Longneck the goose
Stephanie Hsu as Vontra the robot
The movie also features the voices of Mark Hamill, Matt Berry, and Ving Thames.
Here’s a link to view the first movie trailer.
And here’s a link to the official website: www.thewildrobotmovie.com
My son and I read the wild robot and loved it. Now we’re on book two. But who’s Vontra? That must be a movie add on character right?
How many more books will there be in The Wild Robot series? Is Protects the final one?
Probably one of the Security Bots from the Final chapters of the first book.
Always wondered how an animated version of the First book would look like! Even more amazing than I could of imagined!
My boys are so excited. They just came across the trailer on YouTube and guessed the name of the movie a few seconds in. You visited their school recently and my son says he asked you if there would be a cartoon released… 😄. The movie looks amazing!
Sooooo excited for this film. I read both books every year I taught 4th Grade. I just finished reading The Wild Robot to my 4 year old daughter. She will be thrilled to see the movie later this year. We’ll probably have to read the first book again this Summer.
That’s my guess. Possibly a replacement for the RECOs. I’m sure there will be many different things in the movie but I’m excited for that too.
I’m so excited for the wild robot movie! ps: I’m just 10 years old
I loooooooooooove THE WILD ROBOT by Peter brown
You Should Have developers make a wild robot Video Game!
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Excited for this film to drop! Can’t wait!!!!!
We are so thrilled about this movie. I’ve often imagined what it might be like in a movie form. I have read the first two books many many times to my son. We’re just finishing up the third one that was recently released. All three are brilliantly written. My hats off to Peter Brown, what a beautiful creation. These books are a treasure. I hope the movie does them justice.
I’m soooo excited for the movie! i hope there will be a 4th book! please respond.
will there be a 4th? we read the 1st one in class and i bought the 2nd one.
i am gonna read the 3rd one soon.
…………. I know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it’s SO COOL. THE WILD ROBOT was the GREATEST set of books! I just LOVE all of THE WILD ROBOT books!!! But, a MOVIE? i could NOT stop seeing the AWSUM trailer p.s i love peter brown!!!
So Darn Excited! My family is A Big fan of Dreamworks films like Kungfu Panda or Madagascar! But this film is not only from Dreamworks, It’s also not a standard Hollywood narrative! Instead, we have a curious, Quiet, Thoughtful, Wild Robot! She cares about the animals and discovers the world around her! I think this is a more Beautiful look and Storytelling than any other Dreamworks film before. It’s also a Refresh after the Megamind 2 Issue! [Can’t Belive That exists]
Great Job Peter Brown and Dreamworks for your Creative Story of “The Wild Robot!” I’ll be Reading the book After the movie. I’m So excited to Hear Lupita as Roz, She sounds like a beautiful singer! I also heard She’s Doing traditional Voice Acting for Roz. Please Send me A Reply if that’s The Case!
Oh! She Is! She’s Listed as “Lupita Nyong’o As Roz, The Wild Robot” on You’re Post!
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I love the wild robot. I’ve read the wild robot and now I’m onto the wild
Robot escapes and I just love it so thank you for making these books.
omg I am so exited
I love the book so I’m going to try to watch the movie the trailer looks cool!!!!!!!!!!