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'Wildwood' adaptation will be LAIKA's (Coraline, Paranorman, Kubo and the Two Strings) sixth feature film

Khanimus

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Cannot wait. Travis Knight is returning to direct after his foray into live-action with Bumblebee.

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Laika Sets Voice Cast for ‘Wildwood’: Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina, and More

Laika embraces its home town roots of Portland for the first time with Colin Meloy's YA fantasy about a magical forest.
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"Wildwood" is based on the first in a trilogy of YA fantasy novels by Colin Meloy, lead singer and songwriter for Portland-based The Decemberists, and illustrated by artist Carson Ellis. The project about a secret forest has been in development at Laika for a decade. No distribution has been announced, though there are obviously several streaming opportunities available at Neflix, Amazon, and Apple.
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anaa

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Travis Knight basically doing the lords work keeping the artists at Laika employed. More or less responsible for keeping feature quality stop motion animation alive single handedly. Even if I don't love every film they've put out, I DO love the craftsmanship and artistry involved. Hope this one is up there with their best!
 
RatskyWatsky

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Oh nice, I was wondering what their next project was just the other day!
 

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anaa said:
Travis Knight basically doing the lords work keeping the artists at Laika employed. More or less responsible for keeping feature quality stop motion animation alive single handedly. Even if I don't love every film they've put out, I DO love the craftsmanship and artistry involved. Hope this one is up there with their best!
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I always thought the studio was kept afloat by his dad no?

Very excited about this. These guys are incredibly talented craftsmen.
 
badcrumble

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I'm so happy they keep making movies and keep raising the bar on stop-motion animation quality even though basically everything they make bombs. The sheer craft of what they're achieving is such a delight.
 
Sovan Jedi

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Oh my god yes! I started the audiobook of this but it was corrupted halfway through (and the woman reading it wasn't doing the most amazing job with the voices) so I could never finish it, but an adaptation by LAIKA is basically a dream I didn't know I had come true.

Preferably it's more Kubo or ParaNorman, but heck even if it's Box Trolls level I'd be happy.
 
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Khanimus

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Vomiaouaf said:
I always thought the studio was kept afloat by his dad no?

Very excited about this. These guys are incredibly talented craftsmen.
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His dad is a Coca-Cola exec isn't he? This is probably one of those rare cases of some rich kid's dad just handing him a bunch of money, and something genuinely cool coming as a result. Even if their films are continually box-office disappointments, they get to keep doing what they do, for which I am very grateful. LAIKA is an amazingly talented bunch with a beautifully unique approach.
 
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My kids and I love their output and kept hoping for more info on their next project.

The kids (and myself) still want to see the once proposed idea of a Little Nightmares movie or show (based on the games).
 
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Khanimus said:
His dad is a Coca-Cola exec isn't he? This is probably one of those rare cases of some rich kid's dad just handing him a bunch of money, and something genuinely cool coming as a result. Even if their films are continually box-office disappointments, they get to keep doing what they do, for which I am very grateful. LAIKA is an amazingly talented bunch with a beautifully unique approach.
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His dad founded Nike.
 
HStallion

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Hopefully it's more like early Laika and less like their recent features which were great pieces of stop motion art but felt rather lacking in other areas.
 
Neutra

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interesting that it's a Colin Meloy/Carson Ellis joint. this is gonna be the most Pacific Northwest-y movie ever.
 
AvianAviator

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I'll watch it because I adore stop motion animation, but I haven't enjoyed any of their movies since Coraline. All were visually stunning though.
 
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Aiqops said:
Kubo was better than Coraline for me personally.
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Kubo started really strong but the longer it went on, the less I was into the story. I really wanted to like it but I just walked away disappointed.

On the other hand, I only saw it once when it came out and it's been years at this point. I might change my mind on rewatch. But I watched Coraline over and over again, that creepy shit was my jam as a kid.
 
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AvianAviator said:
Kubo started really strong but the longer it went on, the less I was into the story. I really wanted to like it but I just walked away disappointed.

On the other hand, I only saw it once when it came out and it's been years at this point. I might change my mind on rewatch. But I watched Coraline over and over again, that creepy shit was my jam as a kid.
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Felt the same

Laika peaked with Coraline
 
Saucycarpdog

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"Wildwood" is based on the first in a trilogy of YA fantasy novels by Colin Meloy,
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But....they're not YA. Both Wikipedia and Amazon classify it as children's novels for readers 8-12.

On topic: Will check it out. Didn't much care for Missing Link but Kubo was fantastic.
 

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I'm always down for a film from Laika even if I don't love all their stuff.

Coraline - Loved it
ParaNorman - Okay
Boxtrolls - Hated it
Kubo and the Two Strings - Liked it
Missing Link - Haven't seen it

I hope this one ends up being good.
 
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I didn't know Colin Melody wrote books. Decemberists had two really solid albums. I didn't hear anything after the swan king or whatever it was called. That album suuuuucked.

I saw them a bunch of times, but the best show was when Colin was drunk, a girl was taking a pic or video and he grabbed her phone and called her mom while the band continued playing the song 😂
 
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I didn't really love the first book, but LAIKA animation and (hopefully? maybe?) a Decemberists soundtrack would be right up my alley.
 
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