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Wildwood’s director says AI is ‘antithetical to everything that we are at this studio’

A still from the stop-motion film Wildwood showing a child with glasses in a tall military-style hat next to a woman in armor.

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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