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Will Robinson is a main character of the 1998 film Lost in Space. He is primarily portrayed by Jack Johnson.
Will was extremely intelligent...but also precocious. He was constantly getting in trouble at school while on Earth. Will didn't seem to enthusiastic to leave Earth. In fact, he didn't seem too enthusiastic about anything accept getting in trouble... then trying to use his smarts with electronics to get him out of it.
Will also seemed to have difficulty with the relationship between him and his father. Father and son were not close at all... they acted more like strangers. Will also back-talked and sassed his mother and sisters. Both Will and his sister, Penny were pretty much obnoxious brats. Will was in charge of robotics and felt a deep attachment to the Robot. By the end of the movie, Will's attitude about space had changed drastically. Jared Harris also played an older version of Will in the movie.