Laika (company)

Last updated

Laika, LLC
Company type Private
Industry Animation, film production
Genre Animation
Predecessor Will Vinton Studios
FoundedJuly 20, 2005;18 years ago (2005-07-20)
Founders Phil Knight
Travis Knight
Will Vinton
HeadquartersNortheast Bennett Street,
Hillsboro, Oregon
,
U.S.
Key people
Phil Knight (Chairman)
Travis Knight (President & CEO) [1]
Matt Levin (President, Live-Action Film & Series)
Products Films
OwnersPhil Knight
Travis Knight
Number of employees
362 (2020) [2] [3]
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Laika (stylized as LAIKA) is an American stop-motion animation studio specializing in feature films, commercial content for all media, music videos, and short films. The studio is best known for its stop-motion feature films Coraline , ParaNorman , The Boxtrolls , Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link . It is owned by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and is located in Hillsboro, Oregon, part of the Portland metropolitan area. Knight's son, Travis Knight, acts as Laika's president and CEO.

Contents

Laika had two divisions: Laika Entertainment for feature films and Laika/house for commercial content. The studio spun off the commercial division in July 2014 to focus exclusively on feature film production. The new independent commercial division is now called HouseSpecial. [4] [5]

History

In the late 1990s, Will Vinton Studios, known for its stop-motion films and commercials, sought funds for more feature-length films and brought in outside investors, which included Nike, Inc. owner Phil Knight, whose son Travis Knight worked at the studio as an animator. In 1998, Knight made his initial investment. [6] In 2002, Phil Knight acquired the financially struggling Will Vinton Studios to pursue feature-length productions. [7] The following year, Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare Before Christmas , joined the studio as a supervising director. In July 2005, Will Vinton Studios was rebranded as Laika – named after Laika, the dog sent to space by the Soviet Union in 1957. [8]

It opened two divisions: Laika Entertainment for feature films and Laika/house for commercial work, such as advertisements and music videos. They also announced their first projects, the stop-motion film Coraline , and the CGI animated film Jack & Ben's Animated Adventure. [6]

The studio laid off a significant portion of its staff in 2008, when its second planned feature, Jack & Ben's Animated Adventure, was cancelled. [9] The following year, the studio released its first feature film, Coraline, directed by Selick. which received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, a nomination at the BAFTAs for Best Animated Feature, a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and eight nominations at the Annie Awards, winning three, for Best Music in an Animated Feature, and Best Character Design and Production Design in a Feature Production.

After directing Moongirl and Coraline but having been unsuccessful in renegotiating his contract, Selick departed Laika in 2009. [1] At the end of the year, the studio laid off more staff in its computer animation department to focus exclusively on stop-motion. [7]

Their second stop-motion feature film, ParaNorman , directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler, opened on August 17, 2012. It received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, [10] as well as a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the BAFTAs, and eight nominations at the Annie Awards, winning two, for Character Animation and Character Design in an Animated Feature Production.

After working on stop-motion commercials for clients such as Apple Inc., Fox Sports, ESPN and Coca-Cola, [11] Laika spun off its advertising portion in July 2014, to focus on feature film production exclusively. The new independent commercial division is now called HouseSpecial. [4] [5]

Their third film, The Boxtrolls , was released on September 26, 2014. [12] It was based on Alan Snow's fantasy-adventure novel, Here Be Monsters! , and was directed by Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature, [13] a Golden Globe nomination for Best Animated Feature, and nine nominations at the Annie Awards, winning two, for Voice Acting and Production Design in an Animated Feature Production.

Their fourth film, Kubo and the Two Strings , directed by Travis Knight, was released on August 19, 2016. It received two nominations at the Academy Awards, for Best Animated Feature and Best Visual Effects (as only the second animated film to receive that nomination, after The Nightmare Before Christmas ). It won the BAFTA for Best Animated Feature. It also received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the Golden Globes, and ten nominations at the Annie Awards, winning three, for Character Animation, Production Design and Editorial in a Feature Production.

Laika had considered Philip Reeve's fantasy book Goblins, [14] for a potential feature film adaptation.

