‘Wildwood’ pushes the boundaries of stop motion animation

LAIKA Studios’ new movie uses handmade figures to tell the story of a girl’s journey into a magical world to save her brother. By Rylee Morrow On October 23, 2026, LAIKA Studios, the creators of “Coraline” and “ParaNorman”, released their sixth stop motion feature film, “Wildwood”, based on the book of the same title by Colin Meloy. Set against the backdrop of Portland, OR and the Pacific Northwest wilderness, “Wildwood” tells the story of two parallel worlds. One is a world very much like our own, while the other is filled with magic, allowing humans and animals to live together as equals. Prue McKeel, voiced by Elizabeth Peyton Lee, lives a normal life in Portland. When her baby brother, Mac, is abducted by a murder of crows, she and her classmate Curtis, voiced by Jacob Tremblay, must venture into the Impassible Wilderness to find him. Little does she know, the world she has stepped into is one divided.

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