A bit of a change for Laika, that has recently been putting its rich and acclaimed stop motion movies out through Focus Features in the US, and Universal worldwide (including The Boxtrolls and Kubo And The Two Strings). For its next feature, it’s signed a new distribution deal with Annapurna, a company itself getting into directly releasing films.
The film in question, Laika’s fifth, is from ParaNorman director Chris Butler. It doesn’t have a title yet, but is going by the working name of Film Five. And it does have a voice cast. Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana and Zach Galifianakis will star in this one. It’s being described as a “rip-roaring, globetrotting comedy adventure”.
We don’t have a release date for the film yet, but we’re big Laika fans. As we hear more, we’ll let you know…