When it came to designing the animation style for The Wild Robot, director Chris Sanders found himself enthralled by the hand-crafted, painterly style of the concept art being developed.

Along the way, this intelligent stranded robot learns to communicate with the forest's inhabitants, including a family of possums, foxes, otters, bears, raccoons, deer, geese and porcupines.

Concept art for ‘The Wild Robot’ DreamWorks In the first couple of weeks, Chris Sanders and I were talking a lot about Tyrus Wong’s development art for Bambi .

Vontra in 'The Wild Robot'; Stephanie Hsu. Stephanie Hsu burst onto the scene playing dual roles Joy Wang and Jobu Tupaki in the award-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once.

The DreamWorks Animation epic adventure The Wild Robot follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to ...

Chris Sanders' "The Wild Robot" stays true to Peter Brown's book ending. Sanders faced challenges but received DreamWorks Animation's full support for the book's ending. The movie's ending is more ...

Chris Sanders' "The Wild Robot" stays true to Peter Brown's book ending. Sanders faced challenges but received DreamWorks Animation's full support for the book's ending. The movie's ending is more ...

The idea behind “The Wild Robot” sounds like a paradox: An artificially intelligent machine transforms itself into an emotional creature after exposure to the wilderness. Chris Sanders attends ...

Along the way, this intelligent stranded robot learns to communicate with the forest's inhabitants, including a family of possums, foxes, otters, bears, raccoons, deer, geese and porcupines.

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