Brian McLean

LAIKA Brings Its Stop Motion Magic to Los Angeles

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Thursday, October 17, 2019
Films, Cinema of the United States, English-language films, Laika, Missing Link, Travis Knight, Kubo and the Two Strings, Kubo, Brian McLean

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.