LAIKA To Debut THE BOXTROLLS Trailer At Annecy International Animation Film Festival

LAIKA will unveil the final trailer for its upcoming family event movie THE BOXTROLLS at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Wednesday, June 11, timed to its global digital debut. The trailer will be presented at Annecy before an open-air screening of LAIKA’s Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated second feature PARANORMAN. Chris Butler, who wrote and directed PARANORMAN, will introduce the movie and participate in an audience Q&A.

LAIKA’s third film is THE BOXTROLLS, based on Alan Snow’s bestselling novel Here Be Monsters.

Introducing audiences to a new breed of family – The Boxtrolls, a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead-Wright) in the amazing cavernous home they’ve built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge.

When the town’s villain, Archibald Snatcher (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley), comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, “into the light,” where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie (Elle Fanning). Together, these soft-boiled detectives uncover the hidden connections in Eggs’ past and devise a daring plan to save his unique family.

THE BOXTROLLS will begin its theatrical rollout on September 12 in several international territories including the United Kingdom and Mexico; and will be released in France in October. The film will bow nationwide in the United States and in Canada on September 26. The film is being released by Focus Features in the U.S., eOne Films in Canada, and Universal Pictures International in all other territories.

Get social with the Boxtrolls:
https://www.facebook.com/theboxtrolls
http://instagram.com/theboxtrolls
https://twitter.com/TheBoxtrolls

THE BOXTROLLS releases in theaters on September 26.

Get creative and build your very own Boxtroll at TheBoxtrolls.com. One grand prize winner’s Boxtroll will be brought to life as a real puppet by LAIKA artists, and other Box-tastic prizes are available.