Laika Studios

Laika Studios

http://www.laika.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/laika/

LAIKA Studios, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, was founded in 2005 and employs approximately 730 people. The studio specializes in animation production.

Revenue

Founded

2005

Headcount

729

Headquarters

US

Primary Segment

Animation

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

On March 25, 2026, a representative from LAIKA Studios visited Bowie State University's Visual Communication & Digital Media Arts (VCDMA) program to encourage students to apply for paid summer internships at the company's Portland, Oregon headquarters, an initiative designed to strengthen arts curriculum and career pathways.

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May

19th

2026

09:44

motion craft: prestige alone isn't enough

Show summary Hide summary Why Wildwood is a turning point for Laika From Portland workshop to sweeping cinematic vision Marketing approach: urgency over prestige Trailer rollout and early metrics that matter Festivals, conventions, and physical

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May

18th

2026

19:32

Echoes: How Laika Studios Beat Hollywood Giants

Allow me to take you into a bewitching world of animation styled by Laika. Laika is known for visually satisfying aesthetics with soft and comforting hues that haven't been witnessed in any other animated films produced by several other studios.

May

15th

2026

09:30

Laika Needs ‘Wildwood’ to Be About More Than the Stop-Motion Craft That Went Into It: ‘Prestige Alone Isn’t Enough’

Animation fans know and love Laika for the meticulous craft that goes into every stop-motion animated film the studio makes. They’re well-versed in the lore behind Laika’s Portland-based facility, where each figurine and character is hand-crafted and put through rigorous attention to detail, and they love the behind-the-scenes featurettes that give a glimpse into the process as much as the films themselves.

May

14th

2026

03:12

The Wildwood Teaser Promises Some Choice Kindertrauma

Laika Nepo baby director Travis Knight (his father, Nike co-founder Phil Knight, bought out the struggling Will Vinton Studios and installed Knight Junior on the board) has two movies out this year. First up, we have Masters of the Universe, out in a couple of weeks.

May

14th

2026

01:00

Neither 'Toy Story 5' nor 'Avatar', this is my most anticipated animated movie of 2026

For a few years, it seemed that Laika was the only studio capable of winning a showdown against Pixar thanks to wonders like Coraline and ParaNorman. However, in 2019, after the failure of Mr. Link: The Lost Link, we didn’t hear from them again.

May

13th

2026

16:15

LAIKA x Gotham Animation Accelerator fellows announced

13 May 2026 // Women in Animation The Gotham Film & Media Institute (The Gotham) and LAIKA, the acclaimed animation studio behind Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings, and the upcoming Wildwood, announced today the inaugural fellows for the LAIKA x Gotham Animation Accelerator, a new initiative designed to support early-to-mid career animation creators in refining a production-ready pitch for an animated short film.

May

13th

2026

09:02

LAIKA Debuts Teaser Trailer for Travis Knight’s Handcrafted Epic Fantasy Wildwood , in Theaters October 23

PORTLAND, Ore.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- LAIKA, the studio behind Coraline and ParaNorman , today unveiled the highly anticipated teaser trailer for Wildwood , its upcoming stop-motion feature film directed by Travis Knight ( Masters of the Universe , Kubo and the Two Strings ) and written by Chris Butler ( Masters of the Universe , Kubo and the Two Strings ).

May

13th

2026

07:32

The Studio Behind ‘Coraline’ Returns With the Dark Fantasy Epic ‘Wildwood’ From Travis Knight

‘Wildwood’ teaser trailer unleashes LAIKA’s most ambitious fantasy epic yet. The magic of stop-motion animation is about to return to the big screen in a major way. LAIKA, the acclaimed studio behind Coraline, ParaNorman, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Missing Link, has officially unveiled the first teaser trailer for Wildwood, its long-awaited fantasy adventure directed by Travis Knight.

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May

3rd

2026

05:21

Will Wildwood Come to Netflix? Laika’s Next Movie Digital Release Timeline & Potential Streaming Platform Explained

Laika Studios has finally ended the long wait for its most ambitious project yet: Wildwood. Directed by Travis Knight and written by Chris Butler, the upcoming animated film is based on Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis’s 2011 novel of the same name.

Apr

4th

2026

08:33

17 Years Later, 'Coraline' Is Officially the Anti-Disney Movie

When people talk about great animated movies for kids, the conversation usually circles back to familiar comfort watches. The safe ones. The reassuring ones. The ones that remind audiences that everything will be okay. And then there's Coraline.

Mar

25th

2026

07:59

Partnerships and Alliances

Pipeline to Portland: Bowie State & LAIKA Studios Strengthen Arts Curriculum and Career Pathways

Earlier this month, students and faculty from Bowie State University’s Visual Communication & Digital Media Arts (VCDMA) program welcomed back a tried-and-true friend. A representative from LAIKA Studios, a leading animation studio in the film industry, visited campus to encourage students to apply for paid summer internships at the company’s Portland, Oregon headquarters.

Mar

10th

2026

07:37

Empire Exclusive: Take A Look Inside Stop

It has become something of a tradition over the last two decades for Laika Studios' movies to end with a credits sequence that lifts the lid on the magic that makes the Portland based stop-motion studio's films possible — from Mr. Pickles and Mr. Trout's ingeniously time-lapsed contemplation of their existence at the end of The Boxtrolls to the articulation of a 16-foot skeleton during Kubo And The Two Strings' closing titles.

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