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The Wild Robot is a 2024 American animated science fiction adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Peter Brown, it was written for the screen and directed by Chris Sanders and features the voices of Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O'Hara, Matt Berry, and Ving Rhames. The film follows Roz (Nyong'o), a service robot shipwrecked on an uninhabited island who must adapt to her surroundings, build relationships with the local wildlife, and become the adoptive mother of an orphaned goose, Brightbill (Connor).

Sanders first encountered the original book through his daughter and years later was offered an opportunity to direct a film adaptation at DreamWorks. The film's visuals utilize a watercolor aesthetic, inspired by classic Disney animated films and the works of Hayao Miyazaki. It was the final film to be animated entirely in-house at DreamWorks, as the studio will begin relying heavily on outside vendors for future films. Kris Bowers composed the score, marking his first score for a fully animated film.

The Wild Robot premiered at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2024, and was released in the United States on September 27. The film received universal acclaim for its animation, visuals, story, portrayal of the titular character, and emotional depth. It was also a commercial success, grossing $323.2 million worldwide on a production budget of $78 million and becoming the fifth-highest grossing animated film of 2024. At the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, The Wild Robot received nominations for Best Animated Feature Film, Best Original Song, Best Original Score, and Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, becoming the most-nominated animated film in the ceremony's history. A sequel is in development.

A storm causes a Universal Dynamics, Inc. cargo ship to lose six ROZZUM robots, which wash up on an uninhabited forest island. Only ROZZUM Unit 7134, nicknamed "Roz", survives and is accidentally activated by wildlife. Initially, Roz frightens the animals and injures herself while trying to help them. She learns their language but fails to find anyone who needs her services. While signaling for retrieval, Roz is struck by lightning and attacked by animals. While trying to escape from an aggressive grizzly bear, she accidentally destroys a goose nest, killing the parents and all the eggs except for one.

Roz protects the egg from a hungry fox named Fink, and a gosling hatches from it; he imprints on her and breaks her long-range transponder. Following advice from Pinktail, an opossum with several children, Roz cares for the gosling to ensure he can fly before the winter migration, with Fink accompanying Roz as she builds a shelter and names the gosling Brightbill, with all three cohabiting. After weeks go by and Brightbill grows up, he starts learning to swim, but is mocked by other geese, during which he also discovers Roz killed his family, and so angrily leaves.

Roz reconstructs one ROZZUM unit, who advises her to return to the Universal Dynamics factory but Roz decides instead to finish helping Brightbill to fly, enlisting the help of a falcon named Thunderbolt and receiving advice from Longneck, the goose flock's leader. Brightbill masters flying and joins the geese's migration. Roz, missing Brightbill and unsure of her continued purpose, reactivates her transponder but shuts it off immediately after Universal Dynamics receives her signal.

During the migration, along with Brightbill, a thunderstorm forces the geese to shelter inside a Universal Dynamics greenhouse where a contamination alert triggers hostile RECOs robots to attack them. Longneck sacrifices himself so Brightbill can lead the flock to safety as the captain. Meanwhile, Roz and Fink save the wild animals during a severe snowstorm, urging them to a temporary truce before Roz powers down. Spring arrives, Roz reawakens to find all the animals still following the peace and Brightbill returning, hailed as a hero.

As Roz is about to reunite with Brightbill, Universal Dynamics sends a retrieval robot, Vontra, to recover her. Roz flees with Fink, pursued by RECOs dispatched by Vontra. The animals band together to fight off the RECOs, but Vontra captures Roz and starts a forest fire by detonating the damaged RECOs. Brightbill attacks the Universal Dynamics dropship to save Roz as Fink and the others put out the fire. Despite Roz appearing to have been shut down by Vontra, her love for Brightbill restores her systems. Roz and Brightbill destroy Vontra and escape as the dropship explodes.

Roz decides to return to the Universal Dynamics headquarters to protect the island from more attacks, but promises to return. Sometime later, Roz works at another Universal Dynamics greenhouse. Brightbill secretly approaches Roz, who in turn secretly reveals she retains her memories, and they both embrace.

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