LAIKA AND FOCUS FEATURES IN PRODUCTION ON FOURTH ANIMATED MOVIE, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS . TRAVIS KNIGHT DIRECTS; ALL-STAR VOICE CAST INCLUDES MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, CHARLIZE THERON, ROONEY MARA, RALPH FIENNES LAIKA and Focus Features, the two companies behind the Academy Award-nominated Coraline and ParaNorman and the current Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe Award-nominated release The Boxtrolls, today announced production on their fourth collaboration, Kubo and the Two Strings. LAIKA President & CEO Travis Knight and Focus CEO Peter Schlessel made the announcement today. Mr. Knight, an Annie Award-winning animator, is making his directorial debut on Kubo and the Two Strings. The new movie, from an original screenplay by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler (ParaNorman) is a sweeping, swashbuckling adventure set in a mythical ancient Japan. It is being brought to life at LAIKA’s Oregon studios via the company’s innovative 3D stop-motion and CG hybrid technique. In addition to directi