LAIKA’s ‘Wildwood’ Officially Gets a Limited Edition 4K SteelBook

Curtis standing next to an armored Alexandra in Wildwood

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The major studios have enjoyed a mostly successful 2026 in terms of animation. Pixar unleashed two big winners, both critically and at the box office, in the bonkers Hoppers back in March and the blockbuster Toy Story 5, which pitted toys against tech over the summer. More recently, DreamWorks fired back with one of its highest-rated movies ever, Forgotten Island, from the directors of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which boasts a stellar Certified Fresh 95% from critics and Verified Hot 92% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it’s been an especially pivotal moment for the stop-motion giant LAIKA Studios, which burst back onto the screen with Wildwood a full 15 years after development began.

While not off to the hottest start at the box office, the epic fantasy adaptation of the novel of the same name by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis has earned no shortage of lofty praise. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a rare 99% positive score from 124 reviews so far, as well as a 97% from audiences, signalling near-universal acclaim. Collider’s Aidan Kelley went as far as calling it LAIKA’s “masterpiece” over Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings, and others in his 9/10 review, writing, “LAIKA has made many visually striking movies in their nearly two-decade career, but Wildwood soars above them all with some of the most breathtaking sequences of the year.” Although it’ll be a minute before the gorgeous feature heads home, fans can already secure their physical copy.

Pre-orders are officially open for both a standard and limited edition steelbook version of Wildwood through major retailers, though an exact release date has yet to be announced. For now, no details are available as to what special features will be included or what the Steelbook cover version will look like either, but the possibilities are endless for a film that has prided itself on being painstakingly hand-crafted. Most likely, they’ll include behind-the-scenes looks into the process of building the characters and lush, expansive sets, as well as the story, adapted into a screenplay by Chris Butler and directed by Travis Knight. Shout! Factory is handling the release