'Wildwood' Looks So Good, We Can't Believe It's a Real Movie

You know how sometimes you watch something and it’s such a huge advancement that you have no idea how it was done? Think back to 1995 and the original Toy Story. We’d seen computer graphics before, but never a full-length animated movie. How was that possible? Well, we got the same feeling watching the new trailer for Laika’s upcoming film Wildwood. We know it’s stop-motion animation. That’s Laika’s thing. And yet, we have no idea how that’s even possible because this thing looks massive. It also looks decidedly adult too. Which is probably why the film is coming to theaters on October 23 from Fathom Entertainment rather than a major distributor. Everything about it feels like a huge, expensive risk. One that, if the movie is half as good as this trailer, could really pay off. Check it out. See what we mean? The music certainly helps, but the faces, the hair, and the environments all look way better than we’re used to seeing in stop motion. Oh, and then there are battle scenes with dozens of characters onscreen at the same time, which must take a level of patience and skill that’s unfathomable. How is this even possible? In Wildwood, a teenager named Prue (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) ent