Focus Features releases an interactive booklet providing a closer look at Laika’s “ParaNorman.”

Director Timothy Reckart launches his own production company, Reckart Productions, with two stop-motion feature projects in development: “Super Special Ed” and “I Lost My Mind.”

Focus Features and Laika reunite for October 2014’s “The Boxtrolls,” based on Alan Snow’s bestseller “Here Be Monsters,” and starring the voices of Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Elle Fanning, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Jared Harris, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade and Tracy Morgan.

K5 International will begin pre-selling the animation project, which began life at Disney, to buyers at the European Film Market.

CBBC orders a second season of the television series, “Strange Hill High” to air in 2014.

UCA grad, Mark Waring animates the short film “Captain Sparky v The Flying Saucers” for the DVD/Blu Ray release of “Frankenweenie.”

Imira Entertainment and Zumbastico Studios are collaborating to co-develop and co-produce “Horatio and the Plasticines.”

Elastic Director and Annecy International Film Festival winner Andy Hall team with DDB Chicago to create “Paper,” a whimsical new :30 for Safeway’s “just for U” app.

Celebrity Deathmatch creator Eric Fogel helms his passion project -- a stop-motion animated post-apocalyptic action/adventure called “Havoc.”

Animated feature film director signed for worldwide commercials representation.