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Selick takes on Here Be Monsters
Posted by: Michael LAIKA Entertainment has purchased the film rights for one of the
LAIKA CEO Dale Wahl announced the acquisition, saying, "Great animated feature films begin with engaging stories and appealing characters. This book has both, as well as a wonderful sense of humor. It’s a great addition to our development and production slate, which currently includes the CG and stop-motion movie Coraline and the CG film Jack & Ben’s Animated Adventure."
H
ere Be Monsters
will be published in the
United States this July by Simon and Schuster and was published in the
UK by Oxford University Press. LAIKA Entertainment’s Director of Worldwide Scouting Operations Fiona Kenshole
first saw drawings for the book five years ago.
"I knew there was something special about them," says Kenshole. "It’s been a long effort to bring it to LAIKA, but I’m convinced that a magical chemistry will develop between LAIKA Entertainment’s creative team and the unique ideas in Alan Snow's book."
According to
LAIKA Entertainment’s Supervising
Director Henry Selick, "Like Shrek, Here Be Monsters is packed with multi-layered humor appealing to both child and adult audiences. It has a winning combination of the familiar elements of a boy's fight against evil, set in an extraordinary world, with a whimsical cast of characters."
