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"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.
“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 Laika’s Chief Marketing & Operations Officer David Burke.
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.
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 ...
ParaNorman is officially returning to theaters in remastered 3D for an exclusive week-long Halloween run starting October 23 in international markets and October 25 in the U.S.
“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 ...
A few weeks ago Dread Central caught up with ParaNorman‘s directing duo of Chris Butler and Sam Fell during the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, where we heard a bit about the basics of their ...
Anna Kendrick and Kodi Smit-McPhee talk about identifying with their animated characters.
” 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 ...
ParaNorman doesn’t use Mitch’s sexuality—or his same-sex partner—as a crutch to tell us what we need to know about him, it just lets us get to know him as a (fictional, animated) human being.
Now Laika is back with their second feature, ParaNorman, which is also earning rave reviews. But is the 3D as much of a slam dunk this time? Is it still the only way to truly experience the movie ...