The Wild Robot (Featuring Toby Cochran)

On the 428th episode of Piecing It Together, Toby Cochran joins me to talk about The Wild Robot, which has just been re-released in theaters. This beautiful animated film is one of 2024's best. We also discuss my guest's animated film about a robot, LUKI & The Lights. Puzzle pieces include Isle of Dogs, Bambi, Life of Pi and The Iron Giant. As always, SPOILER ALERT for The Wild Robot and the movies we discuss! Written by Chris Sanders Directed by Chris Sanders Starring Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Mark Hamill, Catherine O'Hara Dreamworks https://www.thewildrobotmovie.com/ Toby Cochran is an animator and filmmaker. His latest project is LUKI & The Lights. Check out Toby's website biggrinproductions.com for more about his work. And follow Toby on Instagram @tobycochran and @biggrinproductions LUKI & The Lights also played at this year’s FilmQuest Film Festival which I recently recorded a series of episodes at. Check them all out at https://www.piecingpod.com/2024/11/12/filmquest-2024-wrap-up/ My sixth album, MORE CONTENT is available NOW on iTunes, Bandcamp and all other digital music stores! Make sure to check it out! My latest music is the 24 for 2024 series in which I'm releasing a new single on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month in 2024. 24 new songs total. Follow along on the Spotify Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PDKoUQ1CoFpiogLu2Sz4D?si=3cb1df0dd0384968 My latest music video “Burn" which you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKAWFm0gAo The song at the end of the episode is "World's Best Boy" from my new The Pup Pups album A Boy and His Dog and Three Cats and A Bear. Make sure to “Like” Piecing It Together on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PiecingPod And “Follow” us on Twitter @PiecingPod And Join the Conversation in our Facebook Group, Piecing It Together – A Movie Discussion Group. And check out https://www.piecingpod.com for more about our show! And if you want to SUPPORT THE SHOW, you can now sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen You can also support the show by checking out our TeePublic store to buy shirts and more featuring Piecing It Together logos, movie designs, and artwork for my various music projects at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/piecing-it-together Share the episode, comment and give us feedback! And of course, SUBSCRIBE! And of course, don’t forget to leave us a 5 star review on Goodpods, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Podchaser! And most important of all… Keep going to the theater to see new movies!