Missing Link | Laika | April 12th 2019 | Estimated to lose 101.3M

[Morieris]

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Chris Butler, who directed Laika’s ParaNorman, is directing Film Five, whose plot is being kept under wraps but is being described as a globe-trotting comedy-adventure “bursting with humor, heart, and a profound message of acceptance and finding one's place.”

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/hugh-jackman-zoe-saldana-zach-galifianakis-starring-animated-film-laika-1105775

 

Not Wildwood but ok.

Edited October 2, 2018 by Morieris

[Eric Atreides]

Well I guess we know one new thing that will be announced at CinemaCon today.

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20 hours ago, CoolEric258 said:

Well I guess we know one new thing that will be announced at CinemaCon today.

 

It never was announced...

 

*sniffle*

[RandomCat]

I need this...very much.

[Eric Atreides]

6 minutes ago, slambros said:

 

It never was announced...

 

*sniffle*

Because I didn't read the article, so I didn't know the movie's actually going to Annapurna

[Morieris]

Wow, Focus is NOT going to have another movie to half ass advertise, maybe this will make money in the US! 

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3 minutes ago, CoolEric258 said:

Because I didn't read the article, so I didn't know the movie's actually going to Annapurna

 

That's probably for the best. Exciting! Hopefully we get more information soon. If only Annapurna had a CinemaCon Conference this year...

[Morieris]

 

Might be some more info tomorrow.

[RandomCat]

Stop teasing me Laika. I can't take it.

[Morieris]

Now called Missing Link;

 

http://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/stephen-fry-emma-thompson-join-laikas-missing-link-as-annapurna-us-release-1202801055/

 

 

[SLAM!]

This is the photo that was unveiled at Cannes.

 

 

They're apparently going for a bigfoot type of film. The design of the creature is very Aardman-ish in my opinion. The image itself is stunning. They're very likely giving this one their all. Though this film may end up depending on Smallfoot's reception. If Smallfoot is a smash hit, people may look at this and blindly yell, "TOO SIMILAR, TOO SIMILAR!'"... but the films are very different in the sense that Smallfoot is from the viewpoint of the monsters while this is from the viewpoint of a human for the most part. As a fan of Laika's film slate, I'm excited to see how this one fares and I'm excited to see what it's able to achieve.

[Morieris]

https://www.laika.com/news/missing-link

 

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The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost (voiced by Hugh Jackman) considers himself to be the world’s foremost investigator of myths and monsters.  The trouble is none of his small-minded high-society peers seems to recognize this.  Sir Lionel’s last chance for acceptance by the adventuring elite rests on traveling to America’s Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature. A living remnant of Man’s primitive ancestry. The Missing Link.

Zach Galifianakis is Mr. Link:  the slightly silly, surprisingly smart and soulful beast upon whom Sir Lionel’s dreams depend.  As species go, he’s as endangered as they get; he’s the last of his kind, and he’s lonely. Proposing a daring quest to seek out his rumored distant relatives, he enlists Sir Lionel’s help in an odyssey around the world to find the fabled valley of Shangri-La.

Together with Adelina Fortnight (voiced by Zoe Saldana), an independent and resourceful adventurer who possesses the only known map to the group’s secret destination, the unlikely trio embarks on a riotous rollercoaster of a ride.  Along the way, our fearless explorers encounter more than their fair share of peril, stalked at every turn by dastardly villains seeking to thwart their mission. Through it all, Mr. Link’s disarming charm and good-humored conviction provide the emotional and comedic foundation of this fun-filled family film.  

 

 

[RandomCat]

This does seem more like an Aardman production than Laika. Curious to see more about this movie, I hope we get more images/footage soon.

[grim22]

 

 

 

[Eric Atreides]

Already a thread.

 

 

[Jonwo]

I wonder if Aardman will move Shaun the Sheep 2 as that's opening April 2019 in many markets.

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1 hour ago, Jonwo said:

I wonder if Aardman will move Shaun the Sheep 2 as that's opening April 2019 in many markets.

 

If they're at least a month apart then I don't see why they couldn't coexist. They are pretty different stories with pretty different audiences. Plus, Shaun the Sheep's main market is the United Kingdom, and British family films such as Paddington 2 can do very well in that country regardless of how it does in the American market.

[YM!]

Seems like a departure from the normal from Laika but Laika makes good films.

 

As for marketing, I think MGM distributes this for Annapurna as with their deal.

[Morieris]

 

[Morieris]

https://deadline.com/2018/10/missing-link-laikas-zach-galifianakis-hugh-jackman-zoe-saldana-release-date-annapurna-1202419001/

 

It's a week earlier now.