To everybody’s credit, they stayed the course.” And it’s already paying off. “The Wild Robot” opened No. 1 in theaters nationwide this weekend, riding in on a wave of critical acclaim. Sanders didn’t ...

There were certain parts of the story we had to clean up, and others we had to expand Chris Sanders, writer and director, The Wild Robot Animation ... world is a heads-up display (HUD).

Roz, voiced by Lupita N’yongo, and Brightbill, voiced by Kit Connor, in “Wild Robot.” (DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures via AP) In the opening scenes of “The Wild Robot,” a chirpy ...