This story about “Kubo and the Two Strings” first appeared in The Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine. The idea for “Kubo and the Two Strings” was simple, and it was ridiculously hard. “The ...

Kubo and the Two Strings, animation studio Laika’s latest feature film, has wowed critics across the board. Reviews of Kubo and the Two Strings have been overwhelmingly positive. The film is said to ...

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Animation has acquired the rights to acclaimed children’s novel The Girl Who Drank the Moon, an epic coming-of-age fairy tale written by Kelly Barnhill. Marc Haimes, who recently ...

In hushed, dimly lit rooms across the Portland area, imaginations are at work. They're dreaming up dark fantasies, loopy tales of hipsters and space aliens and maybe a macabre reimagining of ...

Watch a film clip from "Kubo and the Two Strings," starring Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, and Rooney Mara. Photo: Laika Studios/Focus Features The first and last things to be said in this ...

My name is Mathieu Brunet (it's French) and I have been an independent film critic for the past 5 years. My passion is animation and I've been writing and making my own video reviews of animated ...

Your regular round-up of the latest animation news, from HitFix reporter Emily Rome Welcome to the first installment of AnimationFix, where on a regular basis I”ll ...

In the old days, you’d get out your tools and carefully sculpt the mouth, frame by frame, until the smile looked just right. But at LAIKA Animation Studio, in Hillsboro, Oregon, they've pioneered a ...