Watch: 'The Wild Robot' trailer features new song by Maren Morris
Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Universal Pictures released a trailer for The Wild Robot on Thursday featuring a new song by country music singer Maren Morris.
Morris, 34, recorded the song "Kiss the Sky" for the upcoming animated film from DreamWorks Animation.
Morris is known for the singles "The Middle" and "The Bones," and released a new album, Intermission, last week.
In a featurette, Morris said she was "honored" to create a song for The Wild Robot.
"I was honored to be approached to write for The Wild Robot because I just identified so closely with the story," she said. "Every song I write is through the lens now of motherhood or what changed me after motherhood, and so writing the song and the theme of 'Kiss the Sky' -- no one knows what they're doing until they do it."
Morris gave birth to her first child, son Hayes, in 2020.
The Wild Robot is based on the Peter Brown book series. Lupita Nyong'o voices Rozzum Unit 7134, aka Roz, a robot who is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island.
Roz (Nyong'o) learns "to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling," an official synopsis reads.
The voice cast also includes Pedro Pascal as fox Fink, Catherine O'Hara as opossum Pinktail, Billy Nighy as goose Longneck, Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill and Stephanie Hsu as robot Vontra. Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames also have roles.
Universal Pictures shared a featurette in July that gives a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film.
The Wild Robot is written and directed by Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon) and opens in theaters Sept. 27.
