Thursday, December 15, 2011

Meet (Para)Norman

Today the latest trailer for 'ParaNorman' hit the web. It's the latest from Laika a.ka. the creators of 'Coraline'. It looks like it's going to be another stunning stop-motion adventure. A hybrid of 'The Sixth Sense' and a zombie movie, with Norman, voiced by Kodi Smith-McPhee, standing in for Haley Joel Osment.

What's strange about this kind animation is that it's often used to tell dark stories. The trend seems to go back to Tim Burton's 'Vincent' and Henry Selick's 'A Nightmare Before Christmas'. Both of which utilized a gothic tone.

So far co-directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell seem to be prodding that same corpse. Hopefully they're prodding it in just the right places.


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