Wildwood featurette lifts the veil on building its stop-motion world

Knight is CEO of Laika Studios, which optioned the film rights for the novel shortly after publication. It’s a natural fit, given that Laika and Knight also produced 2016’s lovely Oscar-nominated animated film Kubo and the Two Strings. (Knight’s live-action films include Bumblebee and this year’s Masters of the Universe.) They do old-school stop-motion animation, which is what makes the behind-the-scenes featurette such a great marketing ploy. Who wouldn’t be interested in seeing all the painstaking, handcrafted sets and figurines slowly come to life? Peyton Elizabeth Lee voices Prue, while Jacob Tremblay voices Curtis and Carey Mulligan voices Alexandra. The cast also includes Angela Bassett as a giant golden eagle called the General, Jake Johnson and Maya Erskine as Prue’s parents, and Arthur Knight as her baby brother, Mac. In addition, Mahershala Ali, Jemaine Clement, Awkwafina, Charlie Day, Amandla Stenberg, Tom Waits, Tantoo Cardinal, Richard E. Grant, Rob Delaney, Marc Evan Jackson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Blythe Danner, and Len Cariou will voice as-yet-undisclosed roles. Wildwood hits theaters on October 23, 2026.