Laika Entertainment, the company that produced the Oscar-nominated film Coraline, has hired Chris McCoy and Jan Pinkava to write the animated feature film Little White Lie.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the feature is based on an idea from Pinkava, who will direct the feature.
Pinkava previously was at Pixar, earning a story credit on and co-directing Ratatouille. He also worked on Monsters, Inc., Toy Story 2 and A Bug’s Life and won an Oscar for the animated short film Geri’s Game.
Little White Lie joins a pair of animated features in the works at Portland-based Laika: an adaptation of Alan Snow’s Here Be Monsters! and an original idea called Paranorman.
