Wendell & Wild is a 2022 American 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a screenplay written by Selick and Jordan Peele (who are also producers), based on Selick's and Clay McLeod Chapman's unpublished book of the same name.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.
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.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 
|
Kat Elliot
|
Lyric Ross | |
| Serelle Strickland (younger) | |||
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Wendell
|
Keegan-Michael Key | |
|
Wild
|
Jordan Peele | |
|
Sister Helley
|
Angela Bassett | |
|
Raúl Cocolotl
|
Sam Zelaya | |
 
|
Father Level Bests
|
James Hong | |
|
Siobhan Klaxon
|
Tamara Smart | |
|
Buffalo Belzer
|
Ving Rhames | |
|
Wilma Elliot
|
Gabrielle Dennis | |
|
Manberg
|
Igal Naor | |
|
Delroy Elliot
|
Gary Gatewood | |
|
Irmgard Klaxon
|
Maxine Peake | |
|
Lane Klaxon
|
David Harewood | |
|
Marianna Cocolotl
|
Natalie Martinez | |
|
Sweetie
|
Ramona Young | |
|
Sloane
|
Seema Virdi | |
|
Ms. Hunter
|
Tantoo Cardinal | |
|
Fawzi
|
Nick E. Tarabay | |
|
Sister Chinstrap
|
Michele Mariana | |
|
Sister Daley
| ||
|
Dr. Ngo
|
Joseph Tran | |
|
Bearzebub
|
Phoebe Lamont | |
|
Governor Bribes
|
Mandy Hutchings | |
| Female Cop | Samantha Fawaz | ||
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