Fathom Events, LAIKA, Shout! Factory and Park Circus Team Up to Bring Fan Favorites Back to Theaters

Fathom Events, LAIKA, Shout! Factory and Park Circus Team Up to Bring Fan Favorites Back to Theaters

Renowned Stop-Motion Features Coraline and ParaNorman

Return to the Big Screen

 

DENVER, COLORADO – July 14, 2021 - Fathom Events, alongside LAIKA, Shout! Factory, and Park Circus, announced today that they are bringing fan favorites CORALINE and PARANORMAN back to theaters to celebrate the 15^th anniversary of LAIKA Studios. The two titles will be presented in their entirety and will feature exclusive bonus content that reveals the unique creative process behind LAIKA’s extraordinary films.  

Tickets for CORALINE can be purchased at www.FathomEvents.com and participating theater box offices starting Friday, July 16, while tickets for PARANORMAN can be purchased starting Friday, August 13. For a complete list of theater locations, visit the Fathom Events website (participating theaters are subject to change).

CORALINE

Tuesday, August 24 at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (local time)

From Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach) and based on the novella of the same name by author Neil Gaiman (Sandman), Coraline is a wondrous, thrilling, fun and suspenseful adventure. A young girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life – only much better. But when this wondrously off-kilter, fantastical adventure turns dangerous and her counterfeit parents try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to save her family and get back home.  The voice cast includes Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane, Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French.  Produced by Henry Selick, Claire Jennings, Bill Mechanic and Mary Sandell.  Written for the screen and directed by Henry Selick. 

LAIKA LIVE Comes to San Diego

LAIKA LIVE San Diego is back 3 Times bigger than it was last year. Last year's installation was awesome despite the long wait time in line.

Creators of Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and Upcoming Missing Link Take Over Gaslamp Quarter Storefront With All New and Expansive Exhibit. Their also celebrating their 10th Anniversary of Coraline as well as Pride Week and Comic Con of course. LAIKA LIVE starts July 13th to the 22nd. Free Admission and located in the Gaslamp area. More detailed info from their press release below:

The LAIKA Experience at SDCC 2017

The LAIKA Experience was one of the things we really wanted to see. With everything at SDCC, this was a 3-Hour wait and we were there early too. At least it wasn't an 8+ hour wait. This was the last day of SDCC and was a must see before we left San Diego.

If you ever get the chance to see the LAIKA Experience in your city or state, we highly recommend it, especially if you've wondered how Stop-Motion Animation is made. The sets to make these animated movies are so detailed and intricate. Just jaw dropping!

ParaNorman Panel at SDCC 2012

ParaNorman Comic-Con Panel with the Cast & Crew Interviews & a Sneak Peek of the Movie.

The expected talent is Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, directors Chris Butler & Sam Fell and LAIKA CEO Travis Knight.   It will be moderated by Entertainment Weekly’s Dave Karger.

The Panel takes place Friday, July 13th in HALL H! Time is TBD.

The film is produced by Laika Entertainment, the same company behind CORALINE, and uses the same stop-motion animation.  Department Heads Georgina Hayns (head of model making), Deborah Cook (head of costume), Brian McLean (head of RP) and Production Designer Nelson Lowry will be on hand for interviews.

For those not attending the show, a PARANORMAN ice cream truck will be cruising the streets of the Gaslamp district offering free ice cream and giveaways to the public (Three Zombies and ParaNorman himself will be roaming the area as well)!

SYNOPSIS: PARANORMAN  is set in the town of Blithe Hollow, whose locals profit from mining the town’s history as the site, 300 years ago, of a famous witch hunt. 11-year-old Norman Babcock (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee) spends much of his days appreciating the finer points of scary movies and studying ghost lore. In fact, Norman is gifted with the ability to see and speak with the dead, such as his beloved grandmother (Elaine Stritch). Most days, he prefers their company to that of his flustered father (Jeff Garlin), spacey mother (Leslie Mann), and deeply superficial older sister Courtney (Anna Kendrick). At middle school, Norman dodges bullying Alvin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), confides in the impressionable Neil (Tucker Albrizzi), and tries to tune out his blowhard teacher Mrs. Henscher (Alex Borstein).

Norman is unexpectedly contacted by his odd uncle Prenderghast (John Goodman), who floors him with the revelation that a centuries-old witch’s curse is real and is about to come true, and that only Norman will be able to stop it from going into overdrive and harming the townspeople. Norman bravely summons up all that makes a hero – courage and compassion – as he finds his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.