Animated science fiction “The Wild Robot” now showing in 16 cinemas in SL

American animated science fiction survival film “The Wild Robot” is now being screened in 16 cinemas in Sri Lanka.

They are Amity LITE – Maharagama, Sky LITE – Matara, Aqua LITE – Negombo, MaXX LITE – Moratuwa, City by LITE – Mt. Lavinia, Majestic GOLD – Colombo, Regal cinema – Nuwaraeliya; Regal – Katubedda; Regal – Bandarawela; Colombo City Centre; SCOPE cinema – Havelock City Mall, Liberty by SCOPE – Colombo, Liberty by SCOPE – Kiribathgoda, PVR cinemas, Chaya PREMIERE – Kegalle and Kandy City Centre.

The film is based on the book series of the same name by Peter Brown, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. 

The film was written and directed by Chris Sanders, produced by Jeff Hermann, and executive-produced by Sanders’s longtime collaborative partner Dean DeBlois. 

It stars the voices of Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara, Matt Berry, and Ving Rhames.  In the film, Roz (Nyong’o), a robot shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, must adapt to her surroundings, build relationships with the local wildlife, and become the adoptive mother of an orphaned gosling.