Laika, the studio behind The BoxTrolls , ParaNorman , and Coraline has announced it's first film of three in it's new distribution deal with Focus Features (fourth in their partnership) entitled Kubo and the Two Strings . Kubo , is an epic fantasy written by Chris Butler ( ParaNorman ) and Marc Haimes. It will be directed by Laika President and CEO Travis Knight. Knight is, without a doubt, one of the best Stop Motion animators relevant today. It would be unfair for me to deem him the best Stop Motion animator ever only because there are many other great animators, too. For instance, one of my favorite memories of his animation is the zombie graveyard scene in ParaNorman (if you want to go watch him talk about that scene go here ). There have been certain scenes, like that one, that have taken over a year to animate overall!! As of the directorial choice, only time will tell. Knight will also be producing the film with Arianne Su...
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