Breaking Hype
Wildwood Budget $100M, Laika's Last Stop-Motion Stand
Laika’s $100 million stop-motion film opens to $12 million — and the industry holds its breath.
3 days ago1 min read
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Travis Knight's films and where to watch them on Videoess →Travis Andrew Knight (born September 13, 1973) is an American animator, producer, director, actor, and former rapper. The son of Nike co-founder Phil Knight has worked as the lead animator and current CEO for the stop-motion animation studio Laika, including directing the company's films Kubo and the Two Strings…
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World
Travis Knight’s Wildwood: How a Camera the Size of an F-150 Made Stop-Motion Feel Like Live-Action
Travis Knight, director of Wildwood, reveals how he made stop-motion feel like live-action by building a set that opens like a clam to fit a camera the size of an F-150. The most complex scene? A simple pan across a teenager’s bedroom.
4 days ago2 min
Box Office
Wildwood box office collection day 7: $18.5 million in North America
Wildwood has crossed $18.5 million in North America after just one week, outpacing Missing Link’s lifetime total. Despite a weak start, the film is gaining momentum with critical acclaim and steady audience turnout.
28 Oct 20262 min
World
Wildwood’s $100 Million Budget Is Its Biggest Problem
Wildwood’s $100 million budget is the biggest question mark in its path to theatrical survival. The stop-motion epic, directed by Travis Knight and released via Fathom Entertainment, opens October 23 — not against a superhero tentpole, but a DC horror film with a stronger opening forecast. Box Office Theory projects a domestic debut between $5–10 million. That’s not a failure. It’s a warning sign.
15 Oct 20262 min
Breaking Hype
Wildwood's Crows Murder Was a War
The murder of the crows in Wildwood wasn’t just a scene—it was a war. Five years, 231 puppets, and a team that rebuilt their entire workflow to make it happen.
15 Oct 20262 min
Breaking Hype
Travis Knight’s Wildwood Finally Premieres After 16-Year Journey
Travis Knight’s Wildwood finally arrives — after 16 years, a child born during its inception now drives to the premiere. The stop-motion fantasy, long whispered about in animation circles as Laika’s most ambitious project yet, had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on Sunday. It’s not just a film. It’s a monument to patience. To persistence. To the kind of slow burn that makesyou
11 Oct 20261 min
Breaking Hype
Wildwood Review: Laika’s Stop-Motion Masterpiece Is Here
Carey Mulligan plays a grieving ruler whose magic is born of loss, not malice. The film doesn’t ask us to forgive her. It asks us to understand.
11 Oct 20262 min
Breaking Hype
Carey Mulligan’s Villain Is the Heart of Laika’s Wildwood
Carey Mulligan voices the Dowager Governess Alexandra, a woman so broken by loss she weaponises it. Her voice alone — cold, precise, layered with sorrow — suggests a performance that could carry the film’s emotional core.
11 Oct 20262 min
Breaking Hype
How 16 Years of Stop-Motion Built Wildwood
The movie, based on Colin Meloy’s 2011 novel, is now finally arriving — with a PG-13 rating, a story steeped in grief, and a visual language built frame by frame, hand by hand.
10 Oct 20262 min
World
Laika's Wildwood To Open AFI Fest Ahead Of Theatrical Release
Laika's stop-motion feature Wildwood, directed by Travis Knight, will open the 40th AFI Fest on October 21 for its US premiere, ahead of an October 23 theatrical release via Fathom Entertainment.
9 Sept 20262 min