Wildwood’s director rejects AI because it contradicts the studio’s core identity of using thousands of artists for painstaking, handcrafted stop-motion animation.
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Wildwood is the most ambitious film yet from Laika, the stop-motion studio best known for the likes of Coraline and ParaNorman. It's a sprawling fantasy adventure that took five years to complete. The process involved more 230 puppets - including 36 of the main character Prue alone - which were brought to life by a team of 49 animators. All told, more than 1,000 artists worked on the film in some form. The painstaking process that goes into making a Laika film offers a distinct counterpoint to the instant progress promised by generative AI tools. Recently Wildwood director and Laika CEO Travis Knight joined a chorus of influencer filmmakers … Read the full story at The Verge.
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