Editing Wildwood (section)

== Production ==
In September 2011, weeks after the release of the novel, Oregon-based animation studio [[LAIKA]] optioned ''Wildwood'' for a stop-motion animated feature film and produced the trailer for the book. No further development on the film was announced until in September 2021, when LAIKA announced their next film would be ''Wildwood'' with [[Travis Knight]] set to direct, [[Arianne Sutner]] to produce and [[Chris Butler]] writing the screenplay for the film.

In August 2022, [[Carey Mulligan]], [[Mahershala Ali]], [[Peyton Elizabeth Lee]], [[Jacob Tremblay]], [[Awkwafina]], [[Angela Bassett]], [[Jake Johnson]], [[Charlie Day]], [[Amandla Stenberg]], [[Jemaine Clement]], [[Maya Erskine]], [[Tantoo Cardinal]], [[Tom Waits]] and [[Richard E. Grant]] were all announced as part of the ensemble voice cast of the film. On May 24, 2022, [[Dario Marianelli]] was announced to compose the film's musical score. He reteams with Knight on his fourth collaboration and his third with LAIKA, after ''[[The Boxtrolls]]'' (2014), ''[[Kubo and the Two Strings]]'' (2016) and ''[[Bumblebee]]'' (2018).

=== Filming ===
The film began production in September 2021, with [[Caleb Deschanel]] serving as the cinematographer. Production of the stop-motion animated feature took place at LAIKA's facility studio outside in Portland, Oregon, the first film set in its hometown. In 2024, Knight revealed the project was the most ambitious film that LAIKA had ever made: "We've had to build up the creative tools, the technology and our storytelling muscles to do this book justice." Examples of unique challenges included staging epic battles, aerial sequences, and crafting the eagle character.