With Coraline back in theaters for its 15th anniversary, LAIKA Studios has revealed the first Wildwood teaser. While the film has no release date yet, it is expected to open in theaters in 2025.
In addition to the Wildwood teaser, we’ve also included LAIKA’s recent video that takes you behind the scenes of the stop-motion animated film and a video featuring Coraline introducing the company’s newest hero, Prue McKeel.
Wildwood is based on the series of novels by Colin Meloy, lead singer for The Decemberists, and illustrator Carson Ellis. The film is currently in production at LAIKA Studios outside Portland, Oregon.
The cast includes Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), Oscar winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Peyton Elizabeth Lee (Andi Mack), Jacob Tremblay (Room), and Awkwafina (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).
Also on board are Oscar nominee Angela Bassett (What’s Love Got to Do With It), Jake Johnson (Jurassic World), Charlie Day (Horrible Bosses), Amandla Stenberg (The Hate You Give), and Emmy nominee Jemaine Clement (The Flight of the Conchords).
Rounding out the cast are Maya Erskine, Tantoo Cardinal (Wind River), Grammy winner Tom Waits, and Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?).
LAIKA President & CEO Travis Knight, who won the BAFTA for directing LAIKA’s Kubo and the Two Strings and also directed Paramount’s hit movie Bumblebee, directs from a script by Chris Butler (ParaNorman, Missing Link).
Six-time Oscar nominee Caleb Deschanel (The Passion of The Christ) is the cinematographer with Arianne Sutner, LAIKA’s Head of Production and Oscar-nominated producer of Kubo and Missing Link, producing alongside Knight.
LAIKA was founded in 2005 in Oregon by President & CEO Travis Knight. The studio’s five films — Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), and Missing Link (2019) — have all been nominated for the Academy Award for Outstanding Animated Feature.
Kubo and the Two Strings won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film and received an additional Oscar nomination for Visual Effects. Missing Link was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film. LAIKA was awarded a Scientific and Technology Oscar in 2016 for its innovation in 3D printing.
The studio is also developing The Night Gardener, an animated film based on an original idea by Bill Dubuque, creator of the hit series Ozark, as well as its first live-action feature film based on the action thriller novel Seventeen by screenwriter John Brownlow.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.