Tag: ParaNorman
Stop-Motion Studio Laika Branches Out into Live-Action
Portland-based Laika Studio, best known for Oscar-nominated features such as Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link, is expanding into live action....
Shout! Factory & LAIKA Form Distribution Alliance
Shout! Factory, a leading multi-platform media company, and acclaimed animation studio LAIKA announced a new entertainment distribution alliance to bring the studio’s first four...
LAIKA Names Ian Sheppard Head of Development
Ian Sheppard has been appointed Head of Development at award-winning animation studio LAIKA, known for the films Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the...
Oregon’s LAIKA Lays Off 50+ Employees in Pandemic Cuts
Having just celebrated its 15th anniversary, Portland-area animation studio LAIKA -- creators of the Oscar-nominated stop-motion features Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the...
Academy Adds 819 New Members, Surpasses Parity Goals
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 819 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves...
Annecy: Aardman Team Offers the Scoop on ‘Chicken Run’ Sequel
Aardman Animations icons Nick Park, Peter Lord and Sam Fell gave worldwide audiences the scoop on the Chicken Run sequel on the 20th anniversary...
LAIKA Keeps Staff’s Pay Rolling: ‘The World Will Need Storytellers’
Portland, OR-based indie studio LAIKA -- the birthplace of critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated stop-motion features Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and...
Homebound Watchlist: Where to Find LAIKA’s Oscar-Nominated Flicks
As families and animation fans of all ages try to keep entertained and inspired while following stay-at-home precautions for coronavirus, tons of studios and...
Five Animated Films Up for Producers Guild Award
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the Motion Pictures and Television nominees for the 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards. Winners in these...
The World Animation and VFX Summit Returns Nov. 3
We at Animation Magazine are excited about our 7th World Animation and VFX Summit, which takes place November. 3-5 at its new venue, The...
LAIKA Sets Day-Long Retrospective at Landmark LA Oct. 27
LAIKA, the award-winning animation studio whose five films -- Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Missing...
‘Inside LAIKA and the Art of Missing Link’ Pop-Up Arrives in LA
It’s commonly believed that award season voters have a short memory, and they need to be reminded of the great movies that were released...
World Animation & VFX Summit Announces 2019 Hall of Fame Honorees
Animation Magazine has unveiled its list of this year’s distinguished Animation Hall of Fame Game-Changers award recipients. The honorees will receive their awards at...
Sean Clarke Steps in for Sproxton as New Aardman MD
Oscar-winning U.K. stop-motion studio Aardman Animations (Early Man, Shaun the Sheep, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Chicken Run) has tapped longtime executive...
LAIKA Taps Universal Vet David Burke as CMO
Film industry veteran David Burke has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Oscar-winning animation studio LAIKA, creators of Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo...
Revisiting the World of Thra in ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’
***This story originally appeared in the August ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)***
The Jim Henson and Frank Oz-directed 1982 puppet fantasy adventure The...
LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’: Around the World in Stop-Motion
A Victorian-era London cryptologist, a mysterious creature, and a Latina adventuress from California set out on a whirlwind adventure around the globe in search...
Animation Magazine’s Rising Stars of Animation 2019
***This feature appears in the April issue of Animation Magazine (No. 289)***
It has become an annual spring tradition here at the magazine to highlight...
Cartoon Movie: Ari Folman Reveals New Details of ‘Where Is Anne Frank?’
One of the highlights of this past week’s Cartoon Movie event in Bordeaux, France was director Ari Folman’s engrossing presentation of his upcoming animated...
Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick Join Facebook Watch Toon ‘Human Discoveries’
Zac Efron (Baywatch, The Greatest Showman; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile) and Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air, Twilight and Pitch...
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