Missing Link (2019): First film not to be released by Focus Features, instead by the newly formed United Artists Releasing on behalf of Annapurna Pictures.Kubo and the Two Strings (2016): Once again nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and for Best Visual Effects.The Boxtrolls (2014): Also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.ParaNorman (2012): Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011): Stop-motion sequence.Coraline (2009): Their first fully-independent feature nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.King of California (2007): Animated a stop-motion dream sequence.Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Co-production with Tim Burton, Warner Bros. Corpse Bride (2005): Their first project.
Of course, since Laika isn't owned by NBCUniversal, neither the man who operates Illumination, Chris Meledandri, or DWA founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and current DWA head Bonnie Arnold had any involvement or influence on the studio or its works. In this regard, Laika functioned as a stop-motion arthouse-level animation studio to go along with Universal's homebase studio Illumination Entertainment and acquired firm DreamWorks Animation. Their first four features were distributed by Universal Pictures, under their Focus Features label. The medium has been used for special effects in their past features and has been met with unanimous excitement from fans who wish to see a medium that's all but disappeared from American feature animation. In July 2014, company head Travis Knight announced that the studio has considered making a completely hand-drawn animated feature. Laika eventually spun off its commercial division in May 2014. Their "Rivalries" spots for Coca-Cola were aired throughout South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East during the 2006 World Cup.
We want it to enhance the animation medium, to engage our fans, to add to their holiday celebration, and to stay with them long after viewing.Besides feature films, Laika has also produced commercials for a variety of clients, including Ben & Jerry's, Apple, M&M's and Honda, among many others. We still want a viewer to be profoundly affected in some way by everything we put out into the world. We know that our movies have a lasting impact on audiences and we wanted to create something shorter…but no less impactful.
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This piece, only 29 seconds in length, still took 10 full weeks of production from concept to end of production today and involved every production department. We have extremely high standards at the studio and we applied them to the Friendgiving piece as stringently as we did on our five Oscar nominated films. But anything we create has to meet the incredibly high bar that LAIKA has established. But as a studio we are more and more committed to creating shorter form content that our fans can enjoy online and on our social channels. "Our films take years to create and work on our latest project is ongoing. And like most family events, a bit of chaos is bound to happen." And this chaos, like the rest of their feature films, took forever to make: For more BTS goodies - Thanksgiving sides, if you will - we spoke with Brad Schiff, head of animation at LAIKA and Animation Supervisor on the studio’s last four Oscar-nominated films ( Missing Link 2019, Kubo and the Two Strings 2016, The Boxtrolls 2014 and ParaNorman 2012), who led the team on this idea of bringing "the 'hero' characters from our five previous films together for an epic 'Friendsgiving' dinner.
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