Official Trailer for LAIKA’s Largest Stop-Motion Film, 〈Wildwood〉

LAIKA just dropped the first full trailer for Travis Knight's "Wildwood." The new footage shows off the epic scale, adventure, and stunning handcrafted artistry of the studio's most ambitious film yet

LAIKA has released the first official trailer for 〈Wildwood〉, the largest stop-motion feature ever produced in the studio’s history. Travis Knight directs and produces, Chris Butler wrote the screenplay, and the film will be released theatrically in the United States on October 23, 2026.

Prue McKeel’s younger brother, who lives outside Portland, is kidnapped by a murder of crows and taken to the ‘Impassable Wilderness,’ a place no one even knows exists. Prue enters the forbidden forest with her clumsy but loyal friend Curtis, becoming caught up in a conflict involving talking animals, bandits, ancient powers, and opposing factions.

What begins as a straightforward mission to rescue her brother expands into an adventure to uncover Wildwood’s history and secrets, as well as the reason Prue was drawn there. Based on Colin Meloy’s novel, the film applies LAIKA’s signature handcrafted process—physically creating the characters, environments, and even the smallest props and moving them frame by frame—to a vast fantasy world.

Peyton Elizabeth Lee voices Prue, while Jacob Tremblay voices Curtis. Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Angela Bassett, Awkwafina, Jake Johnson, and Charlie Day also appear, with Fathom Entertainment handling U.S. theatrical distribution.