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.
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]
