Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney, this week with special guest Deirdre Molumby, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.
This week, Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot.
On a remote island, a freak storm brings a surprise visitor: a top of the line service robot. Without any humans around to give her a task, the robot searches for purpose among the island’s animal inhabitants. She stumbles across a young gosling, taking on the task of raising the small bird. Although parenting is not part of her programming, this wild robot discovers that love is a powerful force.
At time of recording, it was ranked 154th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 21st October 2024.
- The Wild Robot at The Internet Movie Database.
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- Nate Jones at Vulture considers the chaos of this Oscar season, October 2024.
- Gold Derby discusses the Oscar odds of The Wild Robot, October 2024.
- Clayton Davis at Variety ranks the possible Best Picture contenders, October 2024.
- David Canfield at Vanity Fair considers the “wide open” race for Best Picture, September 2024.
- Elizabeth Blair at NPR considers why children and parents love Bluey, August 2022.
- Allegra Chapman at The Independent writes about how Bluey relates to parents, August 2024.
- Lindsay Bahr at The Associated Press considers how The Wild Robot celebrates the 30th anniversary of DreamWorks animation, October 2024.
- Jeffrey Katzenberg talks to Tampa Bay Times about founding DreamWorks animation, December 1998.
- Darren Mooney at The Escapist considers “post-peak Pixar“, June 2021.
- Christopher Orr at The Atlantic looks at the Pixar wilderness following the company’s purchase by Disney, June 2017.
- Nathan Johnson at The Direct considers the recent controversies over voice actor Tara Strong, April 2024.
- Kat Tenbarge at NBC News reports on the allegations concerning Justin Roiland, September 2023.
- Conor Murray at Forbes reports on the decision to replace Justin Roiland on Rick and Morty, October 2023.
- Brooks Barnes at The New York Times considers the massive lay-offs at Pixar, May 2024.
- Alex Stedman at IGN reports on the lives of the laid off Pixar staffers responsible for the success of Inside Out 2, October 2024.
- Amid Amidi at Cartoon Brew reports on the decision to halt all in-house animation at DreamWorks, October 2023.
- Amid Amidi at Cartoon Brew reports on plans to significantly cut staff at DreamWorks, March 2024.
- Rebecca Rubin at Variety reports on Disney’s decision to turn the Moana streaming show into Moana 2, February 2024.
- Jerry Beck at Cartoon Brew shares Chris Sanders’ student film, March 2011.
- Chris Sanders talks to The Irish Examiner about his early life and career, February 2020.
- Amid Amidi at Cartoon Brew shares Chris Sanders’ infamous Disney “picture book” memo, July 2011.
- Eric Scales at Eric Scales’ Sketchbook reflects on Chris Sanders’ unique art style, May 2010.
- Petrana Radulovic at Polygon considers the troubled development of The Emperor’s New Groove, January 2021.
- Bilge Ebiri at Vulture puts together an oral history of the development and production of Lilo & Stitch, July 2024.
- Austin Allison at Collider considers the brief history of Disney Animation in Florida, November 2023.
- Chris Sanders talks to Vulture about how The Wild Robot came full circle from his original pitch for Lilo & Stitch, September 2024.
- Bill Desowitz at IndieWire considers the influence of Roger Deakins on the How to Train Your Dragon films, March 2019.
- Christophe Lautrette talks to Forbes about the art direction of The Croods, April 2013.
- Chris Sanders talks to The Wrap about his life and career, September 2024.
- Chris Sanders talks to Variety about having to reinvent computer-generated animation for The Wild Robot, June 2024.
- Chris Sanders talks to IndieWire about how The Wild Robot turned its animators into painters, September 2024.
- Chris Sanders talks to Creative Bloq about trying to animate a computer-generated animation so that it looked like a painting, October 2024.
- Sanjay Patel talks to The Verge about the challenges in pushing computer-generated animation away from photorealism, December 2015.
- Enrico Casarosa talks to Polygon about Pixar’s attempts to break away from its house style with Luca, June 2021.
- Pierre Perifel talks to The Wrap about how The Bad Guys pushed the boundaries of computer-generated animation, April 2022.
- Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado talk to Polygon about pushing the stylistic envelop with Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, March 2023.
- Chris Sanders talks to Animation News Network about the stylistic choices driving The Wild Robot, August 2024.
- Chris Lee at Vulture talks to animators who worked on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, June 2023.
- Phil Lord and Christopher Miller talk to IGN about the changes made to the various releases of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, August 2023.
- Sonaiya Kelley at The Los Angeles Times reports on Sony’s decision to remove Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse from the release calendar, July 2023.
- Anthony D’Alessandro at Deadline reports on the decision to remove Blade from the Disney release calendar, October 2022.
- Chris Sanders talks to The MPAA about “kindness as a survival skill” in The Wild Robot, October 2024.
- Alex Abad-Santos at Vox discusses Pedro Pascal’s “daddy” period, February 2023.
- Pedro Pascal talks to Times of India about seeing How to Train Your Dragon in IMAX for his birthday, October 2024.
- Wesley Morris at The New York Times considers Hollywood’s difficulty finding material worthy of Lupita Nyong’o, December 2019.
- Lupita Nyong’o talks to Sky about her voice work on The Wild Robot, October 2024.
- Leff Lefferts talks to IndieWire about doing the sound design for The Wild Robot, utilising Lupita Nyong’o’s vocal performance, October 2024.
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