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# Laika self-releases Wildwood, bets $100M stop-motion epic ends Oscar drought
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/laika-self-releases-wildwood-bets-100m-stop-motion-epic-ends-oscar-drought/
- Published: 2026-11-02T15:23:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T15:23:03.000Z
- Description: The Ankler’s Katey Rich reports that Laika self-released Wildwood through Fathom Events, handling its own marketing and flying awards voters and journalists to Portland for set tours.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Streaming, Katey Rich, Ankler: Laika's Wildwood Oscar piece

**Why it matters.** Continued box office for Wildwood would give Laika a case study that adult-focused theatrical animation can work without a studio partner pushing it to streaming.

*Signal from* [*The Ankler*](https://theankler.com/?ref=medianexis.com) *·* [*Katey Rich*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-katey-rich/) *·* [*read the original*](https://theankler.com/laika-lost-5-oscars-to-disney-and-pixar-wildwood-may-settle-the-score/?ref=medianexis.com)*.*