Sometimes a movie debuts at a film festival and the acclaim seems practically universal. The response is so good, so amazing, so [checks thesaurus] ebullient that it makes you wonder if the whole ...

DreamWorks Animation’s “The Wild Robot,” based on Peter Brown’s book of the same name, opened this past fall and became a quiet smash, making $331 million and taking home major awards all season long, ...

Peter Brown’s middle-grade book, about an intelligent robot living in the wilderness, had been sitting on the shelf at DreamWorks Animation for a bit. No one had quite figured it out. Then Sanders, ...

Directors of some of of the year’s most notable animated features talk about the design and inspiration behind key characters including a sentient robot, expressive cat and villainous penguin. Twins ...

From The Iron Giant, to Wall-E, to Big Hero 6, there's just something about a good animated robot movie that never fails to get us right in the feels. And it's a trend that looks set to continue with ...

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Other animated contenders in the best feature category are ‘Kung Fu Panda 4,’ ‘That Christmas,’ ‘Ultraman Rising’ and ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.’ By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief ...

The Wild Robot has been one of the biggest success stories of the year at the box office, recently earning $6.6 million during its seventh full weekend in theaters to claim the #4 spot, behind only ...

Will The Wild Robot get a sequel? Since the book series the movie is based on is a trilogy, it’s natural to wonder whether a sequel is in the works. Fans are in luck: Director Chris Sanders revealed ...