{"id":16137,"date":"2018-04-25T18:01:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T22:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/?p=16137"},"modified":"2018-05-08T12:27:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T16:27:50","slug":"laika-announces-title-5th-film-titled-film-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/laika-announces-title-5th-film-titled-film-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Laika announces title for 5th film titled &#8220;Film Five&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16138\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LaikaAnna-300x74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LaikaAnna-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LaikaAnna-500x123.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LaikaAnna.jpg 987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Stop motion studio<a href=\"https:\/\/www.laika.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em> Laika<\/em><\/strong><\/a> in association with <a href=\"http:\/\/annapurna.pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>AnnaPurna Pictures<\/em><\/strong><\/a> has announced via press release their 5th stop motion film&#8217;s stars and tentative title: &#8220;<strong><em>Film Five<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, starring\u00a0<em>Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman,\u00a0Wolverine), Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover)<\/em>. Read more about the news at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/hugh-jackman-zoe-saldana-zach-galifianakis-starring-animated-film-laika-1105775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The press release:<\/p>\n<h1>ANNAPURNA PICTURES TO RELEASE THE OSCAR\u00ae-NOMINATED STUDIO\u2019S FIFTH ANIMATED FEATURE<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laika.com\/uploads\/rich\/rich_file\/rich_file_file_name\/1805\/LAIKA_2BANNAPURNA.png\" alt=\"\" data-rich-file-id=\"1805\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>LAIKA ANNOUNCES NEXT FILM; ANNAPURNA PICTURES TO RELEASE THE OSCAR\u00ae-NOMINATED STUDIO\u2019S FIFTH ANIMATED FEATURE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HUGH JACKMAN, ZOE SALDANA, AND ZACH GALIFIANAKIS WILL STAR IN THE RIP-ROARING, GLOBETROTTING COMEDY ADVENTURE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[Hillsboro, OR and Los Angeles, CA; April 25, 2018]<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 LAIKA, the animation studio behind the Academy Award\u00ae-nominated\u00a0<em>Kubo and the Two Strings<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Boxtrolls<\/em>,\u00a0<em>ParaNorman<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Coraline<\/em>, has announced its fifth film. The feature, which is currently being referred to as \u201cFilm Five,\u201d is in production at the studio and will be released in the U.S. by Annapurna Pictures.\u00a0 The announcement was made today by LAIKA President &amp; CEO Travis Knight and Megan Ellison, Founder and CEO of Annapurna Pictures.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bursting with humor, heart, and a profound message of acceptance and finding one\u2019s place, the animation team at LAIKA is thrilled to be bringing this globetrotting comedy-adventure to life. \u201cFilm Five\u201d is directed by Chris Butler (<em>ParaNorman<\/em>), with a voice cast led by Hugh Jackman (<em>The Greatest Showman<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Wolverine<\/em>), Zoe Saldana (<em>Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em>) and Zach Galifianakis (<em>The Hangover<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our next film represents an evolutionary shift for LAIKA,\u201d said Mr. Knight.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s an exciting bridge to our future.\u00a0 Director Chris Butler and the wizards at LAIKA have crafted a moving work of art, layered with wit and imagination and soul.\u00a0 Plus it\u2019s really, really funny.\u00a0 It\u2019s a privilege to partner\u00a0with Megan and her exceptional team at Annapurna to bring this beautiful original story to the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited for the opportunity to collaborate with Travis and the amazing team at LAIKA,\u201d said Ellison. \u201cWe appreciate their trust and look forward to having some fun together.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe id=\"basic_facebook_social_plugins_likebutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moviepropcollectors.com%2Fmagazine%2Flaika-announces-title-5th-film-titled-film-five%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=&amp;action=like&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:px; height:25px\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Stop motion studio Laika in association with AnnaPurna Pictures has announced via press release their 5th stop motion film&#8217;s stars and tentative title: &#8220;Film Five&#8220;, starring\u00a0Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman,\u00a0Wolverine), Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover). Read more about the news at The Hollywood Reporter. &nbsp; The press release: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,9,1,10],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-16137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-highlights","category-news","category-past-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16141,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16137\/revisions\/16141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16137"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=16137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}