With little over a month to go before audiences can step into Wildwood, Laika Studios has dropped a final trailer for Travis Knight’s epic stop-motion fantasy adventure.The studio behind Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings are promising to take you to a world beyond your imagination to tell the story of Prue (Peyton Elizabeth […]
Trailer for Laika’s Wildwood teases an ambitious stop-motion epic
Laika Studios has released a stunning new trailer for their forthcoming animated adventure Wildwood.Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight’s 139-minute fantasy film is based on Colin Meloy’s best-selling novel, which is illustrated by Carson Ellis, and features a stacked voice cast that includes Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina, […]
Go behind the scenes of Laika’s Wildwood with new featurette
Laika Studios has shared another featurette for Travis Knight’s upcoming adaptation of writer Colin Meloy and illustrator Carson Ellis’ bestselling novel Wildwood, which takes us behind the scenes of the film, offering a look at the craftsmanship involved in bringing to life the fantasy adventure, from the Bandit Camp to the expansive landscapes of the […]
Explore the craft that goes into creating the stunning world of Wildwood in Laika’s behind-the-scenes featurette
Laika Studios has released a behind-the-scenes featurette for their forthcoming fantasy-adventure Wildwood that reveals how they transformed wood, wire, fabric, paint, and imagination into the film’s spectacular environments. Based on the bestselling novel by Colin Meloy, which is illustrated by Carson Ellis, Wildwood is directed by Kubo and the Two Strings helmer Travis Knight, and features […]
Take flight with the magical trailer for Laika Studios’ Wildwood
Laika Studios has released a look at their first stop-motion animated feature film in seven years with the trailer for fantasy-adventure Wildwood. Directed by Travis Knight, the man responsible for Laika’s finest moment, the majestic Kubo and the Two Strings, Wildwood is based on the bestselling novel by Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis. […]
Exclusive Interview – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio puppet supervisor Georgina Hayns
Chris Connor chats with puppet supervisor Georgina Hayns about Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio…Coinciding with the release of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio release in select cinemas and on Netflix in December, we were delighted to speak with Puppet Supervisor Georgina Hayns about the inspiration behind the film’s stunning designs, how del Toro’s version took inspiration from […]
Kubo’s Travis Knight to direct The Night Gardener for Laika
Of all the news we’ve been getting over the past few days about Batmen and Barbies, few announcements are as exciting as the one made by Laika Animation Studios about their next movie, because they’ve just tasked CEO Travis Knight with directing a gritty neo-noir stop-motion folktale called The Night Gardener.The Hollywood Reporter reveals that […]
LAIKA announces next animated feature Wildwood from director Travis Knight
LAIKA, the studio behind Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Missing Link, has announced its next animated feature Wildwood, which is based on the bestselling novel written by Colin Meloy, lead singer and songwriter for The Decemberists, and illustrated by artist Carson Ellis. Here’s an official first look image from the animation studio…Wild Wood […]
Oscar-winning animation studio LAIKA moving into live-action movies with Seventeen
The Academy Award-winning animation studio LAIKA, the stop-motion geniuses behind Coraline, Paranorman, The Boxtrolls, Missing Link, and animated all-timer Kubo and the Two Strings, have announced their intention to move into live-action filmmaking with an adaptation of upcoming novel Seventeen.The novel, the first from screenwriter John Brownlow (Sylvia, Fleming), will be published sometime in 2022, […]
Laika announces fifth film Missing Link, starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis, for Spring 2019
Animation studio Laika has revealed that its fifth film is Missing Link, which will see Hugh Jackman as an English gent in search of Zach Galifianakis’s mysterious, mythical beast.The studio, best known for Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, unveiled its new movie ahead of meetings at the Cannes Film Festival. Annapurna will handle […]
