![]() Fender takes him in to a boarding home populated by other outmodes, known collectively as the "rusties". Rodney befriends Fender Pinwheeler, a ne'er-do-well he met earlier at the train station. Meanwhile, Ratchet's mother, Madame Gasket, runs the "chop shop," a facility that collects scrap, spare parts, and outmoded robots and recycles them into ingots for upgrades. Ratchet, who, in Bigweld's absence, has stopped producing spare parts and inventions in favor of expensive "upgrades", thereby "outmoding" robots who are unable or unwilling to pay for them. Upon his arrival, Rodney is ejected from Bigweld Industries by the company's current head, Phineas T. ![]() In an attempt to help Herb pay for the damages, Rodney decides to move to Robot City, hoping to present Wonderbot to Bigweld Industries and get a job there. When Herb's supervisor confronts them, Wonderbot malfunctions and wreaks havoc in the kitchen. Following Bigweld's example to "see a need, fill a need", Rodney develops a small, flying robot, named Wonderbot, to assist his father, Herb, who works as a dishwasher at a restaurant. He idolizes Bigweld, a famous inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist whose company, Bigweld Industries, hires other inventors and provides robots with spare parts. In a world populated by sentient robots, Rodney Copperbottom is an aspiring young inventor who lives in Rivet Town with his parents, Herb and Lydia Copperbottom. A sequel was discussed, but never produced due to the studio's heavier focus on its flagship franchise, Ice Age. The film was commercially successful, grossing over $262 million worldwide against a $75–80 million budget. The film received favorable reviews from critics, who praised the film's humor and creativity, but generally deemed its story and characters to be somewhat unoriginal and forgettable. Robots premiered at the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles on March 6, 2005, and was released in the United States on March 11. ![]() The story follows an ambitious inventor robot named Rodney Copperbottom (McGregor), who seeks out his idol Bigweld (Brooks) to work for his company in Robot City, only to discover a plot by its new owner Ratchet (Kinnear) and his mother ( Jim Broadbent) to cheat older robots into buying expensive upgrades.ĭevelopment on the film began in 2000, when Wedge and children's author William Joyce failed to adapt Joyce's 1993 children's book Santa Calls, thus scrapping the idea and instead doing a story on robots. It stars the voices of Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey and Robin Williams. The film was directed by Chris Wedge and co-directed by Carlos Saldanha from a screenplay by David Lindsay-Abaire, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel, based on a story by Ron Mita, Jim McClain, and Lindsay-Abaire. ![]() Robots is a 2005 American animated science fiction adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. ![]()
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