Caitlin Pashalek works on the floors in Lord Portley-Rind’s house during production of The Boxtrolls. Photo: John Leonhardt / LAIKA, Inc. Click here for Part 1 of my set visit. The Boxtrolls is the ...

When the good word came down the wire that I was to visit the set of Laika’s newest stop-motion animated feature film, THE BOXTROLLS, it felt as if I had just been given a golden ticket – one that ...

Deep within the foggy recesses of Hillsboro, Oregon, stands an unassuming office complex that is home to the close-knit staff of Laika Studios – creators of such films as CORALINE and PARANORMAN. Upon ...

Fans of “Coraline” and “ParaNorman,” the deft, eccentric supernatural fairy tales created by Oregon-based Laika animation house, have every reason to anticipate “The Boxtrolls.” Laika’s latest feature ...

Florian Perinelle works with the Lord Portley-Rind puppet. Photo: John Leonhardt / LAIKA, Inc. (In case you missed it, read Part 1 and Part 2.) I thought I’d share just a few more bits and pieces that ...