# Wildwood channels The Decemberists’ folk fairytale legacy

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/wildwood-channels-the-decemberists-folk-fairytale-legacy/
- Published: 2026-10-27T10:00:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T10:15:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/wildwood-decemberists-folk-fairytale-legacy/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Wildwood adapts Meloy and Ellis’s fairy tale into stop-motion animation.
- The story draws on folklore and Portland’s 5,000-acre Forest Park.
- A possible return to the series would depend on Meloy’s enthusiasm.

## Summary

The film Wildwood brings Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis’s story to the screen as a stop-motion fairy tale set in the Pacific Northwest. The couple say they drew on familiar folklore and the eerie woods near their home, aiming for a tale rooted in old stories rather than a wholly invented fantasy world.

The story begins with crows kidnapping a baby, drawing on Irish myth, and embraces danger and grief in the tradition of films such as Watership Down and The Dark Crystal. It is set around Portland’s Forest Park, which covers roughly 5,000 acres; director Travis Knight took nearly 16 years to bring the richly detailed setting to screen. Meloy has not ruled out returning to Wildwood in book form, if the idea feels right.

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