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Laika Signs ‘Corpse Bride’ & ‘Frankenweenie’ Screenwriter John August To Write Stop-Motion Teen Missing Mother Drama For Pete Candeland

EXCLUSIVE: Laika has signed Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie and Aladdin screenwriter John August to write an untitled stop-motion animated film to be directed by Pete Candeland. The signing was announced during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival by Laika President and CEO Travis Knight, director of the stop-motion studio’s Oscar-nominated Kubo and the Two Strings and upcoming Wildwood. Inspired by an original idea from Candeland, who joined Laika in 2023, the story revolves around a theatre-loving high school student who is lured into a mystifying never-ending bacchanal in search of her missing mother.

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