ParaNorman is a 2012 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, 2012, by Focus Features.
Directed by
Sam Fell
Chris Butler
Written by Chris Butler
Produced by
Arianne Sutner
Travis Knight
Starring
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Tucker Albrizzi
Anna Kendrick
Casey Affleck
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Leslie Mann
Jeff Garlin
Elaine Stritch
Bernard Hill
Jodelle Ferland
Tempestt Bledsoe
Alex Borstein
John Goodman
Cinematography Tristan Oliver
Edited by Christopher Murrie
Music by Jon Brion[1]
Production
company
Laika
Distributed by Focus Features (North America)
Universal Pictures (International)
Release dates
August 3, 2012 (Mexico)
August 17, 2012 (United States)
Running time 93 minutes[2]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $60 million[3][4]
Box office $107.1 million[3]
