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Laika to Re-Release ParaNorman in Remastered 3D With New Short Film for Halloween 2025

Laika will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a one-week theatrical run alongside a CG short featuring Anna Kendrick reprising her role as Courtney Babcock with Finn Wolfhard joining the cast.

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Overview

  • The 2012 stop-motion Oscar-, BAFTA- and Golden Globe-nominated feature returns for a one-week engagement beginning Oct. 23 internationally via Trafalgar Releasing and Oct. 25 in the US through Fathom Entertainment.
  • Audiences can choose between traditional 2D screenings and a newly remastered RealD 3D presentation.
  • The premiere of ParaNorman: The Thrifting introduces a fully computer-animated short directed by Laika character designer Thibault LeClercq and written by Chris Butler.
  • Anna Kendrick reprises her role as Norman’s sister, Courtney Babcock, and Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard joins the voice cast in the new short.
  • The re-release follows last year’s $56 million worldwide Coraline revival and forms part of Laika’s 20th anniversary celebration.