LAIKA’s ‘ParaNorman’ Scares Up Auds This Weekend

August 17, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

LAIKA studio’s second feature, ParaNorman, is an original stop-motion horror story for kids of all ages. One of the most noticeable shifts in the Stateside features market is the reignited enthusiasm for stop-motion techniques. Major studios have released or unveiled plans to release films using this classic medium—and the start [...]

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Disney Shuts Down Selick’s Stop-Motion Movie

August 15, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 5 Comments

Just when we thought things were going well for stop-motion animated movies, Deadline.com reports that Disney has shut down production on Henry Selick’s upcoming new project. According to the website, Selick (the Oscar-nominated helmer of beloved films such as Coraline, The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach) [...]

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Selick to Direct Gaiman’s ‘Graveyard Book’ for Disney

April 29, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Acclaimed director Henry Selick will direct a stop-motion adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book for Disney, says Deadline.com. The Newbery Medal award-winning book is a ghostly take on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, about a young boy who is raised by ghosts in a graveyard. Selick directed the Oscar-nominated [...]

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