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DreamWorks Previews ‘The Wild Robot’ Unfinished Footage: ‘A Monet Painting in a Miyazaki Forest’


Dreamworks Animation previewed unfinished footage of 'The Wild Robot' at CinemaCon.

Three-time Oscar-nominated director Chris Sandlers and Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o previewed unfinished footage of DreamWorks Animation ‘s “ The Wild Robot ” at CinemaCon — what Sandlers says took inspiration from Disney classics and Hayao Miyazaki’s work, resulting in an original virtual style that he described as “a Monet painting in a Miyazaki forest.” Based on Peter Brown’s book, the story follows Roz, a robot voiced by Nyong’o, who is accidentally marooned on an uninhabited island. The voice cast also includes Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor, Stephanie Hsu and Mark Hamill.

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