In March 2015, the company announced it would expand the studio in an effort to allow for production of one film per year. [15]

Their fifth film, Missing Link , directed by Chris Butler, was released on April 12, 2019. [16] It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature and eight nominations at the Annie Awards. [17] [18] It also won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature. [19] [20]

On February 8, 2021, Laika signed a distribution deal with Shout! Factory for the United States, covering the studio's first four films. [21]

On March 31, 2021, Laika announced their first live-action film based on the action thriller novel Seventeen by John Brownlow, who is said to be a fan of Laika's previous work. It was also confirmed that the studio is currently working on their sixth stop-motion animated film, Wildwood . [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

On April 27, 2022, a new Laika stop-motion film titled The Night Gardener was announced as being in the works, based on an original screenplay by Ozark creator Bill Dubuque, with Travis Knight penned to direct it. [27]

On October 21, 2022, former director for the studio, Selick, openly admitted that he would consider returning to Laika; specifically to helm an adaptation of another Neil Gaiman novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane . Having previously pitched the adaptation to the studio after the release of Coraline, Selick stated that though Gaiman took the rights back for a time, the filmmaker asked for another chance with it, and that any future development on the film with Gaiman and Laika would depend on the success of his latest film, Wendell & Wild (2022). [28]

On February 7, 2023, the studio announced that former Netflix executive Matt Levin was appointed as the President, Live-Action Film & Series, and will oversee the studio's entire live-action output, reporting directly to Travis Knight. [29]

Filmography

Feature films

Released films

TitleRelease dateDirector(s)ComposerDistributor/co-production withBudget [30] Box office gross [30] Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic [31]
Coraline February 6, 2009 Henry Selick Bruno Coulais Focus Features
Pandemonium Films 		$60 million$124.6 million90% (269 reviews) [32] 80 (38 reviews) [33]
ParaNorman August 17, 2012 Sam Fell
Chris Butler 		Jon Brion Focus Features$107.1 million89% (185 reviews) [34] 72 (33 reviews) [35]
The Boxtrolls September 26, 2014 Graham Annable
Anthony Stacchi 		Dario Marianelli $109.3 million78% (175 reviews) [36] 61 (37 reviews) [37]
Kubo and the Two Strings August 19, 2016 Travis Knight $77.5 million97% (219 reviews) [38] 84 (38 reviews) [39]
Missing Link April 12, 2019Chris Butler Carter Burwell Annapurna Pictures
United Artists Releasing 		$102.3 million$26.6 million89% (168 reviews) [40] 68 (30 reviews) [41]

Short films

TitleRelease dateDirector(s)Composer
Moongirl August 12, 2005 Henry Selick They Might Be Giants

Upcoming films

TitleRelease dateDirector(s)Composer
Wildwood 2025 [42] Travis Knight Dario Marianelli
The Night Gardener [43] TBA

Contract work

TitleRelease dateBudgetGross Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Note(s)
Corpse Bride [44] September 23, 2005$40 million$117.2 million84% (195 reviews) [45] 83 (35 reviews) [46] Production, Directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton
Slacker Cats August 13, 2007————Television series; last episode was originally aired on January 23, 2009
King of California September 14, 2007$10 million$1.03 million63% (67 reviews) [47] 63 (22 reviews) [48] Animation sequences
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas November 4, 2011$19 million$36.2 million68% (131 reviews) [49] 61 (29 reviews) [50] Stop-motion/claymation sequence [51]

Cancelled films

TitleDescription
Jack & Ben's Animated AdventureWhen Laika Entertainment opened, they announced their first projects, the stop-motion film Coraline , and the CGI animated film Jack & Ben's Animated Adventure. [6] The studio laid off a significant portion of its staff in 2008, when its second planned feature was cancelled. [9]
GoblinsLaika Entertainment was interested to adapt the Philip Reeve's book named Goblins into an animated feature, but nothing came up of the project since the initial announcement. [52]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Selick</span> American filmmaker (born 1952)

Charles Henry Selick Jr. is an American filmmaker and clay animator, best known for directing the stop-motion animated films The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Monkeybone (2001), Coraline (2009), and Wendell & Wild (2022). Selick is also known for his collaborations with the late voice actor and artist Joe Ranft.

