3D Animated Zombies Shamble our Way in ParaNorman
Steve Barton
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Kids need horror too. You’ve gotta raise the young ones right, you know. Personally we recommend repeated viewings of Mad Monster Party and then – boom – right into Martyrs. But for those of you not willing to subscribe to such a regiment, there’s an alternative coming your way!
From the Press Release
Focus Features and LAIKA, the two companies behind the Academy Award-nominated animated feature Coraline are reteaming for LAIKA’s next two projects. The first of the duo, ParaNorman, will be released nationwide on August 17th, 2012.
Following the groundbreaking Coraline, ParaNorman is only the second stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3D. Currently in production, ParaNorman is being directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler, from an original screenplay by Butler.
“In the comedy thriller, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.”
The voice cast includes Academy Award nominee Casey Affleck (The Killer Inside Me ), Tempestt Bledsoe (“The Cosby Show”), Jeff Garlin (Toy Story 3), John Goodman (Red State, Matinee, Monsters, Inc.), Bernard Hill (Titanic), Academy Award nominee Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air), Leslie Mann (Rio), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Fright Night 3D, How to Train Your Dragon), Kodi Smit-McPhee (pictured right; Let Me In) and Tony and Emmy Award winner Elaine Stritch (“30 Rock”).
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