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Laika Shows Biggest Stop-Motion Film “Wildwood” at Annecy

6/30/2026

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Travis Knight, CEO of Laika, presented the stop-motion film Wildwood at the Annecy Animation Festival.
The exhibition runs through September 27 and includes a 34-by 64-inch eagle puppet built in 3,000 hours.
Wildwood, adapting author Colin Meloy’s first Wildwood Chronicles novel, opens in U.S. theaters on October 23.
Knight received a hand-imprint plaque on the Wall of Fame and called the film Laika’s biggest, ambitious stop-motion project using in-house tools.

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Travis Knight, CEO of Laika, presented the stop-motion film Wildwood at the Annecy Animation Festival.
The exhibition runs through September 27 and includes a 34-by 64-inch eagle puppet built in 3,000 hours.
Wildwood, adapting author Colin Meloy’s first Wildwood Chronicles novel, opens in U.S. theaters on October 23.
Knight received a hand-imprint plaque on the Wall of Fame and called the film Laika’s biggest, ambitious stop-motion project using in-house tools.