Tag "Tucker Albrizzi"

40th Anniversary Annies Hosts Are Announced!

January 29, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 2 Comments divider image

The 40th Annual Annie Awards have revealed which names from the toon biz will be hosting honors at the awards ceremony on Saturday, February 2 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The lucky fellows are former Annie Awards host and movie reviewer Leonard Maltin, and voice actors Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche. [...]

‘ParaNorman’ Haunts DVD Shelves Next Month

October 4, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

LAIKA’s second stop-motion 3-D feature ParaNorman has been scaring up ghoulish family fun in theaters since its release, and Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced you can bring Norman and his supernatural cohorts home on disc and digital November 27, just in time for the holidays! What outcast kid or [...]

LAIKA’s ‘ParaNorman’ Scares Up Auds This Weekend

August 17, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

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 [...]

Little, Brown Scares Up ‘ParaNorman’ Publishing Deal

November 4, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

ParaNorman, an upcoming stop-motion 3D animated feature produced by LAIKA, has scored a world print and electronic publishing deal for key movie tie-ins and an original middle-grade novel with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Little, Brown will launch this new publishing program in June, prior to ParaNorman’s nationwide release [...]

Cast, Composer Added to Laika and Focus’ ‘ParaNorman’

June 15, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

ParaNorman, the next 3D stop-motion animated feature from Laika and Focus Features, has added composer Jon Brion to its ranks, as well as cast members Tucker Albrizzi, Alex Borstein and Jodelle Ferland. The studio’s follow-up to the 2009 hit Coraline is in production at Laika’s Oregon facility. ParaNorman is directed [...]