The Wild Robot is adapted from Peter Brown's trilogy of books, but several changes were made to the source material, which improved the movie.

The assignment is daunting: Turn a beloved book with a few illustrations into a full-length movie without losing its tangy heart. Sanders didn’t just nail it; he lasered it. “The Wild Robot ...

Midcoast author Peter Brown says he was thrilled to hear that the film “The Wild Robot,” inspired by his book, got three Oscar ... It’s visually beautiful, and it’s different than a ...

but this feels like a story made for animation to the point that you might be surprised to hear this is based on a book. The Wild Robot doesn't waste a second of its runtime and starts about as ...

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DreamWorks Animation‘s The Wild Robot proves to be a real gem in the genre that likely will become a classic, and no doubt bring sequels just as Brown’s book is now a literary series.