Gallery: How the Tiny Studio Behind Coraline Became a Powerhouse

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    Laika CEO Travis Knight working on the set *ParaNorman*.
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    Isaac Hempstead Wright on one of the green-screen sets of *The Boxtrolls* with Knight.
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    Director Henry Selick and Knight on the set of *Coraline*.
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    Costume designer Deborah Cook works on Norman's outfit for *ParaNorman*.
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    *ParaNorman* directors Chris Butler (left) and Sam Fell discuss a car sculpture with director of photography Tristan Oliver (right).
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    A still from *Coraline*, which was based on Neil Gaiman's children's book.
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    Production designer Nelson Lowry on the set of *ParaNorman*.
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    Cinematographer Tristan Oliver works on the lighting on one of the sets for *ParaNorman*.
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    Animation supervisor Brad Schiff and creative supervisor of puppet fabrication Georgina Hayns examine the puppet for Neil while working on *ParaNorman*.
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    Kodi Smit-McPhee faces off with his *ParaNorman* stop-motion avatar, Norman.
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    Animation supervisor Brad Schiff (left) and director Graham Annable on the set of *The Boxtrolls*.
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    Norman gets scared by his lamp in Laika's second feature *ParaNorman*.
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    Fish and Shoe slide through a cardboard tunnel in *The Boxtrolls*, a movie about a young boy raised underground by creatures that wear, yes, boxes.
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    Directors Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable, producer David Bleiman Ichioka, and Nick Frost (from left) look over a scene from *The Boxtrolls*.
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