This year, Laika and Focus Features brought us animated Oscar contender "The Boxtrolls," and now they've announced their fourth collaboration, "Kubo and the Two Strings," the directorial debut of Annie-winning animator, Laika President and CEO Travis Knight. Written by "ParaNorman" scribes Marc Haimes and Chris Butler, this original animated adventure will meld 3D stop-motion and CG hybrid technique, with a top-drawer voice cast including Matthew McConaughey and Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, Ralph Fiennes and Brenda Vaccaro. "Game of Thrones" star Art Parkinson will voice the title character, Kubo. Here's the official synopsis: "In the epic fantasy, scruffy, kindhearted Kubo ekes out a humble living while devotedly caring for his mother in their sleepy shoreside village. It is a quiet existence – until a spirit from the past catches up with him to enforce an age-old vendetta. Suddenly on the run from gods and monsters, Kubo’s chance...
- 12/22/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
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