Sports & CultureVariety•1 min read•11/6/2026 (3h ago)

Dear Oscars: Don’t Let Laika and ‘Wildwood’ Fail. There Is No Backup Stop-Motion Studio Waiting in the Wings

Dear Oscars: Don’t Let Laika and ‘Wildwood’ Fail. There Is No Backup Stop-Motion Studio Waiting in the Wings
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Travis Knight built 231 puppets and 136 sets to make “Wildwood.” Over the Laika film’s opening three-day weekend, audiences at 2,942 theaters bought enough tickets to cover roughly a 10th of what the film reportedly cost. “Wildwood” opened to $12.2 million, behind DC’s “Clayface” and the Elizabeth Holmes documentary nobody can stop talking about. It […]

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  • Travis Knight built 231 puppets and 136 sets to make “Wildwood.” Over the Laika film’s opening three-day weekend, audiences at 2,942 theaters bought enough tickets to cover roughly a 10th of what the film reportedly cost.
  • “Wildwood” opened to $12.2 million, behind DC’s “Clayface” and the Elizabeth Holmes documentary nobody can stop talking about.
  • Full details and original dispatch available below.

Travis Knight built 231 puppets and 136 sets to make “Wildwood.” Over the Laika film’s opening three-day weekend, audiences at 2,942 theaters bought enough tickets to cover roughly a 10th of what the film reportedly cost. “Wildwood” opened to $12.2 million, behind DC’s “Clayface” and the Elizabeth Holmes documentary nobody can stop talking about. It […]

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