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Golden Globes: ‘Missing Link’ Wins Best Animated Feature

The HFPA presented the 77th Golden Globe award ceremony on Sunday night, kicking the Hollywood awards season into high gear. Ricky Gervais returned to...

Oscar Watch: Tunes that Makes Toons Fly

***This article originally appeared in the February ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 297)*** Feature animation and music have been Oscar-night dates for some eight...

Golden Globes Animation Nominees React (Updating)

The filmmakers behind this year’s Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film nominees chime in on being included this select list chosen by the...

47th Annie Awards Nominations Announced

ASIFA-Hollywood announced on Monday the nominations for its 47th Annual Annie Awards, recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. A complete list...

Clip: Bringing the Puppets of ‘Missing Link’ to Life

Revisit the latest stop-motion opus from LAIKA Studios in a new clip which goes behind the scenes of Missing Link, one of the worthy...

The View from the Top: 2019’s Top Feature Directors Talk Animation Today

As Oscar season kicks into gear, Animation Magazine caught up with some of the talented directors who helped bring the year’s most compelling animated...

The World Animation and VFX Summit Returns Nov. 3

We at Animation Magazine are excited about our 7th World Animation and VFX Summit, which takes place November. 3-5 at its new venue, The...

LAIKA Sets Day-Long Retrospective at Landmark LA Oct. 27

LAIKA, the award-winning animation studio whose five films -- Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Missing...

‘Inside LAIKA and the Art of Missing Link’ Pop-Up Arrives in LA

It’s commonly believed that award season voters have a short memory, and they need to be reminded of the great movies that were released...

World Animation & VFX Summit Announces 2019 Hall of Fame Honorees

Animation Magazine has unveiled its list of this year’s distinguished Animation Hall of Fame Game-Changers award recipients. The honorees will receive their awards at...

Laika Uncovers Fresh ‘Missing Link’ Clip, Featurette

With its latest stop-motion masterpiece set to arrive in theaters April 12 (through Annapurna Pictures), LAIKA is offering up a closer look at what...

LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’: Around the World in Stop-Motion

A Victorian-era London cryptologist, a mysterious creature, and a Latina adventuress from California set out on a whirlwind adventure around the globe in search...

An Animated Guide to WonderCon

This weekend, the annual WonderCon comics, gaming and fandom event takes over the Anaheim Convention Center, offering attendees a jam-packed schedule of screenings, signings,...

Trailer: LAIKA Lets a Gentle Giant Loose in ‘Missing Link’

In the new trailer for Missing Link, the latest feature project from Oscar-nominated stop-motion powerhouse LAIKA, audiences will get to know a kindly creature...

16 Things to Look Forward to in 2019!

A new year means lots of brand new animated TV shows, movies and events are awaiting us to experience them one by one. Some...

Chris Butler Unveils Laika’s Upcoming ‘Missing Link’

Portland-based stop-motion animation hub LAIKA has released a new trailer for its wonderful new globe-trotting movie Missing link, which is coming to theaters on...

Annapurna Dates LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’ for April 19

LAIKA’s fifth stop-motion feature -- the cryptozoological adventure Missing Link -- has received an April 19, 2019 release date from US distributor Annapurna Pictures....

Lionsgate U.K. Picks up LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’

LAIKA’s much-anticipated 2019 movie The Missing Link has found its home in the U.K. Lionsgate has picked up the rights from AGS Sales, and...

LAIKA’s Fifth Movie ‘Missing Link’ Coming in 2019

Announced from Cannes, LAIKA has titled its fifth and most ambitious film to date: Missing Link. The Oscar-nominated animation behind Kubo and the Two...

Annapurna to Release Fifth LAIKA Animated Feature

LAIKA, the animation studio behind the Academy Award-nominated Kubo and the Two Strings, The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman, and Coraline, has announced its fifth film --...
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