The Wild Robot Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. Why is she there? Where did she come from? And, most important, how will she survive in her harsh surroundings? Roz’s only hope is to learn from the island’s hostile animal inhabitants. When she tries to care for an orphaned gosling, the other animals finally decide to help, and the island starts to feel like home. Until one day, the robot’s mysterious past comes back to haunt her…

Cited as official plot version

Family Fantasy Sci-Fi Animation Adaptation

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Wild Robot.

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  Lupita Nyong'o

  ... (voice)

  The Odyssey, A Quiet Place: Day One

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  Bill Nighy

  ... (voice)

  About Time, Dragonkeeper

• C
  Catherine O'Hara

  ... (voice)

  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Argylle

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  Stephanie Hsu

  ... (voice)

  The Fall Guy, Everything Everywhere All At Once

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  Pedro Pascal

  ... (voice)

  Freaky Tales, Fantastic Four: The First Steps

Crew Behind the Film

The The Wild Robot behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Chris Sanders last directed The Call of the Wild and The Croods. The film's writer Chris Sanders last wrote The Croods: A New Age and The Croods.

Director

Chris Sanders

Screenwriter

Chris Sanders

Producer

Chris Sanders

Production Details

What we know about the The Wild Robot movie production.

Key Facts

• Peter Brown’s The Wild Robot, an illustrated middle-grade novel first published in 2016, became a phenomenon, rocketing to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. The book has since inspired a trilogy that now includes The Wild Robot Escapes and The Wild Robot Protects. Brown’s work on the Wild Robot series and his other bestselling books have earned him a Caldecott Honor, a Horn Book Award, two E.B. White Awards, two E.B. White Honors, a Children’s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, a Golden Kite Award and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award.
• 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).
• Based on the children's book by Peter Brown.

Production Updates for The Wild Robot

Jun 2024

Completed

Changed The Wild Robot movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jan 2024

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

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