Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson Join Laika’s ‘Missing Link’ (Exclusive)

Laika’s newest animated feature has added an official title, “Missing Link,” a projected release and a full key voice cast with Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson joining the already-announced Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana and Zach Galifianakis.

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is handling foreign sales.“Missing Link,” which unveiled the first photo in Cannes, is the first Laika title to be distributed in the U.S.

by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures.

Laika’s first four features — “Kubo and the Two Strings,” “The Boxtrolls,” “ParaNorman” and “Coraline” — were released by Universal/Focus Films.

All received Academy Award nominations.Directed by “ParaNorman’s” Chris Butler, “Missing Link” also stars Timothy Olyphant, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Ching Valdez-Aran and Amrita Acharia.

Annapurna has set a spring 2019 U.S.

release.Laika president-ceo Travis Knight, who will meet with foreign distributors at Cannes, describes “Missing Link” as achieving “something we’ve never

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