LAIKA Teams Up with Bowie State University on Stop-Motion Animation Studio
Partnership and donation will enhance BSU’s animation curriculum, building on award-winning studio’s existing career/internship pipeline for the university’s students.
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LAIKA Adds Ian Sheppard as Head of Development
Former Skydance, DreamWorks Animation and Nickelodeon executive will report directly to President & CEO Travis Knight.
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Framestore Takes to the Stars in George Clooney’s ‘The Midnight Sky’
Studio’s VFX team created ominous imagery of a post-apocalyptic ‘Sick Earth,’ the Aether spaceship, and zero-G for a pregnant character’s spacewalk in the Netflix sci-fi feature.
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Park Circus to Rep LAIKA’s Feature Film Library
BAFTA and Golden-Globe-winning studio signs new sales representation deal, covering the U.S. and most international territories, for its five Oscar-nominated features: ‘Missing Link,’ ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ ‘The Boxtrolls,’ ‘ParaNorman,’ and ‘Coraline.’
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LAIKA Hit with Layoffs
The Oregon-based studio behind ‘Missing Link’ and ‘Kubo and the Two String’ has let go 15% of their staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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LAIKA Animation Celebrates 15 Years of Stop-Motion Animation
Studio’s award-winning features, ‘Coraline,’ ‘ParaNorman,’ ‘The Boxtrolls,’ ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ and ‘Missing Link’ now available on demand, with special anniversary pricing, to rent or own.
LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’ Stuns with Golden Globe Win
Writer/director Chris Butler and producer Arianne Sutner were not the only ones surprised by their upset win last night for Best Animated Motion Picture.
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WATCH: 4 New Claymation ‘got milk?’ Spots from 1stAveMachine
Creative studio shares their latest work, a set of humorous 15-second commercials extoling the virtues of drinking milk.
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Go Behind-the-Scenes: ‘Robot Chicken’ Puppet and Costume Fabrication
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios’ Caroline Kastelic and Julia Rosner share production secrets from the upcoming 10th season of Adult Swim’s Emmy Award-winning stop-motion sketch comedy series.
Fresh Takes: The Stop-Motion Music Video Mayhem of Liily’s ‘Wash’
Sam De La Torre and DL Guerra’s animated short depicts the band’s raw, cacophonous journey battling supernatural creatures while careening across Los Angeles.
Chris Butler Takes on Sasquatch and Indiana Jones in LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’
The writer and director of LAIKA’s new stop-motion/CG-animated epic comedy adventure shares his insights on helming the studio’s biggest, most complex and technologically innovative film yet.
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Set Visit: Go Behind the Scenes of LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’
AWN delivers a close-up look at the production for the Oregon stop-motion studio’s biggest, most sophisticated and largest-scale animated feature yet, arriving in theatres on April 12.
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Spain’s 2018 3D Wire Issues Call for Projects
International animation, games and new media market now open for project submissions, with prizes to be awarded at 10th annual event running October 1-7.
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Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ Gives Erudite Canines Their Day
Mark Waring and his team deliver subtle, nuanced and rhythmic stop-motion performances in the ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ director’s return to animation.
Old and New Mix to Open Factory Creative Engine
New studio to integrate set building, puppets, models and creature creation using cutting-edge techniques such as 3D printing.
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The Making of Gatorade G Active “Water Made Active”
Watch how the planet’s first animated liquid 3D human was captured in camera!
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Travis Knight Talks ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’
LAIKA’s CEO slides into the director’s chair to helm the studio’s stunning new stop-motion/CG hybrid animated feature.
SIGGRAPH 2016 to Highlight Emerging, Studio & Mobile Technologies
Conference to feature the latest in emerging technologies with more than 20 interactive installations, as well as 3D printing workshops and a range of talks on mobile applications.
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Fig, Stick, Maple and Friends Return to Amazon Prime for More ‘Tumble Leaf’
Creators Kelli Bixler and Drew Hodges discuss Season 2 of their Annie and Daytime Emmy Award-winning stop-motion animated kid’s series.
Autodesk Teams with Microsoft on Spark3D Platform
Autodesk’s Spark 3D printing platform to be embedded in Windows 10 with the intent to make digital 3D models interoperable with Microsoft HoloLens.
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Send in the Clones: Adventures in 3D Printing
Did we utilize 3D scanning and printing to create a high-end party favor? Yes, but if the sex industry can do it, so can we.
Autodesk Tools Help Smithsonian Create 3D Printed Bust of President Obama
Digital artists use Autodesk Maya and Mudbox to help bring 3D model of President Obama to life.
Fuel3D wins CES Best of Innovation Award
Fuel3D is recognized in the 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing Category for its flagship 3D scanner product.
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Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable Talk ‘The Boxtrolls’
The co-directors discuss happy accidents and creative challenges on Laika’s third animated feature film.
'The Boxtrolls' NYC Advance Screening
Laika has done it again - 'The Boxtrolls' takes its audience on a dizzying trip that is at once terrifying and hilarious.
