Wildwood. 2026. USA. Directed by Travis Knight. Screenplay by Chris Butler, based on the novel by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis. With Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan. DCP courtesy Laika. 131 min.
The sixth animated feature from Oregon’s Laika Studio since 2009, Wildwood is its most ambitious production in scale and technical achievement to date. An adaptation of the weighty children’s novel by Portland author Colin Meloy and illustrator Carson Ellis, the film’s action-packed narrative draws on a wealth of popular fantasy and folk-storytelling themes. Twelve-year-old Prue enters into an alternate, woodland world seeking to rescue her infant brother after he’s carried off by a murder of crows. There she and a timid friend who follows her fall prey to an evil Dowager Governess and an army of talking coyotes, meet the primitive King of the Bandits, and assemble a group of misfit warriors in a test of their courage and supernatural abilities. The staging and execution of the monumental battle that ensues is likely to stand as a milestone in the evolution of stop-motion animation. Wildwood is rated PG-13, and is not recommended for younger viewers.
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