LAIKA’s award-winning stop-motion animated film ParaNorman returns for a one-week theatrical engagement.
LAIKA is bringing Paranorman back to theaters this Halloween with a short treat!
The re-release of Coraline in 2024 marked its record-breaking 15th Anniversary. The beloved film will be showcased in 2D & Real 3D. They are bringing ParaNorman to theaters this Halloween. The remastered stop motion film is in partnership with Trafalgar Releasing in international markets. It premieres on Thursday, October 23. It also partners with Fathom Entertainment in the US. It premieres on Saturday, October 25.
ParaNorman was a breakthrough film for LAIKA — emotionally rich, visually daring, and proudly weird in all the right ways. Bringing it back to theaters in stunning remastered 3D, paired with a brand-new short film, is an invitation for audiences to rediscover the heart and humor of Norman’s world — or experience it for the first time. Today, horror has become a shared family ritual, and ParaNorman sits right at the intersection of spooky and meaningful. It’s the perfect ‘starter horror’ — a gateway into genre storytelling that’s as thoughtful as it is thrilling, David Burke, LAIKA’s Chief Marketing & Operations Officer
I am very excited to see the film in newly remastered Real 3D and 2D formats. This is part of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of LAIKA. It was announced at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
ParaNorman is the second film from the studio. Chris Butler wrote it. He also directed it with Sam Fell. Butler earlier worked on Missing Link and ParaNorman. Sam Fell worked on Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. It has received multiple awards, including Oscar®, BAFTA®, and Golden Globe nominations, as well as multiple ANNIE Awards®.
This will also include the new CG animated short film ParaNorman: The Thrifting. It is directed by LAIKA’s lead character designer Thibault LeClercq. The film is written by Chris Butler. The short features the voice work of Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard. Anna Kendrick reprises her role as Norman’s older sister, Courtney Babcock.
Fathom is very pleased to extend our distribution partnership with LAIKA and bring the critically acclaimed ParaNorman back to US audiences this Halloween in both 2D and RealD 3D and with the exclusive consumer added value feature, ParaNorman: The Thrifting. Coraline consumers voted with their wallets last year, resulting in approximately 70% of the record-breaking $34M+ U.S. theatrical box office coming in 3D. ParaNorman is the ideal, spooky follow-up for audiences to enjoy on the big screen later this year, Ray Nutt, Fathom Entertainment’s Chief Executive Officer
About LAIKA:
LAIKA was founded in 2005 in Oregon by President & CEO Travis Knight. The studio’s five films: Missing Link (2019), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), The Boxtrolls (2014), ParaNorman (2012) and Coraline (2009) have all been nominated for the Academy Award® for Outstanding Animated Feature. Kubo and the Two Strings won the BAFTA® Award for Best Animated Film and received an additional Oscar® nomination for Visual Effects. Missing Link was awarded the Golden Globe® for Best Animated Film. LAIKA was awarded a Scientific and Technology Oscar® in 2016 for its innovation in 3D printing. LAIKA is currently in production on its next animated film Wildwood. The studio is developing the animated feature films The Night Gardener, from an original idea by Bill Dubuque, creator of the hit series Ozark, and Piranesi, based on the NYT bestselling novel by Susanna Clarke with a screenplay to be written by Dave Kajganich.
LAIKA’s Live Action subsidiary has a range of projects in development including feature films based on the action thriller novel Seventeen by screenwriter John Brownlow; an original script Crumble, written and directed by Brian Duffield (Spontaneous) with Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-verse films) producing, and an original project from Oscar®-nominated screenwriter Jon Spaihts (Dune). Captain Marvel filmmakers Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck will write and direct LAIKA’s live action adaptation of New York Times bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s new novel Atmosphere. www.laika.com
About Fathom Entertainment
Fathom Entertainment is the leading global specialty distributor of live and pre-recorded content to theatres. For more than 20 years, Fathom has pioneered theatrical distribution of events and special engagements, including performing arts, movies, episodic content, and other special event programming across various genres and formats. Fathom offers content creators a worldwide cinema distribution network by operating in 45 countries and boasts a live digital broadcast network of more than 1,100 locations. Fathom is owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC), Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), and Regal Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L). For more information, visit FathomEntertainment.com.
About Trafalgar Releasing:
Trafalgar Releasing is the global leader in event cinema distribution, connecting fans through unforgettable cinematic experiences in over 15,000 theatres across 132 countries. A subsidiary of Trafalgar Entertainment, the company specializes in the production, acquisition, marketing, and worldwide distribution of live and pre-recorded content, led by a global team in the UK, US, and Germany. Trafalgar Releasing’s diverse slate spans chart-topping concert films and live concert broadcasts, award-winning theatre, acclaimed opera, dance, television, podcasts, and music documentaries – featuring some of the biggest names in entertainment including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, BTS, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Coldplay,
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