Grief makes for gorgeous stop-motion adventure in the full Wildwood trailer

With a heavy focus on the character being played by Carey Mulligan—who certainly seems like a key culprit for the crime of bird-deploying baby theft—the trailer also shows off just how far Laika has come since its early days with films like Coraline. There are some big setpieces on view here, including what look like large battle scenes featuring wolves in very formal army uniforms for reasons we assume will become clearer once the movie actually arrives. (The company’s facial animation has also continued to evolve massively over the years, to the point that you have to occasionally remind yourself at points that this is stop-motion.)

Wildwood is being directed by Travis Knight, who spends his days bouncing between his role as co-founder of the studio and work for the Hollywood studios on films like Bumblebee and this year’s Masters Of The Universe. Written by frequent collaborator Chris Butler, the film co-stars Jacob Tremblay, Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina, Angela Bassett, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Amandla Stenberg, Jemaine Clement, Maya Erskine, Tantoo Cardinal, Tom Waits, Richard E. Grant, Arthur Knight, Len Cariou, Blythe Danner, Rob Delaney, Marc Evan Jackson, and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson.