David Bridges
Did you want The Wild Robotic? Excellent news: there’s gonna be one other one.
Lower than a month after it got here to theaters, Dreamworks Animation’s latest animated movie (and its closing film made in-house) has one other installment already in growth. This morning on the Deadline Contenders occasion, director Chris Sanders confirmed there are “completely plans for a second one,” and that he’ll be returning to helm the subsequent journey.
Based mostly on Peter Brown’s award-winning 2016 youngsters guide, The Wild Robotic focuses on Roz (Lupita Nyong’o), a helper robotic who winds up on an uninhabited island. Whereas adapting to her new atmosphere, she finally ends up changing into the mom to an orphaned goose named Brightbill (Package O’Connor) and makes mates with the island’s different animals voiced by Catherine O’Hara, Pedro Pascal, and others. Earlier than and after launch, it acquired glowing opinions for its animation and story (and being an actual tear-jerker), and has at present made $107.6 million worldwide.
Following the unique Wild Robotic guide, there’s been two sequels: The Wild Robotic Escapes from 2017, and final yr’s The Wild Robotic Protects. Proper now, it’s not clear if Brown’s going to make extra books after Protects, however you’ll be able to think about Dreamworks want to have one other franchise in its secure to affix Trolls, Kung Fu Panda, and all the opposite ones. And given how the studio additionally likes to spin off its films into TV exhibits or vacation specials, we would find yourself seeing way more of Roz and mates even past The Wild Robotic 2, which at present has no launch window.
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