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DreamWorks Sets 'The Wild Robot Escapes' With Troy Quane Directing

The follow-up draws on the 2024 hit’s awards-backed momentum, with timing and casting still unannounced.

Overview

  • DreamWorks Animation is developing The Wild Robot Escapes, the sequel to 2024’s The Wild Robot.
  • Troy Quane will direct, with Heidi Jo Gilbert as co-director, while original director Chris Sanders writes the screenplay.
  • Producer Jeff Hermann returns as the project maintains continuity from the first film’s creative team.
  • The film adapts Peter Brown’s second book, centering on Roz and Brightbill’s effort to leave a dairy farm and return to their island.
  • No release date has been set, and no returning voice cast has been confirmed.