Animation studio Laika, which produced "Coraline," has optioned "Wildwood," the debut HarperCollins children’s novel written by Colin Meloy, lead singer and songwriter for The Decemberists, with illustrations by award-winning artist Carson Ellis.
The announcement was made Thursday by LaikaPresident and CEO Travis Knight.
“Wildwood is a marvel, an exquisite, staggering and lyrical work of art,” Knight said. “It’s an uncannily perfect fit for Laika, commingling the time-honored qualities of classic fantasies and fairy tales with a bold, contemporary sensibility. Colin’s captivating, melodic prose and Carson’s gorgeous, spellbinding illustrations form a rich bounty of ideas, language and imagery. Wildwood is a wonderful work of literature, and Laika is fully committed to honoring it with an exceptional, groundbreaking film.”
"Wildwood," the first book in a middle-grade fantasy series full of magic, wonder and danger set in an alternate version of modern-day Portland, tells the story of Prue McKeel, whose ordinary life is changed forever when her younger brother is abducted by a murder of crows and taken to the Impassable Wilderness, an enchanted and forbidding forest on the edge of the city.
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| "Wildwood" was published on Aug. 30. |
“Wildwood is a marvel, an exquisite, staggering and lyrical work of art,” Knight said. “It’s an uncannily perfect fit for Laika, commingling the time-honored qualities of classic fantasies and fairy tales with a bold, contemporary sensibility. Colin’s captivating, melodic prose and Carson’s gorgeous, spellbinding illustrations form a rich bounty of ideas, language and imagery. Wildwood is a wonderful work of literature, and Laika is fully committed to honoring it with an exceptional, groundbreaking film.”
"Wildwood," the first book in a middle-grade fantasy series full of magic, wonder and danger set in an alternate version of modern-day Portland, tells the story of Prue McKeel, whose ordinary life is changed forever when her younger brother is abducted by a murder of crows and taken to the Impassable Wilderness, an enchanted and forbidding forest on the edge of the city.