<i>Fantastic Mr. Fox</i> (film) 2009 American film by Wes Anderson

Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 American stop-motion animated comedy film directed by Wes Anderson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach. The film is based on the 1970 children's novel by Roald Dahl. The cast includes George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, and Owen Wilson. The plot follows the titular character Mr. Fox, as his spree of thefts results in his family, and later his community, being hunted down by three farmers known as Boggis, Bunce, and Bean.

<i>Coraline</i> (film) 2009 film by Henry Selick

Coraline is a 2009 American stop-motion animated dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Henry Selick, based on Neil Gaiman's novella of the same name. Produced by LAIKA, as the studio's first feature film, it features the voice talents of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman, Robert Bailey Jr., and Ian McShane. The musical score is by Bruno Coulais. The film tells the story of its eponymous character discovering an idealized alternate universe behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that it contains something dark and sinister.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthony Stacchi</span> American effects animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and film director (born 1964)

Anthony Stacchi is an American animator, effects animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and film director.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Graham Annable</span> Canadian cartoonist and animator

Graham Annable is a Canadian cartoonist and animator. He is the creator of Grickle, published by Alternative Comics, and one of the founders of the Hickee humor anthology. Annable has created works for the television, film, video game, and comic book industries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cartoon Saloon</span> Irish animation studio

Cartoon Saloon is an Irish animation film, short film and television studio based in Kilkenny which provides film TV and short film services. The studio is best known for its animated feature films The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner and Wolfwalkers. Their works have received five Academy Award nominations, their first four feature length works all received nominations for Best Animated Feature and one for Best Animated Short Film. The company also developed the cartoon series Skunk Fu!, Puffin Rock, Dorg Van Dango and Viking Skool. As of 2020, the studio employs 300 animators.

<i>Waking Sleeping Beauty</i> 2009 American film

Waking Sleeping Beauty is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Disney film producer Don Hahn and produced by Hahn and former Disney executive Peter Schneider. The film documents the history of Walt Disney Feature Animation from 1984 to 1994, covering the rise of a period referred to as the Disney Renaissance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Travis Knight</span> American animator, producer, director, and former rapper

Travis Andrew Knight is an American animator, producer, director, actor, and former rapper who has worked as the lead animator and current CEO for the stop-motion animation studio Laika, and directed the films Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Bumblebee (2018). He is the son of the Nike co-founder Phil Knight.

<i>ParaNorman</i> 2012 stop-motion animated film

ParaNorman is a 2012 American stop-motion animated comedy horror film directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler, and written by Butler. Produced by Laika, the film stars the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jodelle Ferland, Bernard Hill, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Tempestt Bledsoe, Alex Borstein, and John Goodman. It is the first stop-motion film to use a 3-D color printer to create character faces, and only the second to be shot in 3-D. In the film, Norman Babcock, a young boy who can communicate with ghosts, is given the task of ending a 300-year-old witch's curse on his Massachusetts town.

Moongirl is an animated short produced in 2005 by Laika. It was written and directed by Henry Selick and features a score by They Might Be Giants. It is the first film, and currently the only short film, as well as the only non-stop-motion film, produced by the company.

<i>The Boxtrolls</i> 2014 film by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi

The Boxtrolls is a 2014 American stop-motion animated fantasy comedy film directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi loosely based on the 2005 novel Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow. It is produced by Laika. Set in the fictional European country of Norvenia in the late-19th century, the film tells the story of Eggs, a human boy raised by trash-collecting trolls, known as "Boxtrolls", as he attempts to save them from Archibald Penelope Snatcher, a pest exterminator. This film was the animated film debut of Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who voices Eggs, the main protagonist, and features the voices of Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, and Simon Pegg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dragonframe</span> Stop motion animation software

Dragonframe is stop motion animation software. It has been used to make several full-length motion picture films, including Disney's Frankenweenie and Laika's Coraline, The Boxtrolls, and ParaNorman, as well as the stop motion television show Shaun the Sheep. It has also been used to shoot stop motion scenes in live action movies, including the holochess scene in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and numerous stop motion shorts.

