Month: December 2014

December 22, 2014 By Dave McNary Laike and Focus Features, which teamed on “The Boxtrolls,” “Coraline” and “ParaNorman,” have launched production on the animated movie “Kubo and the Two Strings.” The announcement comes two months after the companies agreed to collaborate on three films, without naming the titles. Laika president and CEO Travis Knight is making his directorial debut …

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December 22, 2014 By Rebecca Ford Laika and Focus Features have announced the first film out of their new three-film pact: Kubo and the Two Strings. The project, set in ancient Japan, features a star-studded voice cast including Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, Ralph Fiennes and Brenda Vaccaro. Art Parkinson, best known for playing Rickon Stark on HBO’s Game of Thrones, will voice the title character of Kubo. Laika president and CEO Travis …

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December 18, 2014 By Rebecca Ford Disney is developing the family adventure movie Ed Terrestrial, hiring Michael Starrbury to rewrite the spec script. The studio bought the spec by Greg Erb and Jason Oremland. While the plot is being kept under wraps for now, sources say it is a family film involving an extraterrestrial being. Shrek director Andrew Adamson, whose recent work includes Cirque du Soleil: …

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