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The Nightmare Before Christmas Director Henry Selick Is Bummed Tim Burton Gets All the Credit
If you have one, go grab your copy of The Nightmare Before Christmas. No, it’s ok, we’ll wait. *Whistles a tune.* Back? OK, look at the cover and tell us who directed the film. More than likely it says Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, right? Surely, Burton — the man behind Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward…
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Laika Heads to Wildwood for Its Next Stop-Motion Movie
Laika, the maker of fine stop-motion animated movies such as Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, has announced its newest project: an adaptation of Wildwood, the 2011 YA novel by Colin Meloy, singer/songwriter of the indie rock band the Decemberists, and illustrated by his wife Carson Ellis. The film will be directed by Travis…
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Laika Shows Us How They Make Stop-Motion Animation Look So Ridiculously Perfect
If there’s one name that’s become synonymous with stop-motion animation, it’s Laika. The Oscar-winning animation studio has brought us iconic films like Coraline, ParaNorman and Kubo and the Two Strings. As they prepare for their latest venture, Missing Link, Laika has brought its best animators to San Diego Comic-Con to show us exactly how they…
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Watch This Hypnotic Video From Laika Studios About Their Creative Process
Source: Laika Studios Frankly, I’m an easy woman to impress. But even so, stop motion animation is next level. Each frame takes meticulous care, craft, and planning. Excellent stop motion is the result of an incomprehensible density and depth of talent. And out of all the great stop motion studios out there, Laika might be…