Check Out the Teaser Trailer for LAIKA’s “ParaNorman”

The first teaser trailer for LAIKA’s next stop-motion animated feature film “ParaNorman” was just released, and it looks great. We are looking forward to the film’s release in 2012! Check out the video above.

LAIKA Acquires Rights to Develop Colin Meloy’s and Carson Ellis’ “Wildwood”

Today LAIKA announced it has optioned the film rights to the recently released novel “Wildwood”.  The novel was written by Decemberists front man Colin Meloy with the book illustrations done by Carson Ellis.  This announcement is more proof that Oregon’s creative industry is in full swing on many different levels and now those entities are [...]

LAIKA Creates Trailer For New Colin Meloy Book

“How five crows managed to lift a 20-pound baby boy into the air was beyond Prue, but that was certainly the least of her worries.” As if being the lead singer of one of the most highly-thought of bands around wasn’t enough, Colin Meloy – front man for the Decembrists – has added author extraordinaire to [...]

Screening of “Coraline” to Benefit 3D Center

On July 28 there is a special screening of “Coraline” to benefit the 3D Center for Art and Photography.  The full details can be seen here on the Oregon Animation blog.

New Details from “Paranorman” Directors on the film

Today in the online version of indieWire, there are more details on “LAIKA’s” new feature film “Paranorman”.  LAIKA has been at work on the project for more than a year already and the film is slated for an August 2012 vote. Co-Directors Sam Fell and Chris Butler give some background behind the genesis of the [...]