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'ParaNorman' hopes to take stop-motion animation to scary new heights
17 May 2012 11:00 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Portland, Or - In just a few weeks, Focus Features and Laika Studios' "Paranorman" will finally be finished. Directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell will turn in a final print and mix and then anxiously wait for audience and critical reaction on Aug. 17. The second major full-length feature film from Portland-based Laika after 2009's modern classic and Oscar nominee "Coraline," the reaction to "ParaNorman" is going to be very important to the up and coming animation house. "Coraline" was based on a critically acclaimed Neil Gaiman story and was directed by the now legendary Henry Selick (who is now working on »
- Gregory Ellwood
35 Things to Know About Paranorman From Our Set Visit; Plus Video Blog Recap and 30 Behind-the-Scenes Images
15 May 2012 12:56 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
In the middle of February, I was able to visit Laika Studios in Hillsboro, Oregon to get an early look at their upcoming 3D stop-motion movie ParaNorman. As a big stop-motion fan, it was incredibly cool to get a behind-the-scenes look at how it all comes together, and to see where they made their last film, Coraline. While I assumed the process of making a stop-motion movie doesn't change, when I visited Laika I learned that new technology is helping to make ParaNorman one of the most technically advanced stop-motion movies ever made, and some of what they're using is straight out of an episode of Star Trek. And the best part: the technology will soon be in everyone's homes! Hit the jump for more. Before going any further, if you haven't seen the trailer for director Sam Fell and Chris Butler's ParaNorman, I'd watch that first. The voices you'll hear are Casey Affleck, »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Zombie Action Figures from ParaNorman
15 May 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
The upcoming animated feature ParaNorman includes multiple zombies and ghosts, and a number characters from the film will be released as action figures this summer. Even if you aren’t planning on picking up all of them, we thought readers may be interested in the four zombie figures that are being released.
Synopsis: The new 3D stop-motion comedy thriller from animation company Laika, reteaming the company with Focus Features after the groundbreaking Academy Award-nominated “Coraline.” “ParaNorman” is, following “Coraline,” the company’s second stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3D. In “ParaNorman,” a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this »
- Jonathan James
ParaNorman Directors Sam Fell And Chris Butler On Why They Couldn't Make Their Movie Before Now
15 May 2012 3:05 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
If you read my report from the set of ParaNorman that was posted yesterday, you know that Laika Studios is doing things unlike anyone else in the film industry. Their use of 3D printing alone . used to make replacement faces for their puppets so that they can show a variety of emotions . is groundbreaking and could end up changing the way that stop-motion animation is done. But with so much stunning technology at hand there is one big question that is raised: could ParaNorman have been made without it? Continuing the interview that we posted yesterday with directors Sam Fell and Chris Butler, below you will find the filmmakers not only talking about the tech that went into making their new movie, but also the skill of the crew they have working with them, the calculated cost of one of the puppets, and dealing with star Kodi Smit-McPhee.s voice »
ParaNorman Directors Chris Butler And Sam Fell Talk Balancing Humor And Horror For Kids
14 May 2012 3:21 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Earlier today I published an article-- read it Here-- about my trip up to Laika Studios in Hillsboro, Oregon to visit the set of the upcoming stop-motion animated film ParaNorman. What I got to see during the trip was absolutely incredible, with hundreds of people working in sync to complete work on the film. And the two men in charge of all of it are Chris Butler and Sam Fell. During our lunch break the group of journalists on set, including myself, had the chance to sit down and talk with the directors about managing the epic production, picking the voice actors, and the serendipity of being in the middle of the zombie boom. (Note: This is only part one of our two part interview. Come back tomorrow to see the second half!) This production is operating at such an incredible scale, how do you keep your heads around it? »
Production Beginning on Focus Features. Admission; Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Michael Sheen To Star
14 May 2012 1:43 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Production begins this week in New York and New Jersey on Focus Features. Admission, directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Weitz. Focus CEO James Schamus made the announcement today.
The comedy/drama stars Screen Actors Guild Award winner Tina Fey (30 Rock), Paul Rudd (soon to be seen in This is 40), BAFTA Award nominee Michael Sheen (The Queen), Golden Globe Award nominee Gloria Reuben (ER), Wallace Shawn (of the upcoming A Late Quartet), and Academy Award nominee Lily Tomlin (Nashville). The screenplay is adapted by Karen Croner (One True Thing) and Mr. Weitz from Jean Hanff Korelitz.s 2009 novel of the same name.
Mr. Weitz, an Academy Award nominee as one of the screenwriters of About a Boy, most recently adapted and directed Being Flynn for Focus. He is producing Admission with Andrew Miano, his partner in the production company Depth of Field, and Kerry Kohansky-Roberts (Nick and Norah »
- Michelle McCue
Set Visit: ParaNorman!
