One of 2024’s best animated movies, The Wild Robot, is officially getting a sequel.

After crossing US$100M at the global box office last weekend, The Wild Robot director Chris Sanders confirmed that The Wild Robot 2 is currently in development at DreamWorks Animation.

He said (via Deadline):

“100% yes there are absolutely plans for a second one.”

Three-time Oscar nominee Sanders, the writer-director of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Disney’s Lilo & Stitch, directed The Wild Robot.

In The Wild Robot, which is an adaptation of Peter Brown’s award-winning bestseller of the same name, Lupita Nyong’o plays a robot called ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short, that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling. The Wild Robot is the first in the trilogy of books written by Brown. The Wild Robot Escapes is the second book in the franchise.

The Wild Robot also features the voices of Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Stephanie Hsu, and Bill Nighy.

In the meantime, check out our glowing review of the movie by heading over here.