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LAIKA Names Netflix Executive Matt Levin To Newly Created Post of President, Live-Action Film & Series

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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LAIKA is bolstering its expansion into live-action by naming longtime Netflix executive Matt Levin as President, Live-Action Film & Series.

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  • LAIKA is bolstering its expansion into live-action by naming longtime Netflix executive Matt Levin as President, Live-Action Film & Series.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230207005256/en/
    Matt Levin Joins Award-winning studio LAIKA as President, Live-Action Film & Series.
  • Photo: Courtesy of LAIKA
    Levin served as Director, Original Independent Film at Netflix from 2014 to 2022, where he co-founded the Original Independent Film department and helped grow it into a full-scale mini-major studio.
  • Matt’s gonna help us become a proper grown-up.”
    "I'm thrilled to be coming on board at this exciting moment for LAIKA,” said Levin.

Wildwood Director Travis Knight Assembles Powerhouse Voice Cast for LAIKA’s Most Ambitious Film to Date

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Thursday, August 25, 2022
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LAIKA President & CEO Travis Knight today announced the voice cast for Wildwood, the Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning animation studios next feature film.

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  • LAIKA President & CEO Travis Knight today announced the voice cast for Wildwood, the Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning animation studios next feature film.
  • Wildwood, based on the series of novels by Colin Meloy, lead singer for The Decemberists, and illustrator Carson Ellis is currently in production at LAIKA Studios outside Portland, Oregon.
  • Knight, who won the BAFTA for directing LAIKAs Kubo and the Two Strings and also directed Paramounts hit movie Bumblebee, directs from a script by Chris Butler (ParaNorman, Missing Link).
  • Their committed performances elevate Wildwood, and are a remarkable gift for LAIKAs animators.

LAIKA and Bill Dubuque Team Up for “The Night Gardener”

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022
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The Night Gardener is a beautiful and timeless story that quickens the pulse as often as it breaks the heart, says Knight.

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  • The Night Gardener is a beautiful and timeless story that quickens the pulse as often as it breaks the heart, says Knight.
  • I'm delighted that Travis Knight saw in The Night Gardener a story worthy of the time intensive process and collective talent of LAIKA's in-house artisans, says Dubuque.
  • About LAIKA: LAIKA was founded in 2005 in Oregon by President & CEO Travis Knight.
  • LAIKA was awarded a Scientific and Technology Oscar in 2016 for its innovation in 3D printing.

LAIKA Announces Wildwood – Based on the Novel by The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy – As the Award-Winning Studio’s Next Animated Film, Directed by Travis Knight

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021
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LAIKAs next animated feature film is Wildwood, based on the bestselling novel written by Colin Meloy, lead singer and songwriter for The Decemberists, and illustrated by artist Carson Ellis.

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  • LAIKAs next animated feature film is Wildwood, based on the bestselling novel written by Colin Meloy, lead singer and songwriter for The Decemberists, and illustrated by artist Carson Ellis.
  • The announcement was made today by Travis Knight, President & CEO of the award-winning animation studio, who will direct the film.
  • With Wildwood, I have the opportunity to tell a madly ambitious story of magic, wonder, and danger set in the place I grew up.
  • Recently, the studio announced its first live action feature film based on the action thriller novel Seventeen by screenwriter John Brownlow.

Award-winning Animation Studio LAIKA Expands Into Live Action

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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LAIKA , known for the Academy Award-nominated animated films Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link, is expanding into live action.

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  • LAIKA , known for the Academy Award-nominated animated films Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link, is expanding into live action.
  • Currently in production on its sixth animated feature film, LAIKA secured the rights in an intense bidding war and plans to adapt it as a live action project.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210331005652/en/
    Travis Knight, LAIKA President & CEO (Photo: Business Wire)
    For the past 15 years, LAIKA has been committed to making movies that matter, says Knight.
  • Across mediums and genres, our studio has fused art, craft, and technology in service of bold, distinctive, and enduring stories.

LAIKA Teams up with Bowie State University to Build First HBCU Stop-Motion Animation Studio

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Monday, February 1, 2021
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LAIKA, the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning feature film animation studio best known for Missing Link, Kubo and the Two Strings and Coraline, is partnering with Bowie State University to build the nations first stop-motion animation studio at a historically Black college and university (HBCU).

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  • LAIKA, the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA and Golden Globe Award-winning feature film animation studio best known for Missing Link, Kubo and the Two Strings and Coraline, is partnering with Bowie State University to build the nations first stop-motion animation studio at a historically Black college and university (HBCU).
  • LAIKAs donation will fund upgrades to Bowie States green screen studio to allow stop-motion animation production.
  • The partnership between LAIKA and Bowie State developed as a way to create internship opportunities for BSU students.
  • As the relationship grew, LAIKA committed to making a long-term investment at Bowie State to prepare students for success in the animation industry.

Award-Winning Animation Studio LAIKA Plans Day-Long Retrospective of Entire Award-Winning Film Library on Sunday, October 27th at Landmark in Los Angeles

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Monday, October 21, 2019
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In addition, an exhibition of LAIKA puppets and dioramas will delight fans in the Landmark lobby.

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  • In addition, an exhibition of LAIKA puppets and dioramas will delight fans in the Landmark lobby.
  • The Landmark is located at 10850 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064.
  • Here is a complete schedule:
    Kubo and the Two Strings (Introduction by and Post Screening Q&A with LAIKA President & CEO Travis Knight, director of Kubo and Bumblebee.)
  • LAIKA was awarded a Scientific and Technology Oscar for its innovation in Rapid Prototyping after the release of Kubo and the Two Strings.

LAIKA Brings Its Stop Motion Magic to Los Angeles

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Thursday, October 17, 2019
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ABOUT LAIKA: Fueled by the vision of its President & CEO Travis Knight, the animation studio LAIKA was founded in 2005.

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  • ABOUT LAIKA: Fueled by the vision of its President & CEO Travis Knight, the animation studio LAIKA was founded in 2005.
  • Located just outside of Portland, Oregon, LAIKA was awarded a Scientific and Technology Oscar plaque in 2016 for its innovation in 3D printing.
  • Kubo and the Two Strings also won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film and received an additional Oscar nomination for Visual Effects.
  • LAIKAs most recent film, Missing Link, with a voice cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana and Zach Galifianakis, was released in April of this year.

LAIKA Appoints Longtime Universal Pictures International Executive David Burke to Chief Marketing Officer Post

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Thursday, September 5, 2019
Film & Motion Pictures, Marketing, Communications, Entertainment, Films, Creative works, English-language films, Laika, The Boxtrolls, Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings, Missing Link, Kubo, ParaNorman, Brad Schiff

Film industry veteran David Burke has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Oscar-winning animation studio LAIKA , creators of Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link.

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  • Film industry veteran David Burke has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Oscar-winning animation studio LAIKA , creators of Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link.
  • Burke joins LAIKA from Universal Pictures where he was General Manager for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since 2006.
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    David Burke joins Oscar-winning animation studio LAIKA as Chief Marketing Officer (Photo Credit: Steven Wong/LAIKA)
    Dave Burke is an extraordinarily talented marketing professional with over two decades of global movie business experience, says Knight.
  • As we continue to build our studio and the LAIKA brand, Daves counsel and leadership will be of immeasurable value.