14 May 2012 10:25 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
One of the best parts of my job here at the site is the opportunity to visit movie sets. In four and a half years, I've traveled around the world to get a first-hand glimpse at dozens of different productions, but in all that time, I don't think I've ever visited a set quite like the 3D stop-motion animated tale ParaNorman, which hits theaters August 17.
Back in January, I traveled up to the Laika Studios facility in Hillsboro, Oregon, a sprawling 150,000 square-foot complex which houses hundreds of talented artists, designers, animators, and technicians. This was my first time visiting the set of a stop-motion animation project, and I wasn't quite sure what to expect. It didn't take long before I was blown away by the whole process, and their painstaking attention to detail. We were met by Georgina Hayns (creative superviser/puppet fabrication) and Brian McLean (Director of rapid prototype »
- MovieWeb
Paranorman Gets An Ace New Poster!
14 May 2012 9:07 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
From what we have seen so far from Laika Studio’s upcoming horror-comedy Paranorman, it looks be a lovable film for both adults and kids. Using the same techniques as Wallace & Gromit, The Nightmare Before Christmas and most recently The Pirates: An Adventure With Scientists, this latest stop-motion feature tells the story of ‘outsider’ Norman. His uncanny ability to communicate with the dead – which had previously made his life a misery at the hands of bullies – comes in handy when his hometown is invaded by zombies.
Below is a brilliant new poster for the film – check it out!
Paranorman is, directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell, and has a top cast providing the voices, including Leslie Mann, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, John Goodman, Jeff Garlin and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. It arrives in UK cinemas 14th September.
Source: Total Film
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- Craig Hunter
Set Visit Report: Futuristic Technology And Lots Of Patience Behind The Scenes Of ParaNorman
14 May 2012 5:21 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
It.s hard to imagine just how much skill, patience, control and endurance one has to have while making a stop-motion animated film. While most movies work to make you ignore the design process that went into the development of the world and story, on some level stop-motion animation invites you to peek in. The work not only features tiny imperfections that indicate hand-crafted artistry, but also the idea that it took hundreds of people working together photographing one frame at a time in order to make the project happen. But as monumental a task as one.s mind may make it, it wasn.t until I walked into Laika Studios to visit the set of ParaNorman that I realized just how breathtaking the entire effort is. The film, based on a script by Chris Butler and directed by Butler and Sam Fell, follows a young boy named Norman (Kodi »
From the Set of ParaNorman: An Interview With Directors Chris Butler & Sam Fell
14 May 2012 12:00 AM, PDT | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
We had only just arrived in Portland and at Laika Studios when we were shown a sizzle reel of footage and then had a chance to conduct our longest interview of the day with ParaNorman directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell, both of whom we had met at Comic-Con a few months earlier
Over the next couple hours, we would talk to many of their artists and crew, but it made sense that we spoke to the directors first, since they could give us a good overview of the project as a whole and why they decided to make the movie.
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From the Set of Laika's ParaNorman: A Look At the Animation Process
14 May 2012 12:00 AM, PDT | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Some may wonder where the next generation of horror and zombie fan will come from, and how we're going to get our young sons and daughters (or nephews and nieces) in the right head to watch the movies of George Romero or AMC's The Walking Dead. Obviously, it was built up in our DNA for one reason or another, but how do we know that kids under 10 will grow up to carry on our love for all things both dead and undead?
Focus Features and Laika, the companies responsible for Henry Selick's stop-motion animated Coraline, may have the answer with their upcoming movie ParaNorman, a family film starring a young protagonist named Norman trying to navigate the world of the supernatural with witches, ghosts and zombies all around him.
A few months back, ComingSoon.net and ShockTillYouDrop had a chance to visit Laika's production studios just outside Portland, Oregon »
Hot and Sticky New Stills for Prometheus, ParaNorman, and the Chernobyl Diaries
12 April 2012 12:45 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Alright, kids! Time to settle in for a moment and get ready to see some new eye candy from three of this year's most anticipated genre flicks, Prometheus, ParaNorman, and the Chernobyl Diaries. Dig it!
All images come courtesy of this week's Summer Movie Preview in Entertainment Weekly.
Prometheus, starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Patrick Wilson, Logan Marshall-Green, and Ben Foster, will be in theaters on June 8th, 2012.
Synopsis
In the distant future two superpowers control Earth and fight each other for all the solar system's natural resources. When one side dispatches a team to a distant planet to terraform it for human colonization, the team members discover an indigenous race of bio-mechanoid killers.
Ridley Scott, director of 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner,' returns to the genre he helped define. With 'Prometheus' he creates a groundbreaking mythology in which a team »
- Uncle Creepy
Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall Begin Production On Untitled International Suspense Thriller For Focus Features
11 April 2012 11:23 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Production begins next week in the U.K. on Focus Features and Working Title Films. untitled international suspense thriller starring Eric Bana (of Focus. Hanna) and Golden Globe Award nominee Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Town) for director John Crowley (Boy A). The original screenplay is by Steven Knight, Academy Award nominee for Dirty Pretty Things and Bifa Award nominee for Focus. Eastern Promises.
