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Laika's Wildwood looks like the most epic stopmotion movie yet

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(Image credit: Laika) Laika is known for beautiful stopmotion animation , but its next movie looks set to take that reputation to a new level in its scope, ambition and technical accomplishment. The studio that made Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings has released the teaser trailer for Wildwood, and viewers are stunned by the movie's epic scale and fluid animation. Wildwood – Official Teaser Trailer - YouTube Watch On True to Laika's signature animation style, the film combines traditional stop‑motion with CGI enhancements. This maintains the tactile quality of stop motion, which suits the dark, whimsical fantasy of the story, but there's also a fluidity in the action sequences and a depth in of emotional performance that can be hard to achieve in the medium. The comments on YouTube are full of praise for trailer, which notably eschews any dramatic voiceover, drum rolls or spoilers, instead providing a compilation of stunning shots with little context.…

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