Now, “ParaNorman,” the second stop-motion animated film from Laika, is following in the footsteps of “Coraline” and will return to theaters later this year.

“ParaNorman was a breakthrough film for LAIKA — emotionally rich, visually daring, and proudly weird in all the right ways,” said LAIKA’s Chief Marketing & Operations Officer David Burke.

“ParaNorman was a breakthrough film for Laika – emotionally rich, visually daring and proudly weird in all the right ways,” said David Burke, Laika’s chief marketing and operations officer ...

LAIKA’s “ParaNorman” is returning from the great beyond. The 2012 feature, directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler (who also wrote the screenplay), will have a one-week theatrical run this ...

Norman Babcock, the protagonist of “ParaNorman,” teams up (albeit not willingly) towards the beginning of the movie with Neil, an eccentric, chubby kid who’s as much of an outcast at school ...

ParaNorman also features what are arguably the most emotive stop-motion characters ever created by pioneering the use of digital printing technology in the stop-motion process.

That’s the primary distinction that made both Henry Selick’s 2009 Oscar nominee “Coraline,” and now “ParaNorman,” stand out. Selick’s ethereal adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s book made ...

The sneakers in “ParaNorman” are something to behold, which makes sense when you consider that Laika, the animation studio that produced the film along with Focus Features, is owned by Nike co ...

'ParaNorman' costume designs no small effortMitch (Casey Affleck), the jock, is all muscle on top with spindly legs in cropped jeans and wearing a wristband for a cause on his arm. Schoolyard ...

"ParaNorman" isn't make-or-break for Laika. Oregon's wealthiest family can afford to pursue its vision, no matter how this film performs with critics or at the box office.

” a work of stop-motion animation, “ParaNorman” is at least as much about its texture as its story. Butler, Fell and company have built a comically grotesque world of pear-shaped dads ...

Tell someone the premise of the new film "ParaNorman" — Smart Young Boy. Soulful Eyes. Sees Dead People. — and the listener's likely to say, "Ooh, like 'The Sixth Sense.' ...