The Boxtrolls, is based on Alan Snow’s children’s novel ‘Here Be Monsters’
Sometimes the things that go bump in the night aren’t scary. In the case of The Boxtrolls, they’re just curious and creative and want our discarded junk to build stuff with. After raising a lost human baby as one of their own, Eggs, returns to the surface world to be an emissary between Boxtroll and Humankind. Though the sinister exterminator Arichibald Snatcher destroys the Boxtroll Kingdom.
Want to know how they made the movie?
Learn more about stop-motion animation in this AFI article with this piece on LAIKA Entertainment and Travis Knight, THE BOXTROLLS’ lead animator and CEO/President of LAIKA. He talks about using stop-motion animation in story-telling. It’s a very fascinating article!
Unboxing in theaters on September 26th…
Who’s in? Here’s the Trailer
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About The Boxtrolls
An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Arichibald Snatcher. (Studio Laika)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, Jared Harris, Nick Frost & Tracy Morgan.
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The Boxtrolls “Treehouse” on Animal Planet
Last weekend, we watched an episode on Animal Planet’s show “Treehouse Masters” and were so excited to see the treehouse that was made for AJ, a wheel-chair bound little boy in Arizona who was granted a wish, to get a tree house… and boy did he get one – watch the video below! You’ll want your own Boxtroll Treehouse!
