"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.

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 ...

” 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 ...

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.

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 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.

ParaNorman’s co-director Chris Butler was really great to work with; his passion made me passionate. It was hard to run out of creative energy working at Laika, as there was always a passion there.

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 ...