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LAIKA to Adapt Decemberist's Lead Singer's Wildwood

By rdemott2
Created 09/08/2011 - 12:21
files/pictures/picture-35.jpgLAIKA has picked up the rights to WILDWOOD, the illustrated fantasy novel from Decemberists lead singer Colin Meloy and his illustrator wife Carson Ellis, reports Variety [1]. Set in an alternative Portland, Oregon, the story follows a young woman who must venture into the Impassable Wilderness to rescue her kidnapped brother. The book is being planned as a trilogy and LAIKA hopes to launch a film franchise.


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[1] http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118042387