Laika Studios has released a look at their first stop-motion animated feature film in seven years with the trailer for fantasy-adventure Wildwood. Directed by Travis Knight, the man responsible for Laika’s finest moment, the majestic Kubo and the Two Strings, Wildwood is based on the bestselling novel by Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis. […]
Exclusive Interview – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio puppet supervisor Georgina Hayns
Chris Connor chats with puppet supervisor Georgina Hayns about Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio… Coinciding with the release of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio release in select cinemas and on Netflix in December, we were delighted to speak with Puppet Supervisor Georgina Hayns about the inspiration behind the film’s stunning designs, how del Toro’s version took inspiration […]
Kubo’s Travis Knight to direct The Night Gardener for Laika
Of all the news we’ve been getting over the past few days about Batmen and Barbies, few announcements are as exciting as the one made by Laika Animation Studios about their next movie, because they’ve just tasked CEO Travis Knight with directing a gritty neo-noir stop-motion folktale called The Night Gardener. The Hollywood Reporter reveals […]
LAIKA announces next animated feature Wildwood from director Travis Knight
LAIKA, the studio behind Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Missing Link, has announced its next animated feature Wildwood, which is based on the bestselling novel written by Colin Meloy, lead singer and songwriter for The Decemberists, and illustrated by artist Carson Ellis. Here’s an official first look image from the animation studio… Wild […]
Oscar-winning animation studio LAIKA moving into live-action movies with Seventeen
The Academy Award-winning animation studio LAIKA, the stop-motion geniuses behind Coraline, Paranorman, The Boxtrolls, Missing Link, and animated all-timer Kubo and the Two Strings, have announced their intention to move into live-action filmmaking with an adaptation of upcoming novel Seventeen. The novel, the first from screenwriter John Brownlow (Sylvia, Fleming), will be published sometime in […]
Laika announces fifth film Missing Link, starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis, for Spring 2019
Animation studio Laika has revealed that its fifth film is Missing Link, which will see Hugh Jackman as an English gent in search of Zach Galifianakis’s mysterious, mythical beast. The studio, best known for Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, unveiled its new movie ahead of meetings at the Cannes Film Festival. Annapurna will […]
