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Laika (company)
Laika Entertainment, LLC. is an American stop-motion animation studio specializing in feature films, commercial content for all media, music videos and short films. It is best known for its stop-motion feature films, ''Coraline'', ''ParaNorman'' and ''The Boxtrolls''. The studio is owned by Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight and is located in Oregon's Portland metropolitan area. His son, Travis acts as its president and CEO. The company had two divisions, Laika Entertainment for feature films and House Special Formally Laika/house for commercial content. Laika spun off the commercial division in July 2014 to focus on feature film production exclusively. The new independent commercial division is now called HouseSpecial.〔
==History==
In the late 1990s, Will Vinton Studios, known for its stop-motion films and commercials, sought funds for more feature-length films and brought in outside investors, which included Nike, Inc. owner Phil Knight. In 1998, Knight made his initial investment and son Travis started work at the studio as an animator. In 2002, Phil Knight acquired financially struggling Will Vinton Studios to pursue feature-length productions. The following year, Henry Selick, director of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', joined the studio as a supervising director. In July 2005, the successor to Will Vinton Studios, Laika, was founded and opened two divisions: Laika Entertainment for feature films and Laika/house for commercial work, such as advertisements and music videos. They also announced their first projects, a stop-motion film ''Coraline'' and CGI animated film ''Jack & Ben’s Animated Adventure''.〔
The studio laid off a significant portion of its staff in 2008, when its second planned feature ''Jack & Ben's Animated Adventure'' was cancelled. The following year, the studio released its first feature film, ''Coraline'', which received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. After directing ''Moongirl'' and ''Coraline'', and unsuccessfully renegotiating his contract, Selick departed Laika in 2009. At the end of the year, the studio laid off more staff in its computer animation department to focus exclusively on stop-motion.〔 Their second stop-motion feature film, ''ParaNorman'', opened August 17, 2012 and also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. After working on stop-motion commercials for clients such as Apple Inc., Fox Sports, ESPN and Coca-Cola, Laika spun off its advertising portion in July 2014, to focus on feature film production exclusively. The new independent commercial division is now called House Special. Their third film, ''The Boxtrolls'' was released on September 26, 2014〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=laika2014.htm )〕 and was based on Alan Snow's fantasy-adventure novel, ''Here Be Monsters!''. It was directed by Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable and received an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature nomination as well.
Laika has also optioned Colin Meloy's fantasy novel ''Wildwood'' and Philip Reeve's fantasy book ''Goblins'', as upcoming feature film adaptations. In March 2015, the company announced it would expand the studio in an effort to allow for production of one film per year.
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