Overview
- The new video centers on The General, a golden eagle voiced by Angela Bassett, realized as two specialized puppets with roughly 9,000 hand-installed feathers and movement informed by avian studies.
- Wildwood adapts the illustrated novels by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis, with a screenplay by Laika veteran Chris Butler.
- The ensemble cast features Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Prue McKeel, Jacob Tremblay as Curtis Mehlberg, and Tom Waits as Maxim, alongside Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina, Jemaine Clement, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Amandla Stenberg, Maya Erskine, Tantoo Cardinal, and Richard E. Grant.
- The story follows Prue and Curtis into a hidden forest near Portland as they search for Prue’s kidnapped baby brother, Mac.
- Coverage notes the film is finishing up for an expected 2026 theatrical release, though no official date has been announced.