‘Wildwood’ Will get October Launch Date As Laika Companions With Fathom For Home Distribution & FilmNation Leisure For Worldwide Gross sales

Laika has partnered with Fathom Leisure for the discharge of the stop-motion function Wildwood, set to open within the U.S. on October 23, 2026, with FilmNation Leisure dealing with worldwide gross sales.

Wildwood is a stop-animation function directed by Travis Knight from a script by Chris Butler based mostly on Colin Meloy’s The Decemberists.

The movie follows a lady’s determined quest to avoid wasting her child brother, which turns into a high-stakes journey right into a forbidden forest crammed with enchanted creatures, unlikely allies, and formidable adversaries, the place a complete hidden realm hangs within the steadiness.

The solid consists of Carey Mulligan, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Mahershala Ali, Angela Bassett, Awkwafina, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Amandla Stenberg, Jemaine Clement, Maya Erskine, Tantoo Cardinal, Tom Waits, and Richard E. Grant.

“Wildwood is a testomony to Laika strolling its personal path,” stated David Burke, the studio’s Chief Advertising and marketing and Operations Officer. “For Wildwood, we’re taking a extra custom-made method to how we carry the movie to audiences, matching companions to the precise wants and ambitions of the venture. Partnering with Fathom’s Denver-based crew brings nationwide perspective and operational energy to the U.S. launch, whereas working with FilmNation internationally positions the movie with scale, attain, and deep experience in international markets. It’s a method constructed particularly for Wildwood, preserving Laika’s independence whereas aligning with world-class collaborators to help the movie’s ambition.”

The partnership between Laika and Fathom comes after the current theatrical re-releases of Coraline on its fifteenth anniversary and a remastered model of ParaNorman.

“Wildwood is the most important world Laika has ever constructed, and probably the most private,” stated Travis Knight, President and Chief Govt Officer of Laika and director of Wildwood. “It’s a narrative in regards to the pull of the unknown, the braveness it takes to step into it, and who you develop into alongside the way in which. Our film is a celebration of artistry over algorithms, and of the idea that movies made by hand, with monumental care, can nonetheless really feel daring, shocking, harmful, and alive. We designed Wildwood to be seen the way in which films first captured our imaginations: found at nighttime, on an enormous display, with a room stuffed with fellow dreamers experiencing pleasure, silence, and surprise collectively. Partnering with Fathom and FilmNation means Wildwood will arrive with intention – as a real cinematic occasion meant to be shared.”

Ray Nutt, Chief Govt Officer at Fathom Leisure, added, “Wildwood is a magnificently bold cease movement movie and a landmark achievement in handcrafted cinematic artistry — a venture which means a lot to each Laika and Fathom Leisure. It’s a wide ranging, artistic feat that may captivate audiences when it arrives on the large display this October twenty third.”

He continued, “Fathom is elated to construct on our previous theatrical re-release successes with Laika, together with Coraline and ParaNorman, and to be chosen and entrusted because the distributor for a full, nationwide U.S. theatrical launch of Wildwood in step with that of the legacy Hollywood studios, complemented by the innovation Fathom brings to all its theatrical engagements. Distributing Wildwood to U.S. theatres additional exemplifies Fathom Leisure’s progress and evolution right into a full-service specialty theatrical distributor.”