<i>Kubo and the Two Strings</i> 2016 film by Travis Knight

Kubo and the Two Strings is a 2016 American stop-motion animated action fantasy film produced by Laika. It is directed by Travis Knight with a screenplay by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler from a story by Shannon Tindle and Marc Haimes, and it stars the voice roles of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Vaccaro, Rooney Mara, and Matthew McConaughey. Set in feudal Japan, the film revolves around Kubo, a young boy who wields a magical shamisen and whose left eye was stolen during infancy. Accompanied by an anthropomorphic snow monkey and stag beetle, he must embark on a quest to defeat his mother's evil twin Sisters and his power-hungry grandfather, the Moon King, who is responsible for stealing his left eye.

Brian F McLean is an American special effects person.

Brad Schiff is an American stop-motion animation supervisor. Known for his works at Laika as an animation supervisor in acclaimed films such as ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014) and Kubo and the Two Strings for which he received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects nomination at the 89th Academy Awards.

<i>Missing Link</i> (2019 film) Animated film directed by Chris Butler

Missing Link is a 2019 American stop-motion animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Chris Butler. The film is produced by Laika and stars the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, David Walliams, Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas, Timothy Olyphant, Amrita Acharia, Ching Valdes-Aran, Emma Thompson, and Zach Galifianakis. Set in the Pacific Northwest, the plot follows Mr. Link, a Sasquatch who, with the help of British explorers Sir Lionel Frost and Adelina Fortnight, travels to the Himalayas to meet his Yeti cousins.

<i>Wendell & Wild</i> 2022 film by Henry Selick

Wendell & Wild is a 2022 American adult stop motion-animated horror comedy film directed by Henry Selick from a screenplay written by Selick and Jordan Peele, based on Selick's and Clay McLeod Chapman's unpublished book of the same name. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele as the titular characters with Angela Bassett, Lyric Ross, James Hong, and Ving Rhames in supporting roles. This was Selick's first feature film since Coraline (2009).

Wildwood is an upcoming American stop-motion animated fantasy adventure film directed by Travis Knight and written by Chris Butler, based on the novel of the same name by The Decemberists' Colin Meloy and illustrated by his wife Carson Ellis. It is produced by Laika, making their sixth stop-motion animated film. Featuring the voice talents of Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, Angela Bassett, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Amandla Stenberg, Jemaine Clement, Maya Erskine, Tantoo Cardinal, Tom Waits, and Richard E. Grant, the plot follows Prue McKeel and Curtis Mehlberg as they attempt to save Mac by crows led by Alexandra, while drawn into a hidden magical forest.

<i>Coraline</i> (soundtrack) 2009 soundtrack album by Bruno Coulais

Coraline (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2009 stop-motion animated dark fantasy horror film Coraline directed by Henry Selick and produced by the animation studio Laika, in their maiden feature film. The album featured the original score composed by Bruno Coulais, who worked on the film for over a year, and was recorded at several places including Paris, Budapest, Los Angeles and Cincinnati. Coulais had developed the themes based on the visual style and used variety of instruments and orchestral and choir portions, to create strange sounds.

