Tag "Mark Gustafson"

Del Toro to Co-Direct Henson’s ‘Pinocchio’

May 10, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

After many months of unconfirmed rumors, Guillermo Del Toro has made it official. He will be co-directing Henson’s upcoming stop-motion adaptation of Pinocchio, with Mark Gustafson (Fantastic Mr. Fox), Variety reports. The project will begin shooting in the summer of 2013. Originally, the project involved Gris Grimly, who illustrated a 2002 [...]

LAIKA Appoints Mary Sandell as Head of Production

May 9, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Mary Sandell is Portland-based animation house LAIKA’s new head of production, says The Hollywood Reporter. The animation veteran was a producer on the stop-motion studio’s Coraline and joined the company in 2005. She also worked as a producer on DreamWorks’ animated series, Father of the Pride, which aired on NBC. [...]

LAIKA to Animate New Stop-Motion Pic About Goblins

April 18, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Portland’s stop-motion studio LAIKA has announced that it will produce a stop-motion animated movie based on a children’s book by Philip Reeve titled Goblins. The pic will be directed by Mark Gustafson, the animation helmer for Fantastic Mr. Fox. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming book is set in [...]