LAIKA is ready to open the gates to its most ambitious handcrafted world yet. The studio has released the final trailer for Wildwood, its sweeping stop-motion fantasy adventure arriving exclusively in theaters on October 23. The new trailer showcases the studio’s signature handcrafted filmmaking and gives us the biggest look yet at Prue McKeel’s journey into the hidden world of Wildwood.
Directed and produced by Travis Knight, and inspired by the acclaimed novel written by Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis, Wildwood brings an expansive fantasy world to the screen through LAIKA’s singular approach to stop-motion filmmaking. In an era increasingly dominated by computer-generated imagery and AI, there is something especially impressive about the craftsmanship behind Wildwood. The characters and environments are physically crafted and animated by hand, frame by frame, creating a world that feels both fantastical and unmistakably tangible.
Tickets for Wildwood are now available in the United States at participating theatre box offices and online at WildwoodMovie.com.
Wildwood Trailer
About
After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness — an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Tremblay), Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. As the pair is drawn into a conflict threatening the balance of the forest itself, Prue must find a way to save her brother while confronting forces that could determine Wildwood’s future.
Cast
Wildwood features a star-studded voice cast led by Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Prue McKeel and Jacob Tremblay as Curtis Mehlberg.
- Carey Mulligan (Shame)
- Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
- Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians)
- Jake Johnson (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)
- Charlie Day (The Super Mario Galaxy Movie)
- Amandla Stenberg (Bodies Bodies Bodies)
- Jemaine Clement (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
- Maya Erskine (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
- Tantoo Cardinal (Killers of the Flower Moon)
- Tom Waits (Seven Psychopaths)
- Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?).
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