This film image released by Focus Features shows the character Norman, voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee, in the 3D stop-motion film, "ParaNorman." (AP Photo/Focus Features) This film image released by Focus ...

ParaNorman might well be one of those "kid flicks" that grown-ups enjoy more than the children who dragged them to see it at the multiplex. But once the story kicks in, and the pace begins to quicken, ...

Animation studio LAIKA quietly made its name in 2009 thanks to its memorable work on Henry Selick’s Coraline. And in the years since, it has stepped out of that shadow to become one of the most ...

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LAIKA’s award-winning stop-motion animated film ParaNorman returns this Halloween for a one-week theatrical engagement. As with the record-breaking 15th Anniversary 2024 re-release of Coraline in 2D ...

Laika's sets have gone silent for the summer, soundstages are vacant, workshops deserted. Characters from the Hillsboro animation studio's sophomore feature, "ParaNorman," sit frozen in time, fixed in ...

“ParaNorman” is the second feature film produced by Laika, a Portland-area stop-motion animation studio. Its first full-length feature, “Coraline,” was released in 2009. Laika’s chief executive is ...

(CBS News) The 3-D stop-motion comedy thriller, "ParaNorman," hits theaters today, with hopes of providing entertainment for children and adults alike. In the film, when a small town is taken over by ...

Clear a path, Pixar. With the delightfully offbeat zombie flick “ParaNorman,” the plucky studio Laika is staking a bold claim in the crowded animation market. It’s building a unique reputation by ...

Last year, “Coraline,” the first feature from Hillsboro’s Laika studio, drew audiences when it returned to movie theaters for a limited engagement. Now, “ParaNorman,” the second stop-motion animated ...

I'm probably going to get some hate over this, but I think zombies are played out. They've lurched into books and onto the big and small screens with all the persistence of any one of society's ...

Why is Norman so bummed? The titular middle-school antihero of the stop-motion animated feature “ParaNorman” (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee) lives in an 11-year-old boy’s paradise of creepy toys, spiky ...