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Why Wildwood took 16 years to reach the screen

Travis Knight describes the project’s long journey; frame-by-frame animation explains part of the work.

By PulseNovember 3, 2026
Wildwood poster displayed on a white background, with Prue on a bicycle and birds.
LAIKA product image displaying the Wildwood poster; the October 23 date printed on it is not the Brazilian release date.

Wildwood, LAIKA’s animated feature, opened in Brazilian cinemas on October 29. Ingresso.com reports that director Travis Knight described a project spanning 16 years and finished about three weeks before release. That is the project’s overall journey, not 16 years of continuous shooting.

In stop-motion, animators move physical characters and photograph successive poses to create movement. In an interview cited by Ingresso.com, animation head Brad Shiff said the film uses 24 frames per second and an animator’s target was around 25 frames a day.

Wildwood poster displayed on a white background, with Prue on a bicycle and birds.
LAIKA product image displaying the Wildwood poster; the October 23 date printed on it is not the Brazilian release date. View full-size image

The story follows Prue McKee as she searches for her brother, carried away by crows to a hidden forest near Portland. Her classmate Curtis helps her. The film adapts the book by Colin Meloy, illustrated by Carson Ellis.

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