Wendell & Wild

Wendell & Wild is a 2022 American adult stop motion-animated horror comedy film directed by Henry Selick from a screenplay written by Selick and Jordan Peele (who are also producers), based on Selick's and Clay McLeod Chapman's unpublished book of the same name. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele as the titular characters with Angela Bassett, Lyric Ross, James Hong, and Ving Rhames in supporting roles. This was Selick's first feature film since Coraline (2009).

Wendell & Wild
Promotional release poster
Directed byHenry Selick
Screenplay by
Based on
Wendell & Wild (unpublished)
by
  • Henry Selick
  • Clay McLeod Chapman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeter Sorg
Edited by
  • Mandy Hutchings
  • Jason Hooper
Music byBruno Coulais
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • September 11, 2022 (2022-09-11) (TIFF)
  • October 21, 2022 (2022-10-21) (United States)
  • October 28, 2022 (2022-10-28) (Netflix)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Selick began developing his stop-motion animation feature with Key and Peele set to star in November 2015. The distributor rights were picked up by Netflix in March 2018. Other voice cast were confirmed in March 2022. Production was done remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, with filming taking place in Portland, Oregon.

It premiered at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022, was released in select cinemas on October 21, 2022, and made its streaming release in Netflix on October 28, 2022. It received generally positive reviews from critics who welcomed Selick's return and praised its stop-motion animation and characters, but criticized its screenplay. The film is dedicated to Mark Musumeci, an electricity consultant who worked on almost all of Selick's previous stop-motion features since The Nightmare Before Christmas, who died during production.

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