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Wildwood’s $100 Million Budget Is Its Biggest Problem
Laika’s $100 million stop-motion fantasy Wildwood opens October 23 with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score — and a box office forecast that looks like a trap.
4 days ago2 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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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.
4 days ago2 min
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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
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Wildwood Review: Laika’s Stop-Motion Masterpiece Is Here
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11 Oct 20262 min
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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
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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
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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