DreamWorks Animation today debuted a new trailer for The Wild Robot, the studio’s upcoming adaptation of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller by Peter Brown. Universal Pictures will release the film, which has already generated plenty of buzz from its sneak peeks at Annecy and Comic-Con, on September 27, following its world premiere at TIFF.
The film’s third preview spotlights the challenging time its mechanical protagonist has connecting with the native creatures of her new island home — until she forms a surprising bond with an orphaned gosling. The footage is set to a new single by pop country singer-songwriter Maren Morris, “Kiss the Sky.”
The Wild Robot stars Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o (Us, The Black Panther franchise) as robot ROZZUM unit 7134 (“Roz” for short); Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us, The Mandalorian) as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek, Best in Show) as opossum Pinktail; Oscar nominee Bill Nighy (Living, Love Actually) as goose Longneck; Kit Connor (Heartstopper, Rocketman) as gosling Brightbill and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fall Guy) as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island.
The film also features the voice talents of Emmy winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise, The Boy and the Heron), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows, The SpongeBob Movie franchise) and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible films, Pulp Fiction).
The Wild Robot is written and directed by three-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, Lilo & Stitch) and produced by Jeff Hermann (The Boss Baby 2: Family Business; co-producer, Kung Fu Panda franchise).
