Your Friend the Robot

My Robot's Friend (Spanish: Mi amigo es un robot) is an upcoming computer-animated science fiction film directed by Bob Persichetti and Bibo Bergeron, co-directed by Francisco Aragones, and written by Richard Starzak and Peter Lord. The third film from Aardman Animations to be Sony Pictures Animation, it is scheduled to be released on Columbia Pictures serving as the studio's first Sony animated film to be produced since the Mexican animation studio. EuropaCorp through their Little Witch Pictures subsidiary.

It is scheduled to have its world premiere on September 2, 2022 in the United Kingdom, and is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on September 9, 2022 and Mexico on September 16, 2022.

Plot
Set in London, 2046 where walking, speaking, digitally connected robots became kids' friends, tells the story of Joseph who finds out that 4195 never quite works.￼

Voice cast

 * James McAvoy as Joseph Cavendish
 * Colin Firth as 4195
 * Emily Blunt as Debbie Malone
 * Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Domhnall Cavendish, Joseph's father.
 * Bette Midler as Amity Cavendish, Joseph's grandmother.
 * Justin Timberlake as Nick Flynn, the creator of the robots.
 * Seth MacFarlane as Peter Fletcher, the CEO of the robot company.
 * Dane DeHaan as David Blight, the creator of the robots.
 * Zack Isaac as Antonio Hernández, Joseph's classmate.
 * Brian Hull as Aloysius O'Donnell, the creator of the robots.
 * Adam Sandler as Freddy Larson, the creator of the robots.

Production
On June 20, 2021, it was announced that the first film from Little Witch Pictures would be My Robot's Friend. Bob Persichetti and Bibo Bergeron would serve as the film's co-directors, while Peter Lord and Aardman co-founder Richard Starzak would write the screenplay. Sony Pictures Animation was on board as a digital production partner. Michelle Murdocca.

Music
Rupert Gregson-Williams composed the film's score.

Trivia

 * This is the only Little Witch Pictures film that Columbia Pictures is releasing as part of a deal, as after the latter's acquisition by EuropaCorp in 2021, they currented a new deal with Sony Pictures Releasing.
 * Following a studio name change by EuropaCorp on December 18, 2020, this will be the second animated film to be released under the Little Witch Pictures name. The first will be Little Witch Academia 2: World Tour.