The post 'The Wild Robot' Director Chris Sanders Looks Back: From 'Lilo & Stitch' to 'How to Train Your Dragon' appeared first on TheWrap.

EXCLUSIVE: After crossing $100M globally last weekend, The Wild Robot filmmaker Chris Sanders confirmed this morning at Deadline Contenders that a sequel to the pic is on the way and currently in ...

Chris Sanders wanted to avoid the photorealistic ... right call going their own way with the animation as it gives The Wild Robot a distinct tone that sets it apart from other 3D animated films.

The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox.

We want to do something different,’” Sanders said. “One of the great strengths of DreamWorks is they’re willing to try new things. To everybody’s credit, they stayed the course.” And it’s already ...

The animated feature “The Wild Robot” is two movies ... Animation veteran Chris Sanders, nominated for several Oscars, including for the 2010 hit, “How To Train Your Dragon,” directs.

The Wild Robot has a long future ahead ... "The main message, for me, is something that really resonated with Chris Sanders and the filmmakers also, which is that kindness is a survival skill ...

With two published sequels ready and waiting, DreamWorks Animation has a franchise in the works with The Wild Robot ... of director and co-writer Chris Sanders’ adaptation hold different ...

Meanwhile, Chris Sanders’ “The Wild Robot” beat out Gints Zilbalodis’ Oscar-winning “Flow” for the animated feature Eddie, which went to editor Mary Blee for deftly cutting the sci-fi ...