Laika on Wednesday released the first trailer for Wildwood, the first stop-motion animated movie from the studio since 2019’s The Missing Link, the most recent in a string of five Oscar-nominated pics in a row dating back to 2009’s Coraline. The new pic, directed and produced by Laika boss…

The Annecy International Film Festival is teaming with stop-motion studio Laika on an exhibition entitled "Wildwood: A First Glimpse into a Handmade World”  to mark the launch of its new Cité internationale du cinéma d’animation. The show, delving into world of Laika’s upcoming feature Wildwood…

EXCLUSIVE: Laika’s live-action division has won the bidding war for Emily St. John Mandel’s upcoming novel Exit Party, we understand, and Emma Stone and Dave McCary’s Fruit Tree also boarded as EP. We understand that the deal’s sale was in the low seven figures. The live-action arm of…

Laika has partnered with Fathom Entertainment for the release of the stop-motion feature Wildwood, set to open in the U.S. on October 23, 2026, with FilmNation Entertainment handling international sales. Wildwood is a stop-motion feature directed by Travis Knight, from a script by Chris Butler…

Laika’s films possess a truly distinctive, dreamy quality, driven by their pioneering approach to stop-motion animation. Since their official arrival on the scene with the dark fantasy masterpiece, Coraline (2009), the Oregon-based studio has been crafting unforgettable characters and imagery that…

The Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions is teaming with LAIKA on a live-action feature adaptation of Audition, the Booker Prize-longlisted novel by Katie Kitamura, with Lucy Liu (Kill Bill) and Charles Melton (May December) on board to star. Lulu Wang (The Farewell) will direct from her own script…

Award-winning stop motion studio Laika has announced a Halloween 2025 re-release for its 2012 classic ParaNorman in newly remastered RealD 3D and 2D formats, with a one-week theatrical engagement. The story of a little boy who can speak to the dead, ParaNorman was Laika's second film as a studio…

EXCLUSIVE: Laika has signed Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie and Aladdin screenwriter John August to write an untitled stop-motion animated film to be directed by Pete Candeland. The signing was announced during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival by Laika President and CEO Travis…

EXCLUSIVE: Laika has drafted Dave Kajganich, the hot screenwriter currently working on projects with Oscar-winning directors Barry Jenkins, Ridley Scott and Edward Berger, to pen its stop-motion adaptation of Piranesi, the internationally bestselling fantasy novel by Susanna Clarke. Laika…

Following the release of their latest film, Freaky Tales, Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck have come aboard to write and direct a live-action adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere for Laika, the studio announced today. Publishing on June 3 via Ballantine Books, the latest work from the author of…

Filmmakers Chris and Justin Copeland, aka The Copeland Brothers, have been tapped to develop new animated feature projects for the award-winning Oregon studio Laika. No further details on the pair’s work for Laika has been disclosed. Their work for the studios comes on the heels of a five-year…

For fans who missed Coraline‘s summertime return, fear not: Animation company Laika Studios will be re-releasing the beloved stop-motion pic beginning on Halloween. The news comes following a huge global box office return for Laika, who is now partnering with Fathom in the U.S. and Trafalgar…