‘Wildwood’ Trailer Offers First Full Look at the Stunning Handcrafted Fantasy Epic from LAIKA

Today, LAIKA unveiled the first full trailer for Wildwood, offering our best look yet at the extraordinary scale, adventure, and handcrafted artistry behind the studio’s most ambitious film to date. Directed and produced by Travis Knight (Masters of the Universe, Kubo and the Two Strings) and written by Chris Butler (Masters of the Universe, ParaNorman), Wildwood is inspired by Colin Meloy’s acclaimed novel of the same name. The film brings the sprawling fantasy world to life through LAIKA’s signature approach to stop-motion animation.

In an era increasingly dominated by computer-generated imagery and AI, there is something especially impressive about the craftsmanship behind Wildwood. The world and characters are physically created and animated by hand, frame by painstaking frame. Keep reading to check out the new trailer and see that artistry on full display. Wildwood will premiere in theaters on October 23, 2026.

Wildwood Trailer

About Wildwood

Set just beyond Portland, Oregon, Wildwood begins when headstrong teenager Prue McKeel’s baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows and carried into the Impassable Wilderness — a hidden forest that most people don’t know exists.

Prue follows. Joined by her loyal but hapless classmate Curtis Mehlberg, she crosses into a world unlike anything she knows: a vast and unpredictable wilderness of talking animals, bandits, ancient powers, and rival factions, all caught in a struggle for the future of Wildwood. As Prue ventures deeper into the forest, what begins as a rescue becomes something much larger. To bring her brother home, she will have to navigate a world with its own histories, loyalties, and secrets — and discover why she was drawn there in the first place.

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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