# ‘Wildwood’ Is a “Risky” Movie — Just Like ‘Coraline’ Was 20 Years Ago

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/wildwood-is-a-risky-movie-just-like-coraline-was-20-years-ago/
- Published: 2026-10-24T14:00:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T14:12:28+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/wildwood-coraline-interview/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Laika spent 16 years making *Wildwood*.
- The production required new stop-motion techniques.
- Knight says the film’s ambition made it a risk.

## Summary

Travis Knight says Laika spent 16 years bringing *Wildwood* to the screen, a project so ambitious that the studio had to develop new tools while filming. He sees the dark fantasy as a risky undertaking, much as *Coraline* was in 2009, and says its production pushed stop-motion animation further.

Knight acquired the rights to Colin Meloy’s book in 2010, but Laika initially lacked the means to realise its scale, characters and set pieces. Pre-production began about seven years ago, and the team continued inventing techniques during filming. One example was a five-foot-wide golden eagle puppet, made from fabric rather than heavy silicone and supported by motion-base technology to enable animated flight.

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