LOS ANGELES, USA — “The Wild Robot is a once-in-a-generation book,” said DreamWorks Animation President Margie Cohn. And to celebrate a story that transcends pages, Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller has been adapted for the big screen. The Wild Robot follows the story of Roz (Lupita Nyong’o), a robot stranded on an uninhabited island, and how she navigates the harsh environment and forges new relationships with the wildlife.
DreamWorks reached out to Peter Brown even before the book was published, seeing the potential for it to be a landmark film. “At DreamWorks, our goal is to transport audiences into immersive places that they’ve never experienced before, whether it’s the fairytale landscapes of Shrek and Puss in Boots, the fantastical prehistoric world of The Croods or the natural beauty of Kung Fu Panda and, of course, the How to Train Your Dragonfilms,” Margie commented. “But our films also explore the …