The Wild Robot director Chris Sanders confirmed that there are certainly talks of a sequel to the DreamWorks hit.

Sometimes you ever know what the best-reviewed movies of the yr shall be. And proper now, one among them is The Wild Robot, the uncommon authentic movie that DreamWorks was in a position to shimmy in between their Trolls, Kung Fu Panda and Shrek films. But, taking a cue from these franchises, the studio has greenlit a sequel although The Wild Robot has solely been out for 2 weeks.

Now, The Wild Robot has already crossed $110 million worldwide, with the majority coming domestically (it’s presently monitoring to take the #2 spot on the field workplace this week, behind Terrifier 3). With that, we shouldn’t be stunned {that a} sequel for The Wild Robot is moving ahead. This was all confirmed by director Chris Sanders, who stated, “100% yes there are absolutely plans for a second one.” Details are clearly obscure or nonexistent at this level however that’s nonetheless encouraging.

Sanders – who was additionally accountable for Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, the latter with DreamWorks – beforehand praised the studio and expressed his curiosity in a sequel, telling NBC, “I would very much like to [do a sequel to The Wild Robot]. I think the entire crew really, really involved themselves in this film in a way that I’ve never seen before, myself included. This was a labor of love on the part of everybody at the studio, and yes, I think I’d love to go and stay here for a while.”

Lupita Nyong’o, who voices Roz, has additionally been open about being down for a sequel to The Wild Robot. And contemplating how terrific she is right here and the depth she brings to the character, little doubt followers would welcome the return. The remainder of the voice forged consists of Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Catherine O’Hara, Mark Hamill, Matt Berry, Bill Nighy, and Ving Rhames.

The Wild Robot will seemingly see a Best Animated Feature Oscar nomination, probably even stopping Inside Out 2 from nabbing one other for the collection. To date, DreamWorks solely has two wins within the class out of 14 nominations. One of those was for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and the studio might additionally discover themselves dealing with off in opposition to that collection’ follow-up, Vengeance Most Fowl, after they have been dumped by Nick Park and firm.

Despite the wonderful field workplace, Dreamworks is giving the film a relatively fast debut on VOD, with it set for launch on Tuesday. Is this too quickly, and are you prepared for a sequel? Let us know within the feedback!