2026 / Film / Feature / puppet
Wildwood
United States
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Overview
LAIKA stop-motion feature directed by Travis Knight. Wikipedia, LAIKA official page, official teaser trailer and IMDb are linked. U.S. theatrical release is scheduled for October 23, 2026.
Cast & crew (40)
| Person | Role | Department | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Knight | director | direction | Article source animationmagazine.net high confidence DetailsAnimation Magazine reports Wildwood as LAIKA feature directed by Travis Knight. |
| Chris Butler | screenwriter | writing | Press source fathomentertainment.com high confidence DetailsFathom press release identifies Butler as screenwriter. |
| Colin Meloy | source novel author | writing | Press source fathomentertainment.com high confidence DetailsFathom identifies Meloy as author of the source novel. |
| Carson Ellis | source novel illustrator | art | Press source fathomentertainment.com high confidence DetailsFathom identifies Ellis as illustrator of the source novel. |
| Sam Wilson | producer | production | |
| Caleb Deschanel | cinematographer | camera | Wikidata source en.wikipedia.org high confidence |
| Dario Marianelli | composer | music | Wikidata source en.wikipedia.org high confidence |
| Peyton Elizabeth Lee | voice of Prue McKeel | voice | |
| Jacob Tremblay | voice of Curtis Mehlberg | voice | |
| Carey Mulligan | voice of voice role | voice | Article source deadline.com high confidence |
| Richard E. Grant | voice of voice role | voice | Article source deadline.com high confidence |
| Mahershala Ali | voice of voice role | voice | Article source deadline.com high confidence |
| Awkwafina | voice cast | voice | |
| Amandla Stenberg | voice cast | voice | |
| Tom Waits | voice cast | voice | |
| Charlie Day | voice cast | voice | |
| Blythe Danner | voice cast | voice | |
| Maya Erskine | voice cast | voice | |
| Jake Johnson | voice cast | voice | |
| Tantoo Cardinal | voice cast | voice | |
| Rob Delaney | voice cast | voice | |
| Marc Evan Jackson | voice cast | voice | |
| Angela Bassett | voice cast | voice | |
| Len Cariou | voice cast | voice | |
| Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | voice cast | voice | |
| Jemaine Clement | voice cast | voice | Official source laika.com medium confidence DetailsEnsemble voice cast per LAIKA official film page. |
| Brad Schiff | Head of Animation | animation | Article source overheretoronto.com high confidence DetailsIdentified as LAIKA's Head of Animation for the TIFF 2026 'Wildwood' exhibit media preview. |
| Oliver Jones | head of character and practical effects | art | Article source skwigly.co.uk high confidence DetailsSkwigly team interview (Ryan Gaur, 2026-10-23); also called Ollie Jones in AV Club/Slashfilm. |
| Deborah Cook | costume designer | art | Article source skwigly.co.uk high confidence DetailsSkwigly team interview (2026-10-23); InStyle calls her head costume designer. |
| Nelson Lowry | production designer | art | |
| Brian McLean | director of rapid prototyping | art | Article source animationscoop.com high confidence DetailsAnimation Scoop set visit; department built the replacement faces. |
| Morgan Hay | rapid prototyping character lead | art | Article source instyle.com high confidence DetailsInStyle Behind the Seams feature ("RP character lead"). |
| Matthew Maldonado | art director | art | Article source creativeboom.com high confidence DetailsCreative Boom interview (Tom May, 2026-09-28): five years from 2021 designing and building sets. |
| Steve Emerson | production VFX supervisor | vfx | Article source cartoonbrew.com high confidence DetailsCartoon Brew report of his VIEW Conference 2026 talk; joined the film in February 2020. |
| Micah Henrie | groom artist | vfx | Paper source dl.acm.org high confidence DetailsSIGGRAPH 2025 Talks paper on the CG-groom-to-silicone fur pipeline for Wildwood creatures. |
| Rachelle Lambden | lead animator | animation | Article source awn.com high confidence DetailsAWN interview (2026-10-27); shared the character Alexandra with Jason Stalman. |
| Jason Stalman | animator | animation | |
| Tilly Fidler | animator | animation | |
| Dobrin Yanev | animator | animation | Article source avclub.com high confidence DetailsAV Club: Travis Knight credits him with animating The General and Prue over two years. |
| Glen Smakula | armature technician | art | Article source theintermountain.com high confidence DetailsThe Inter-Mountain (Taylor McKinnie, 2026-11-03): three years in the armature department, then one year in the puppet hospital. |
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