Coraline Halloween Re-Release Set by LAIKA
Since its re-release on August 15th, the film has brought in over $53 million at the global box office.
Coraline 15th Anniversary Re-release Passes $20M Globally
The film returned to theaters around the world in newly remastered 3D for a special limited engagement that started August 15th.
Wildwood Teaser Revealed by LAIKA Studios
Wildwood is based on the series of novels by Colin Meloy, lead singer for The Decemberists, and illustrator Carson Ellis.
LAIKA Moves Into Live Action with Crumble
Award-winning studio LAIKA is bolstering its live-action slate by acquiring Crumble, an original script by Brian Duffield (Spontaneous, No One Will Save You), who will direct. Oscar winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller, as well as Aditya Sood, will produce through their Lord Miller banner. Duffield will also produce. Lucy Kitada and Nikki Baida from…
Travis Knight to Direct Adaptation of Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi
LAIKA has acquired the international best-selling fantasy novel Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. LAIKA’s President and CEO, Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings, Bumblebee), will direct the animated feature film. A New York Times and Sunday Times best-seller with over four million copies sold, Piranesi was awarded the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction. “Piranesi is…
Missing Link Designs: How Chris Butler’s Work Impacted LAIKA’s Pre-Production
There is no denying that a lot of work goes into creating stop-motion animated films. Just the shooting process alone for a feature-length film can take up to one or two years as a whole team of immensely driven and hard-working people come together to painstakingly capture each individual frame. But what exactly goes into…
Missing Link: How LAIKA Brought the Legendary Creature to Life
It has been ten years since LAIKA released their first feature stop-motion animated film, Coraline. Audiences got to experience firsthand the kind of worlds the studio could bring them to. Since the release of Coraline, the studio has introduced us to the transcendent and terrifying world of the supernatural in ParaNorman, taken us through the…