Roz as an Overprotective Mom - The Wild Robot Early Animatic / Storyboard

Director Chris Sanders shares the storyboards and animatic for an early idea that Roz was too protective of Brightbill, and that overprotective nature was causing him to grow up as a bit of an outcast... until Pinktail the opposum stepped in with suggestions. The film's story eventually changed, but you can now enjoy that earlier version... and get a glimpse at how animated storytelling comes together. The Wild Robot is available tomorrow, October 15, to rent or watch at home! This is a film that can't be missed... a beautifully animated gem about a bond like no other. From the brilliant mind of Chris Sanders, the writer/director of animated classics like ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ comes a new adaptation of Peter Brown’s NYT bestseller, ‘The Wild Robot.’ The film follows the epic adventure of a robot - ROZZUM unit 7134, ‘Roz’ for short - that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling. ‘The Wild Robot’ stars Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o (‘Us,’ ‘The Black Panther’ franchise) as robot Roz; Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal (‘The Last of Us,’ ‘The Mandalorian’) as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Best in Show’) as opossum Pinktail; Oscar nominee Bill Nighy (‘Living,’ ‘Love Actually’) as goose Longneck; Kit Connor (‘Heartstopper,’ ‘Rocketman’) as gosling Brightbill and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ this summer’s ‘The Fall Guy’) as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island. The film is written and directed by three-time Oscar nominee Sanders, who wrote and directed DreamWorks Animation’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon,’ ‘The Croods,’ and Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch.’ Jeff Hermann (DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Boss Baby 2: Family Business;’ co-producer, ‘Kung Fu Panda’ franchise) produces. The film also features the voice talents of Emmy winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill (‘Star Wars’ franchise, ‘The Boy and the Heron’), Matt Berry (‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ ‘The SpongeBob Movie’ franchise) and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames (‘Mission: Impossible’ films, ‘Pulp Fiction’). Check out all AWN's great animation and VFX industry coverage: https://bit.ly/3QH6WCP #TheWildRobotMovie #DreamWorksAnimation #ChrisSanders #Animation #AnimationWorld #AWN