Wild Robot Movie: Chat with Director Chris Sanders on 3D Adventures

Wild Things in the 3D World: Chat with Chris Sanders on ‘The Wild Robot’ Movie

Key Bullets:

  • Episode 115 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast hosts Chris Sanders, director of DreamWorks’ ‘The Wild Robot’
  • ‘The Wild Robot’, now screening in UK cinemas, is an adaptation of Peter Brown’s New York Times bestseller
  • The film narrates the life of a robot, ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” who gets shipwrecked
  • Chris Sanders brings his creative vision to the epic adventure in the form of 3D animations.

Witticism in the 3D Wonderland:

The Robot Rebellion

Come gather round folks, let me spin you a yawn about a robot named Roz who got herself quite literally all washed up. ‘The Wild Robot’ is the latest DreamWorks big screen offering, and boy, is it bringing a new twist to the usual “robot on the run” shtick.

We’re not talking about the high-tech, shiny robots with blaster-proof armour and hearts of cold hard logic here. No siree! We are talking about a shipwrecked, simple, animatron struggling in the wild. And here enters our Dr. Doolittle of the Droids, Chris Sanders, who, like the pied piper, is fascinating the audience with his animations.

This film, based on a New York Times bestseller, is trying its darndest to teach Wall-E to speak bear and Blade Runner to build a beaver dam. So grab your popcorn, slide into your cinema seats and prepare for a wild ride!

Unveiling Episode 115 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast!

Join us as we chat with Chris Sanders, director of the Dreamworks feature blockbuster, The Wild Robot, now showing in UK theatres and based on Peter Brown’s top-ranked New York Times bestseller.

We delve into the fantastic journey of a robot—known as ROZZUM unit 7134 or “Roz” — that finds itself marooned on a deserted island and is forced to adjust to the unforgiving environment, ultimately forming unlikely bonds with the island’s animal inhabitants and becoming the guardian of a lone gosling.

We also reflect on the legacy of Emma Calder, preview the highlights of the upcoming Manchester Animation Festival, explore Cardiff Animation Festival‘s exclusive showcase of Robert Morgan’s Stopmotion, anticipate the comeback of Feathers McGraw in Wallace and Gromit‘s forthcoming feature Vengeance Most Fowl, discuss the promising reception of Adam Elliot‘s latest film Memoir of a Snail, debate about Carol and the End of the World and The New Norm, the controversy surrounding Velma, Mackinnon and Saunders‘ exemplary work on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and the conclusion of the second Skwigly book Intimate Animation (launching March 2025)

Hosted by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson
Conversation led by Ryan Gaur

Post-production, music and editing by Ben Mitchell


Original article: https://www.skwigly.co.uk/podcasts/skwigly-animation-podcast-115/