Laika Films by CuriousUserX90 | created - 09 Jan 2018 | updated - 23 May 2018 | Public Not many there are, but these be the Stop Motion Films done by Laika since 2009. The new independent commercial division is now called HouseSpecial.[4][5]. [12] It was based on Alan Snow's fantasy-adventure novel, Here Be Monsters!

Their fourth film, Kubo and the Two Strings, directed by Travis Knight was released on August 19, 2016. Mr. Link, the very last of his species, yearns for companionship and a place where he belongs. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature,[13] a Golden Globe nomination for Best Animated Feature, and nine nominations at the Annie Awards, winning two, for Voice Acting and Production Design in an Animated Feature Production. Laika had two divisions: Laika Entertainment for feature films and Laika/house for commercial content. Laika, Inc. is an American stop-motion animation studio specializing in feature films, commercial content for all mediums, music videos and short films. He recruits Lionel Frost, the “world’s greatest” sleuth of myths and monsters and together they embark on a hilarious globe-trotting journey. The studio spun off the commercial division in July 2014 to focus exclusively on feature film production.

Knight's son, Travis Knight, acts as Laika's president and CEO. After working on stop-motion commercials for clients such as Apple Inc., Fox Sports, ESPN and Coca-Cola,[11] Laika spun off its advertising portion in July 2014, to focus on feature film production exclusively. The studio is best known for its stop-motion feature films, CORALINE in 2009, and PARANORMAN in 2012. [19][20] It won a Golden Globe nomination for Best Animated Feature. Laika has considered Colin Meloy's fantasy novel Wildwood[14][15] and Philip Reeve's fantasy book Goblins,[16] for potential feature film adaptations. It won the BAFTA for Best Animated Feature. [4][5], In the late 1990s, Will Vinton Studios, known for its stop-motion films and commercials, sought funds for more feature-length films and brought in outside investors, which included Nike, Inc. owner Phil Knight, whose son Travis Knight worked at the studio as an animator. The new independent commercial division is now called HouseSpecial. In March 2015, the company announced it would expand the studio in an effort to allow for production of one film per year. Knight's son, Travis Knight, acts as Laika's president and CEO. It received two nominations at the Academy Awards, for Best Animated Feature and Best Visual Effects (as only the second animated film to receive that nomination, after The Nightmare Before Christmas).
Their second stop-motion feature film, ParaNorman, directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler opened on August 17, 2012. Read more Missing Link | Inside the Magic of LAIKA Travis Knight, Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana and Zach Galifianakis bring you Inside the Magic of LAIKA.