We've already seen a couple trailers for ParaNorman, the new film from Coraline-animating studio Laika, but I'm not going to complain about the release of one more. The film is about a boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who has to use his ability to communicate with the dead to save his town, and this new UK trailer…
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It's a good week for fans of all-ages stop-motion animated films with a deathly twist. Just yesterday, we showed you the trailer for Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, and we now have a new trailer for ParaNorman, the upcoming feature by Coraline studio Laika. Kodi Smit-McPhee lends his voice to Norman, a misfit kid with the ability…
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From the very first announcement of ParaNorman, the new family horror feature from Coraline animation studio LAIKA, the film has seemed like a promising new prospect. The story, animation with stop-motion, is about a young boy who can see the dead and must protect his town from a zombie invasion. The first teaser trailer for…
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I'm eager to see anything that comes out of the animation house Laika. The company's last major production, Coraline, was a beautiful little film. Laika is following that with ParaNorman, a film written by Coraline storyboard supervisor Chris Butler. The film has a great voice cast -- Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In, The Road) in…
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In 2009 Focus Features and LAIKA released Coraline, the great stop-motion animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's kids' book of the same name. Now the companies are teaming again for two more stop-motion 3D films. The first is ParaNorman, which will be released on August 17, 2012. The second is an unnamed project that will be…
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