DreamWorks Animation has been known to have very solid properties when it comes to the fantasy/comedy genre with hit series like Shrek, Trolls, and Kung Fu Panda, but now the studio is looking to get into science fiction.
Just in, they’ve dropped the first trailer for The Wild Robot which is set to release this September. Check this out:
The official story synopsis reads:
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 series is actually based on a children’s book series by author Peter Brown that came out around the mid-2010s. Two books have been made in the series, with the first being The Wild Robot, followed up the next year by The Wild Robot Escapes.
The movie has also managed to gather a star-studded cast which includes Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther) as the lead Roz. Other cast members include Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek), Bill Nighy (About Time), Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Matt Berry (What We Do In the Shadows), Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible), and Mark Hamill (Star Wars).
Sci-fi is definitely new for DreamWorks for now, but we know that there are some great animated properties that have come out for the genre. I mean, just look at Netflix’s Love, Death, and Robots.
The Wild Robot is set to hit theaters this coming September 20.