References

  1. 1 2 Kapko, Matt (October 6, 2009). "Breaking News: Henry Selick Leaves Laika". Animation World Network . Retrieved November 12, 2009.
  2. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (March 11, 2015). "Laika to Expand Studio by 70 Percent".
  3. ↑ Hayden, Erik (August 14, 2020). "Animation Studio Laika Lays Off Staffers Amid Pandemic". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Amidi, Amid (July 28, 2014). "House Special Launches in Portland". Cartoon Brew . Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Milligan, Mercedes (July 28, 2015). "Kelly Salmon Named HouseSpecial Northeast Rep". Animation Magazine. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 Williams, Christina (July 2006). "Laika ramps up Oregon animation industry". OregonBusiness.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  7. 1 2 Rogoway, Mike (September 18, 2009). "Laika lays off 63, scrubs plans for computer-animated features". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  8. ↑ McLean, Tom (December 29, 2015). "LAIKA Reflects on 10 Innovative Years". Animation Magazine .
  9. 1 2 Rogoway, Mike (December 17, 2008). "Laika lays off 65, shelves CG film". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  10. ↑ Sarto, Dan (January 10, 2013). "'ParaNorman', 'Wreck-It Ralph' and 'Frankenweenie' lead Oscar Nominations". Animation World Network. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  11. ↑ Siemers, Erik (May 20, 2014). "Laika spins off ad business to focus on feature films". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  12. ↑ "The Boxtrolls". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  13. ↑ Amidi, Amid (February 7, 2013). "Laika's Next Feature Will Be "Boxtrolls"". Cartoon Brew . Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  14. ↑ L. Dickey, Josh (April 18, 2012). "Laika puts Brit book 'Goblins' in pipeline". Variety .
  15. ↑ Giegerich, Andy (March 11, 2015). "Laika plans major Hillsboro expansion". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  16. ↑ Kit, Borys (April 25, 2018). "Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Zach Galifianakis Starring in Animated Film From Laika". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  17. ↑ Romano, Nick (January 13, 2020). "Your everything-but-Disney guide to the Oscars' Best Animated Film nominees". Entertainment Weekly .
  18. ↑ "47th Annie Awards" (Press release). Annie Awards. December 4, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  19. ↑ Feinberg, Scott (January 6, 2020). "Golden Globes: What to Make of '1917' and 'Rocketman' Wins, 'Irishman' and JLo's Losses". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Missing Link". www.goldenglobes.com.
  21. ↑ "Shout! Factory and LAIKA Ink US Distribution Deal". Animation World Network. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  22. ↑ Grobar, Matt (March 31, 2021). "Laika Leaps Into Live-Action: Oscar-Nominated Animation Studio To Adapt John Brownlow's Debut Action Thriller Novel 'Seventeen'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  23. ↑ Debruge, Peter (September 7, 2011). "Laika to adapt The Decemberists singer's 'Wildwood'". Variety.
  24. ↑ "LAIKA Studios comes to Wizard World Portland!". Screen Invasion. January 31, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  25. ↑ @johnbrownlow (March 31, 2021). "Tweet" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  26. ↑ @LAIKAStudios (September 15, 2021). "Magic. Wonder. Danger. Welcome to #Wildwood! The newest addition to the LAIKA family is now in production.…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (April 27, 2022). "Bill Dubuque Original 'The Night Gardener' Takes Root at LAIKA" . Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  28. ↑ Romano, Nick (October 21, 2022). "Henry Selick wants to revisit scrapped Ocean at the End of the Lane stop-motion movie". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  29. ↑ "Laika Appoints Netflix Veteran Matt Levin to New Role of President, Live-Action Film & Series". February 7, 2023.
  30. 1 2 "Laika Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Laika's Profile". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Coraline (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  33. ↑ "Coraline". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  34. ↑ "ParaNorman (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  35. ↑ "ParaNorman Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  36. ↑ "The Boxtrolls". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  37. ↑ "The Boxtrolls Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  38. ↑ "Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  39. ↑ "Kubo and the Two Strings Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  40. ↑ "Missing Link (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  41. ↑ "Missing Link Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  42. ↑ Butcher, Sophie (June 7, 2023). "Laika Is Staging An Epic Stop-Motion Battle Sequence For Upcoming Movie Wildwood: 'It's The Single Most Difficult Thing We're Tackling', Says Travis Knight – Exclusive Image". Empire.
  43. ↑ Oddo, Marco Vito (April 27, 2022). "Laika Teams With 'Ozark' Creator Bill Dubuque for 'The Night Gardener'". Collider.
  44. ↑ Vinton Studios|Encyclopedia.com
  45. ↑ "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  46. ↑ "Corpse Bride Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  47. ↑ "King of California". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  48. ↑ "King of California (2007): Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  49. ↑ "A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  50. ↑ "A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  51. ↑ Williams, Alex (November 7, 2011). "Q&A: 'Harold and Kumar' director shares challenges of 3D debut". The Daily Texan. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2011. We hired this company LAIKA who did "Coraline" and "Nightmare Before Christmas" out of Portland and they did it, which is also crazy.
  52. ↑ "Laika Studios to Adapt Goblins". Collider . April 18, 2012.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.