Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes lend voices to Laika’s "Kubo"December 23, 2014 - 11:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Laika has announced their new project and its stellar cast members. The studio, which is behind "The Boxtrolls", said on Monday, December 22 that they would be working on a new animated feature called "Kubo and the Two Strings". It will be the directorial debut of Laika President and CEO Travis Knight, AceShowbiz said. Written by Chris Butler and Marc Haimes ("ParaNorman"), the animated feature set in a mythical ancient Japan will focus on scruffy, kindhearted Kubo who embarks on an adventure against a spirit from the past who catches up with him to enforce an age-old vendetta. A magical suit of armor once worn by his father, the greatest samurai the world has ever known, will be the key to his survival. Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, Ralph Fiennes and Brenda Vaccaro were announced as the voice cast. Art Parkinson, who plays Rickon Stark on "Game of Thrones", will voice the titular character. "Kubo" which will use "innovative 3D stop-motion and CG hybrid technique" is set to be released in the U.S. August 19, 2016 by Focus. Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |