The production announcement identifies the medium
LAIKA and distributor Fathom’s May 2026 release identifies Wildwood as a stop-motion feature directed by Travis Knight, written by Chris Butler and based on the book written by Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis. These credits distinguish author, book illustrator, screenwriter and film director; they are not interchangeable descriptions of one person’s job.
The announcement also names a voice cast. A voice credit does not mean the performer appears on screen in continuous live action. Keep the production’s documented animation medium instead of classifying it from a familiar actor’s name or the apparent realism of a character image.
A movie tie-in is still a specific book edition
LAIKA’s shop lists a Wildwood: Movie Tie-In Edition with Meloy as author, a 560-page extent and an ISBN. Those book fields identify a reading product. A film-related cover does not turn it into a screenplay, an animation storyboard collection or a video file, and its page count is not a way to calculate the feature’s runtime.
If the purpose is discussing an illustration, cite the book edition and page. If it is discussing a film scene, cite the actual film edition and timestamp. The adaptation relationship can connect the subject while leaving those reference systems different.
Behind-the-scenes material shows another layer
LAIKA’s official featurette description discusses artists, handcrafted environments and frame-by-frame animation. That material can support a production-study task without containing the complete feature. A teaser, studio exhibition and making-of film should therefore stay separately labelled in a saved list.
The collection poster identifies Wildwood at work level; it does not certify the provenance of every production image or the format of a supplied copy. This article uses creator and distributor descriptions, without claiming firsthand film viewing or inspection of the physical puppets. The cited US theatrical announcement also does not establish a Canadian streaming date. Match the actual book, feature or production item before treating a familiar title and cover as sufficient evidence.
Sources and scope
Scope notes distinguish published documentation, supplied information and editorial methods. They do not report a hands-on service test.
- LAIKA/Fathom: Wildwood production announcement — OfficialMay13,2026 distributor/producer release excerpt:stopmotion,Knight/Butler,Meloy/Ellis,voicecast; USdate notCanadianstreaming.
- LAIKA: movie tie-in book — Official indexed productfields:Meloy,560pages,ISBN9780063517950; notfilm-runtime evidence.
- LAIKA: Where the Sky Remembers featurette — OfficialLAIKA video-description excerpt inspected:handcraftedsets/stopmotion; video notwatched and no puppetinspection claimed.
