Enchanting Full Trailer for Laika’s ‘Wildwood’ Stop-Motion Adventure​

“The woods have become a savage place.” 🌳 This looks magnificent! Laika has debuted their main official trailer for their next stop-motion animated movie Wildwood – arriving into theaters in October this fall. They’ve been developing it for years and it’s finally finishing up and it looks better than ever. An expansive, emotional, wondrous adventure into the woods. After multiple featurettes and behind-the-scenes looks, this is the best look at this stop-motion movie yet. The main character of Prue was revealed in a 2024 first look – Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) and her friend Curtis are drawn into a hidden, magical forest near Portland, Oregon after Prue’s baby brother Mac is kidnapped by crows and a mysterious woman. The voice cast includes Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Awkwafina, Jemaine Clement, Charlie Day, Jake Johnson, Amandla Stenberg, Tom Waits, Richard E. Grant, and Mahershala Ali as Brenden, the Bandit King of Wildwood. This looks like it might just be the best animated movie of the year! A must watch when it’s in theaters – it’s all handmade by artists and it looks extraordinary. I’m so there on opening night.

Here’s the main official trailer (+ poster) for Travis Knight’s animation Wildwood, via Laika’s YouTube:

You can rewatch the teaser trailer for Laika’s Wildwood right here or the eagle featurette + rebels promo.

For more than a decade, Laika’s craftspeople have been shaping the world of Wildwood with meticulous craftsmanship, innovative animation, and boundless creativity. The Council Tree became more than a set. It became a living symbol of the Woods itself, a place where inhabitants gather, alliances are forged, and the fate of the forest begins to take shape. Step inside Wildwood, where a powerful eagle commands the skies & magic takes flight. Wildwood, based on Colin Meloy’s illustrated book series, follows Prue McKeel leave behind her home of Portland, venturing into Wildwood on a dark quest to save her baby brother, who’s been pilfered by a murder of crows. Wildwood is once again directed by filmmaker Travis Knight, who is also CEO of Laika, and director of the movies Kubo and the Two Strings and Bumblebee previously. The screenplay is written by Chris Butler (ParaNorman, Kubo and the Two Strings, Missing Link). Based on the graphic novel series written by Colin Meloy & illustrated by Carson Ellis. Produced by Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight. Made by Laika Entertainment’s animators over the past few years based in Portland, OR. Fathom debuts Laika’s Wildwood in theaters starting on October 23rd, 2026. Visit the film’s official site.

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