The Challenges of Designing Tiny Costumes for “The Boxtrolls”
Costume designer Deborah Cook talks about the challenges of designing tiny costumes for the characters of Laika’s “The Boxtrolls.”
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‘Boxtrolls’ Opens at #1 in the UK and #2 in Mexico
While there are currently no wholly animated films in the top ten of the U.S. box office, Laika’s “The Boxtrolls” began its foreign rollout in eight territories last weekend.
Academy Reveals 21 Contenders for 2014 Sci-Tech Oscars
Last Friday the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a list of 21 scientific and technical achievements in 16 different areas, which have been selected for further awards consideration.
How Laika Pushed 3D Printing to New Heights with ‘The Boxtrolls’
Laika is revolutionizing stop motion animation with 3D printing. We visited the set of their latest film, ‘The Boxtrolls,’ to find out how they do it.
House Special Launches in Portland
A new commercial studio, House Special, launched in Portland, Oregon last week. The company was started by Lourri Hammack, Kirk Kelly and Al Cubillas, who ran Laika’s former commercial division Laika/house.
LAIKA Chief Surprises Comic-Con Crowd By Saying He Wants To Do Hand-Drawn Animation
At a presentation for LAIKA’s third stop motion feature “The Boxtrolls,” LAIKA’s CEO Travis Knight told San Diego Comic-Con audiences that he hopes to make a hand-drawn animated film at some point in the future.
Venice Film Festival Selects ‘Boxtrolls’ And Two Animated Shorts
The Venice Film Festival, which is the world’s oldest film festival, announced the line-up today for their 71st edition. The festival is known for not giving much consideration to animated cinema, but they always throw in a few animated films.
How Will Vinton Lost His Studio to a Rapper Named Chilly Tee
Laika does amazing work as an animation studio, no doubt about it, but the studio’s history is somewhat less admirable. The company was built on top of Will Vinton’s eponymous Portland studio in a shrewd corporate takeover by multi-billionaire Nike co-founder Phil Knight. After Knight took control of the company in 2002, he placed a failed rapper named Chilly Tee with slight experience in animation, who also happened to be his son Travis Knight, in charge of the entire company.
This Bear Animation Is Not Computer Animated
This short animation of a seemingly CG bear climbing stairs is garnering a lot of attention on the Internet because it’s actually a CG bear printed as 3-D models and then animated in stop motion.
Third “Box Trolls” Teaser Released
The third (and presumably final) teaser for LAIKA’s “The Box Trolls” was released today.
Artist of the Day: Stef Choi
Stef Choi is an artist living in Portland, Oregon. She creates illustrations, videos and other multimedia projects as part of her collaborative enterprise Belly & Bones that she runs with Tony Candelaria.
“The BoxTrolls” Teaser Trailer and Poster, Laika’s Next Film
Utterly charming and refreshingly different teaser trailer for LAIKA’s next film The BoxTrolls, which will be released on September 26, …
LAIKA/house Signs Carlos Andre Stevens To Director Roster
LAIKA/house, the commercial arm of ParaNorman production studio LAIKA, announced today that they’ve added Carlos Andre Stevens to their directing roster.
Laika’s Next Feature Will Be “Boxtrolls”
Laika, the Portland studio that made Coraline and ParaNorman, announced this morning that its third feature will be Boxtrolls. The film, …
Get Your Free, Interactive Making Of “ParaNorman” Book
To support its bid for a Best Animated Feature Oscar, Focus Features has released an interactive “making of” ParaNorman booklet. The …
“ParaNorman” talkback
From coast to coast, the reviews are coming in and its looking good! Betsy Sharkey in The Los Angeles Times says ParaNorman is “the most …
Cartoon Art Museum to Host “The Art of ParaNorman” Exhibit
San Francisco, CA — The Cartoon Art Museum presents original works of art from the feature film ParaNorman, produced by LAIKA, the …
California’s Nucleus Gallery To Host Event with “Paranorman” Artists on Sunday, August 19th
There is more than one way to offer a captivating 3D film experience. For LAIKA, the animation studio behind the acclaimed Coraline, 3D …
“ParaNorman” Smears
Here’s something I’ve never seen before: sculpted smear models. Over the past decade, 3-D printers have transformed the art of stop …
Meet “ParaNorman” Character Designer Heidi Smith
On August 17th, ParaNorman, the second feature film from Oregon-based animation studio Laika (Coraline), will hit movie screens …
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