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Anything and everything to do with the Hollywood revolution starts with George Lucas andStar Wars. The visionary director and certified genius from whose imagination the galactic empire was conceived took a lot of impossible leaps to make his dream a reality. Among those leaps were the foundation of Industrial Light & Magic and eventually, Pixar.
Today, both these animation companies stand at the pinnacle of computer-generated graphics imagery and the department of visual effects. Without ILM, the film and entertainment industry would be robbed of such classics asAlienandTerminator.Visionaries like James Cameron would be equipped with grand ideas ahead of his time with no tools to help shape them into reality.
Pixar, on the other hand, has singlehandedly ruled over Hollywood’s animation works, breaking box office records left and right with their cutting-edge animated films that have produced more Oscar-winning billion-dollar films than any other animation studio to date. But all that looks to be changing now.
The Rise of Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios, founded in 1979, had two of the most famous figureheads backing its success since its very conception – Steve Jobs andGeorge Lucas. With their combined brains and the vision behind the development of this project, Pixar was bound to be a success from the start. But like all great success stories, the creation of this studio too was something resembling the plot ofThe Social Network.
After moving on from the initial stage of betrayal and duplicity that eventually led to the creation of Pixar, initially anointed “Picture Maker” by its makers, the studio began to trek a long way uphill toward unparalleled technological advancement and unanimous acclaim via its award-winning films.
Once Pixar dug its roots into the ground of Tinsel Town, there was no turning back. The studio progressed in leaps and bounds, passing key milestones such as rendering the Genesis Effect inStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan– the first completely computer-generated sequence in a film, and the Stained Glass Knight inYoung Sherlock Holmes– the very first CGI-animated character created for a live-action feature.
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Over the decades, Pixar has been behind some of the most epic cinematic productions likeToy Story(the first fully computer-animated feature film),Up,Ratatouille,Finding Nemo,The Incredibles,WALL-E,Brave, andCoco– all of which have won the Oscar for Best Animated Picture. The studio in itself has raked in 23 Academy Awards and over $15 billion in box office earnings.
The Wild RobotThreatens Pixar’s Reign
If there was ever a person who could pose enough of a threat to George Lucas and his creation, it had to beSteven Spielberg. The two best friends and brothers-in-arms have shared a dream since their very first days in Hollywood where not only did they manifest those dreams but went above and beyond what ordinary human imagination could even dare to conceive.
The running joke between Spielberg and Lucas where each passes the torch back and forth between their alternating box office successes now applies to their respective studios as well.The Wild Robotproduced by Spielberg’s DreamWorks could potentially topple Pixar’s latest achievement, i.e. the billion-dollar box office miracleInside Out 2.
DreamWorks, which has been behind films such asShrek,Kung Fu Panda,How to Train Your Dragon, andMadagascar, has always projected hope and positivity at the core of every film andThe Wild Robotis no different. With a stellar voice cast that includes Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, and Mark Hamill among others, the film delves into the value of family and friends and teaches how to adapt, evolve, and co-exist even when one is programmed or built differently than the rest.
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Inpreviewsalone,The Wild Robothas earned an unprecedented $2 million, even before the film has had a chance to come out in theaters. With a somber budget of $78 million, the DreamWorks Animation film looks to be a definite win for the studio – a happy thought after the disastrous reception ofKung Fu Panda 4.
The Wild Robotpremieres worldwide on July 26, 2025.
Diya Majumdar
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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
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