The Wild Robot Director Discusses Adapting This Story and the Lilo and Stitch Live-Action Remake

Three-time Oscar nominee and creator of Lilo & Stitch Chris Sanders hasn't directed since The Call of the Wild (2020). Finally, the filmmaker found his next project in Universal Pictures and DreamWorks' The Wild Robot. This animated feat celebrated its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and is currently sitting at a near-perfect 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. But as with all epic adventures, the movie had its challenges, and Sanders digs into them in this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub.
Based on the New York Times bestselling trilogy by Peter Brown, The Wild Robot is a found-family adventure that features a stacked vocal cast - Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Stephanie Hsu, Bill Nighy, Catherine O'Hara, and Mark Hamill - to tell the story of Roz (Nyong'o), a robot that wakes up after crash-landing on an island inhabited by wild creatures. Stranded, Roz must learn from its surroundings, adapt to the surrounding nature, and even raise an orphaned gosling, Brightbill (voiced by Heartstopper's Kit Connor).
Not only is adapting a trilogy like this one a huge responsibility, but Sanders discusses overseeing everything from his script to the tricky animated oners, how to make additions to the book, like his "Robot Graveyard," work, and finding the story within the edit. For all of this and more, check out the writer-director's interview with Weintraub in the video above or in the full transcript below.
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[@guszillayt]

I really Like The Movie, It shows us a lot of Love

[@MakoTaco]

Word of mouth is spreading fast about this movie, and I'm so happy to hear about the success this film has been getting. Absolutely deserved-- I would love to see Chris Sanders direct another Wild Robot film in the future!

[@christophernorfleet2005]

You’re not gonna remake Lilo and Stitch, are you?

[@Infinite_Ethan_03]

Yeah, it’s coming out next summer.

[@SharpDesign]

Disney already announced it at D23.