{"id":446752,"date":"2026-05-13T13:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/446752\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:34:08","slug":"wildwood-trailer-laika-returns-to-its-nature-with-new-stop-motion-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/446752\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wildwood&#8217; Trailer: Laika Returns To Its Nature With New Stop-Motion Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/laika\/\" id=\"auto-tag_laika\" data-tag=\"laika\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laika<\/a> on Wednesday released the first trailer for <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/wildwood\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wildwood\" data-tag=\"wildwood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wildwood<\/a>, the first stop-motion animated movie from the studio since 2019\u2019s The Missing Link, the most recent in a string of five Oscar-nominated pics in a row dating back to 2009\u2019s Coraline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe new pic, directed and produced by Laika boss <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/travis-knight\/\" id=\"auto-tag_travis-knight\" data-tag=\"travis-knight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Knight<\/a>, was adapted by Masters of the Universe and Kubo and the Two Strings scribe Chris Butler from the book series by The Decemberists\u2019 frontman Colin Meloy. It will <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/01\/wildwood-release-date-laika-fathom-filmnation-1236691225\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236691225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open in theaters October 23<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/fathom-entertainment\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fathom-entertainment\" data-tag=\"fathom-entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fathom Entertainment<\/a>, the specialty distributor that has previously backed rereleases of Laika hits like Coraline and 2012\u2019s ParaNorman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe plot: 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 \u2014 an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, OR. (Knight grew up in Portland; there\u2019s a nice Hawthorne Bridge cameo in today\u2019s teaser trailer, which is backed by the M83 song \u201cMy Tears are Becoming a Sea.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tJoined 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.\u00a0 As the pair is drawn into a conflict threatening the balance of the forest itself, Prue must discover the strength and belief she never knew she possessed. If she hopes to save her brother and protect Wildwood\u2019s fragile future, she will have to risk everything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe voice cast also features Carey Mulligan,\u00a0Richard E. Grant,\u00a0Awkwafina,\u00a0Amandla Stenberg,\u00a0Tom Waits,\u00a0Charlie Day,\u00a0Blythe Danner,\u00a0Arthur Knight,\u00a0Maya Erskine,\u00a0Jake Johnson,\u00a0Tantoo Cardinal,\u00a0Rob Delaney,\u00a0Jemaine Clement,\u00a0Marc Evan Jackson,\u00a0Len Cariou,\u00a0\u00d3lafur Darri \u00d3lafsson, Angela Bassett\u00a0and Mahershala Ali.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn addition to Coraline, ParaNorman, Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link, Laika\u2019s other Oscar-nominated pic was 2014\u2019s The Boxtrolls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCheck out the Wildwood teaser trailer above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laika on Wednesday released the first trailer for Wildwood, the first stop-motion animated movie from the studio since&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,127088,61,60,127089,270,61058,127090],"class_list":["post-446752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-fathom-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-laika","tag-movies","tag-travis-knight","tag-wildwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}