“The reason why I stuck with it, the reason why I had to make this movie no matter what, is because of what it meant to me personally. Underneath it all, it’s a story about love and loss and grief, it’s about the impossible things that love asks of us, and that meant something to me personally in a very profound way.”

Travis Knight · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-24

Knight explains his personal attachment to the story of love and loss in Wildwood.