After coraline and the nightmare before christmas, Henry Selick is back with a new animated horror movie. Entitled wendell and wildthis stop-motion feature film, co-written with Jordan Peele (Salt, Boop), is revealed in a chilling trailer shared by Netflix on Tuesday.
Based on the unpublished novel of the same name by Henry Selick and Clay McLeod Chapman, wendell and wild tells the story of Kat Elliot, a teenage orphan, who embarks on a journey to slay her own demons, named Wendell and Wild. During this journey, the young woman will be helped in particular by the nun Sister Helley and her formidable nun friends.
Key and Peele meeting
As for the cast, Lyric Ross lends her voice to the heroine Kat Elliot, while Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key voice the demons Wendell and Wild. This film also marks the reunion of the two actors, previously as a duo in the sketch comedy series. key and peelaired until 2015 on the American channel Comedy Central.
Also part of the voice doubles are Angela Bassett, James Hong, Ving Rhames, Tamara Smart, Natalie Martinez, Tantoo Cardinal, Gabrielle Dennis, Igal Naor, David Harewood, Maxine Peake, Ramona Young, Sam Zelaya, Seema Virdi and Gary Gatewood. As for the stop-motion visuals, they are made by the Argentine artist Pablo Lobato.
wendell and wild will stream on Netflix on October 28 for Halloween.
Source: BFM TV