Rounding out the cast are British Independent Film Award nominee Riz Ahmed (Four Lions); Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent (Iris); Olivier Award nominee Kenneth Cranham (An Inspector Calls); BAFTA Award nominee Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy); in his fifth film for Focus, Ciarán Hinds (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy); and Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee Julia Stiles (Dexter). Adriano Goldman (Focus. Jane Eyre) is the feature.s cinematographer; Jim Clay and Natalie Ward, both of Focus. The Debt, are the production designer and costume designer, respectively. »
- Michelle McCue
Throw Normal Out The Window With These New Pics From Paranorman
6 April 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
We kicked off this week with the international trailer from Laika’s stop-motion animated zombie film, ParaNorman. Norman’s special ability to see and interact with ghosts makes him the extra-ordinary hero his small town needs to battle the rise of zombies. Check out these high resolution stills and one-sheet from Focus Features for ParaNorman.
[Click Images to Blow Sh!t Up]
Synopsis:
In the comedy thriller, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
The film stars the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In, The Road), Casey Affleck (Paradise Lost), Tempestt Bledsoe (The Cosby Show), Jeff Garlin (Wall-e), John Goodman (Monsters, »
- Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
New ParaNorman Stills Found Hiding Under the Bed
5 April 2012 2:57 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
After showing you cats the trailer for Zombie Ass, we may as well dish out a few stills for the far kid friendlier feature ParaNorman. That's how we maintain balance in the universe after all.
ParaNorman is directed by Sam Fell (The Tale of Despereaux, Flushed Away) and Chris Butler (Coraline, The Corpse Bride) from Butler's original screenplay.
Synopsis:
A small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches, and worst of all, moronic grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
The voice cast includes Academy Award nominee Casey Affleck (The Killer Inside Me), Tempestt Bledsoe ("The Cosby Show"), Jeff Garlin (Toy Story 3), John Goodman (Red State, »
- Uncle Creepy
Four ParaNorman Hi-Res Photos
5 April 2012 2:45 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Meet Norman. He can talk to the dead. From Laika and Focus Features comes ParaNorman, the story about how one young boy's unique gift may just save his town from an evil curse. We have four new Hi-Res images from this upcoming Stop-Motion animated horror comedy. Check out Norman and his weird way of life!
ParaNorman comes to theaters August 17th, 2012 and stars Casey Affleck, Alex Borstein, Jodelle Ferland, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick. The film is directed by Sam Fell. »
- MovieWeb
ParaNorman: New Photos and Official Synopsis
5 April 2012 1:37 PM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
Focus Features has released new photos and the official synopsis for ParaNorman. The movie is directed by Sam Fell (Flushed Away) and Chris Butler (Coraline), and will be released on August 17th.
Story: The new 3D stop-motion comedy thriller from animation company Laika, reteaming the company with Focus Features after the groundbreaking Academy Award-nominated “Coraline.” “ParaNorman” is, following “Coraline,” the company’s second stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3D. In “ParaNorman,” a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
Cast: Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Alex Borstein, »
- Jonathan James
He Sees Dead People! New International Trailer for Paranorman
3 April 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Norman isn’t a regular kid. He sees dead people… but this time, it’s funny! Last month, we brought you the domestic trailer for Laika’s stop-motion animated zombie film, ParaNorman. Now, we have the new international trailer which includes some new footage. Check it out below!
International Trailer: ParaNorman
Synopsis:
In the comedy thriller, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
The film stars the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In, The Road), Casey Affleck (Paradise Lost), Tempestt Bledsoe (The Cosby Show), Jeff Garlin (Wall-e), John Goodman (Monsters, »
- Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
ParaNorman TV Spot
2 April 2012 11:28 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Focus Features and Laika have debuted the first TV spot for ParaNorman, which will be released in 2D and 3D theaters nationwide August 17. Kodi Smit-McPhee stars as Norman, a young boy who uses his gift of communicating with the dead to stop an evil curse from taking over his town. Check it out.
ParaNorman: TV Spot
ParaNorman comes to theaters August 17th, 2012 and stars Casey Affleck, Alex Borstein, Jodelle Ferland, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick. The film is directed by Sam Fell. »
- MovieWeb
ParaNorman: First TV Spot Released
2 April 2012 10:19 AM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
The release of ParaNorman may be 4 months away, but we already have the first TV spot for you to watch.
“In the comedy thriller, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
ParaNorman is directed by Sam Fell (Flushed Away) and Chris Butler (Coraline), with a voice cast that includes Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Elaine Stritch. The movie will be released to theaters on August 17th, 2012.
To learn more about ParaNorman, read the our earlier coverage: »
- Jonathan James
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