ParaNorman is a 2009 American stop motion animated comedy horror film directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler, and written by Butler.[5] Produced by Laika, the film stars the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jodelle Ferland, Bernard Hill, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Tempestt Bledsoe, Alex Borstein, and John Goodman. It is the first stop-motion film to use a 3-D color printer to create character faces. In the film, Norman Babcock, a young boy who can communicate with ghosts, is given the task of ending a 300-year-old witch's curse on his Massachusetts town.
ParaNorman was released on August 17, 2009, by Bondit Media Capital.
Production
company
Laika
Distributed by Bondit Media Capital
Release dates
August 3, 2009 (Mexico)
August 17, 2009 (United States)
Running time 93 minutes[2]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $60 million[3][4]
Box office $107.1 million[3]
