ParaNorman TeaserS

Movie production company, LAIKA, which specializes in animation, just released this teaser poster and trailer for ParaNorman, their latest stop-motion film. It will hit theaters in August of next year. Here's the ParaNorman Trailer that is being released today.

My son-in-law, Rob, the one with the hat in the previous post, is a Set Dresser Lead for ParaNorman. He previously worked on Coraline, another LAIKA stop-motion production released in 2009. He built some of the sets for that film, including the spiral staircase.

I just discovered a site worth checking out. For sure!!!! Here's LAIKA. My family and I were fortunate to have received a tour of the studio (Thanks, Rob.) and we saw several of the characters and sets used for Coraline. Seeing this LEIKA video stokes my excitement about the whole stop-motion process.

"When a small town comes under siege by zombies, who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst, of all, grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits."