Thread 148993177

https://deadline.com/2025/06/laika-paranorman-halloween-2025-rerelease-1236432996/
>Award-winning stop motion studio Laika has announced a Halloween 2025 re-release for its 2012 classic ParaNorman in newly remastered RealD 3D and 2D formats, with a one-week theatrical engagement. The re-released film will be accompanied by a new, CG animated short film, ParaNorman: The Thrifting, directed by Laika’s lead character designer Thibault LeClercq and written by Butler. It will feature the voice work of Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard and Anna Kendrick, reprising her role of Norman’s older sister, Courtney Babcock. It is produced by Passion Pictures.

>>148993177 (OP)
>CG animated short film
Aren't they the stop motion guys? This is gonna feel weird

>>148993186
>Aren't they the stop motion guys? This is gonna feel weird

Their movies always used CGI. Like this crowd shot in The Boxtrolls, only 3 of them are real puppets. The rest are digital composites.
https://illusion-almanac.com/2021/04/09/the-hybrid-world-of-the-boxtrolls/

I didn't see this coming, but it's extremely exciting! I wonder what the new short will be about?

>The Thrifting
Is he literally just going to the thrift shop?

COURTNEY IS BACK!!

>>148993177 (OP)
It is nice to see them do more with Paranorman. The IP had potential to put Norman in various paranormal situations.
>>148993246
He is probably going to find something supernatural while thrifting.

>short film
Disappointed but shit, more content is always good.

>>148993177 (OP)
>Finn Wolfhard
I guess this means Norman is going to be much older in this short.

>>148993177 (OP)
Maybe if this does well we'll finally get the show they pitched?

>>148993714
Oh yass

>>148993805
They pitched a show? This is the first time I heard about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nel883o_6SA
One of the BEST scenes in that movie. The look on her face, you can just hear the glass break.

>>148993177 (OP)
Ah so that's why they revealed Mitch's boyfriend

Probably no Aggie in the new short, but I'm still excited. Be fun if they found a way to sneak her in as a cameo.

>>148993863
We talked about it a few times, they had a test animation for the show a while back that was found in a archive. The show is weird as their is two variations of discussion, a fake post from years and years ago where they were in the "works" then the actual real dead concept that was left in a archive nothing is known about it but the fake it'd have brought aggie back.

>>148994066
In the real test animation, Aggie jumpscares Norman at the end. It might have just been to test how close they could get the animation to the movie but it definitely seems intriguing that she showed up.

>>148993177 (OP)
Is this why they decided to reveal how the Jock's Boyfriend looks like?

>>148993186
Laika uses so much CG in their films that they may as well take the full plunge

>>148994386
CG can pretty much do the stopmotion look anyway.

Stop-motion is such a precious artform that I hope they keep doing it forever, even if they use a blended style.

>>148994138
Possible and probably their models with the most pre made stuff. But I remember the old threads of ideal paranorman sequel/show concepts and 90% wanted aggie lol

>>148993177 (OP)
>Starring Finn Wolfhard
Was Kodi Smit-McPhee not available?

>>148995052
Courtney's hips are nice.

>>148995543
They knew what was up.

>>148995946
kek who drew this?

>>148996472
No idea. Some of this art is older than half the users here lol

>>148993177 (OP)
So is the the jock's homogay guido bf gonna show up in this short? More Courtney suffering?

>>148996542
Will it be set before or after the events of the original film, do you think?

>>148996673
After. It sounds like it's about Courtney and jock's bf shopping for clothes or something.

tfw they'll probably keep Aggie dead ):

Giving her a cameo would be way too based to be true.

>>148993752
I mean they kinda have to start doing stuff with their other movies since the Gaiman shit has tainted Coraline's legacy.

>>148997952
People barely know who Gaiman is. The reason they don't do other stuff with Coraline is because it's a shared IP.

>>148996542
Suffering? Nah. I predict there'll be a scene with Courtney hanging with Mitch and his boyfriend. She gonna be alright. Dat ass will get her a man someday.

>>148993177 (OP)
>>148993752
The original film itself stands on its own merits, which has made it a cult piece.

However, my concern about the new project is related to everything that is returning to IPs from decades ago to nowadays and how it's what it is going to involve; I mean, subtly current political themes (already sufficiently polarizing), biasing, softening or denying aspects to convenience, which would harm its legacy.

And it's nothing minor, we are witnesses in how great pieces or IPs came back in nowadays entertainment fields and how to turned into unequal to its origins.

>>148998526
Coraline's the only movie they make merchandise out of.

>>148998870
there's something inside of those model pants?

>>148999052
We'll see how it goes. Since its a short, it'll be less of a big deal if it sucks.

>>148993177 (OP)
i hate this movie, i hate the writing and the haracters. Its not that they are bad its the whole attitude the wristers had it felt like wathever i dont give a shit almost like everything that happens everyone reacts with this passive and mean way. You dont have to be fantastical like disney but aty least try to match the audiene mood

>>149001791
Well, the entire point of the movie is that everyone in the town is actually an asshole and the curse is the result of generations of stupid actions and bad decisions.The whole point of the film is to learn not to be a dick.

>>149001918
its still an unenjoyable film

>>149002035
I don't agree but I respect your opinion.

>>149002301
i accept that you have a different taste than me

>>148994366
>Is this why they decided to reveal how the Jock's Boyfriend looks like?
Wonder if he'll appear, if so it's strange they chose to reveal his appearance now instead of leaving it as a surprise reveal in the short.

https://youtu.be/-TqfBEX6QtE
I liked the idea better when it was this

>>148994138
Sweet
Looking it up, the animation looks good. The Aggie cameo is nice since she's probably not going to be brought back unless they do a retelling of the movie.

>>149003174
Huh, interesting if a little tongue in cheek. Maybe Laika wasn't as adverse towards pursuing a sequel or a franchise as Knight said.

>>149003174
Also she'd need a good reason to be angry again otherwise it would cheapen the movie's ending.

>>149002880
aww

>>149003238
>>149003293
Do something like picrel!

>>148997952
huh i didnt know Coraline was by Gaiman

>>149003340
It's the main thing he's known for besides Sandman. Why else do you think he was showing up in kids shows like Arthur?

>>149003336
Aw thats cute.

>>149003336
>Aggie? My name is Maggie! I just transferred here from... uhhh... Schoolbellton...

>>148998554
>Aggie is a cuckquean

>>148999063
After 16 years it's still their most popular film by far. Every movie they've made since then is worse than the last.

>>149003795
Excuse you, heretic! She's a harem bride! She's just doing her part to make sure Norman's offspring are as prosperous as possible.

>>149002880
GHOOOOOOST BLOWJOB! WOOOOOOO!

>>149003864
>Do you have to yell that every time?

>>148993177 (OP)
Looks like shit

>>148993177 (OP)
hm.

>>149003894
kek

This is really cool! I might make some new art to celebrate.

>>149006533
Nice to see you making more anon, definitely reminds me that smeet drew this as well.

>>149006533
Took forever to compile but found and compiled most of the agatha greens I think. Crazy I think I started this one, as a joke now it's damn near soft thread canon

>>149007139
Dammit that quality drop was crazy

>>149007139
>>149007189
Props anyway. Archival is very important!

>>149007139
>>149007245
Ok think this one is better just not as organized looking

>>149007276
Much better, I can actually read the text, which is the #1 thing. Eventually someone can organize it into something more clean I guess.

>>149007881
It's in right order just not as nicely cropped, but the crops lower the quality so guess this best we can do

Ooooh, time to get the rope!

>>149008697
Leave her and norman be smeet!!! She was already punished enough

>>149006533
lmao watch out Norman

>>148993177 (OP)
The Courtney Babcock fart fetish porn manifested this

>>149008697
IT BEGINS!

>>149010747
Smeet is reaching Fuchur level regarding sketches. Basiert.

Here's a weird fact for you: Zakeno, the artist of the old "Ask Norgatha" blog, drew Mitch's boyfriend as a brown dude before his design was ever revealed.

>>149010939
>Fuchur level regarding sketches.
Who?

>>148999065
Probably metal

>>149011088
It was tumblr that was obligatory and a good guess at the trend of modern media

>>149013155
Probably. But I'd like to imagine they're secretly taking notes from the original blog, just because it was so kino.

https://files.catbox.moe/pu46jg.png

>>149008849
I do what I want

>>149010939
Shhhh, that ones old

>>149013437
ohhh that's fucked up but still adorable somehow

>>148993222
>Their movies always used CGI. Like this crowd shot in The Boxtrolls, only 3 of them are real puppets. The rest are digital composites.
I didn't know that.

>>149003355
>It's the main thing he's known for besides Sandman. Why else do you think he was showing up in kids shows like Arthur?
hmm because he got a thing for kids?

>>149013788
Both of his accusers were of age.

>>149001201
>Courtney and Aggie
Which way, western man?

>>149013927
>Both of his accusers were of age.
Yeah of the age of 10! wtf? I was just joking.

>>149014045
If it makes you feel better, the accusations are controversial and there's an ongoing lawsuit.

>>149014058
I'm just shocked, I didn't expect it.

>>149013437
Damn you smeet! Also jesus did she animate a noose so it acted like a fucking snake. I mean that is quite creative to say the least fucked up but creative.

>>149002301
https://vocaroo.com/1fgFkORxd4MW

>>149002880
https://vocaroo.com/1abpb2DGVdws

>>149011125
https://vocaroo.com/1cFw9IqrmaNw

>>149015983
Oh that's adorable

>>149015983
These are good, I like these.

>>149015983
Ok this is adorable but the mitch one kills me and reminds me of my prudish aggie greens. Also are these old audios anon or are these like ai?

>>149015983
With the last one I almost expected there to be a few seconds of silence before Aggie shouted a slur lol

>>149006533
Almost forgot to post the followup!

Haven't been in much of a drawing mood. Chronic pain or sickness has been burning me out.

>>149007139
Any chance you could also compile the Chepi greens?

>>149014026

Courtney possessed by Aggie duh

>>149017614
I'm amazed no one has drawn this yet, because this idea is extremely hot.

>>149017148
https://vocaroo.com/1l1aYIhLJsXd

>>148993177 (OP)
Exciting for more paranorman content

>>148993177 (OP)
But will we get another gratuitous foot shot?

fucking rad

>>149017500
Sure will do but splitting it up, gonna do her start then the other more new version lol
>>149016307
Definitely felt the same, not even a modern slur something like "harlot" or something else super obscure

>>148993177 (OP)
>>148993998
Think Luca will actually make an appearance? This whole reveal wasn’t simply for the press?
https://youtu.be/P4UCcm3sqv8?si=JO8Ez7GiMM_3l-Dl

>>149020102
>>149017500
Jesus christ didn't realize how much chepi stuff their was thanks a lot guys like really never realized you liked her so much was busy drawing that thread.

>>149020329
Radical!

>>149020329
It's impossible not to love her, she's the best! :3

>>149021729
I suppose, but yeah definitely seems she was taken to

>>149017500
>>149020102
>>149020329
>>149021729
Hey speaking of ocs does anyone remember the ones smeet made for coraline. Sad they didn't take off

>>149023586
Would love to see you draw her again (if ur the guy) because you, as her daddy, have the best ideas for her :P

>>149023701
Someone needs to play with them again. Maybe it'll be me.

>>149023772
Hey go for it, I don't think smeet fleshed them out much

>>149023701
>>149023772
>>149024672
Well, when I originally pitched the idea of the viking girl, I had been under the impression that I was making another paranorman waifu ghost. I had either missed or misread which ever post that went into new Coraline OC's. But when I found out, I just went with the flow and drew them anyway. So they're blank slates outside of whatever names we came up with. You can do whatever you want with em.

>>148993222
Learning this makes me feel like a kid that just found out Santa Claus isn’t real

>>149025360
You sound like a faggot

>>149024809
Ah well honestly as the guy that made chepi, kind of same she was 100% meant as just a one off native girl to play on the whole settler v natives joke. Also play on how out of time aggie is so a racist girl.

But really whichever you want to do works could be fun either way, norman got one coraline gets one lol. But what was original idea?
>>149023772
Maybe just maybe, but she has long since left home kek. She literally was meant to just be a set up for a racist aggie jokes

>>149025917
Yeah, but nothing wrong with a nice little home visit lol

>>149026114
>>149020329
All this talk of Chepi reminds me how I recently found out that back in the olden days, Indian girls would purposefully dance and exercise naked around settler boys because they enjoyed the attention they gave them, including Pocahontas herself.

There was also an "explained" uptick in Indians with blond hair and blue eyes suddenly being born.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how homophobic would Aggie be?

1 being "I learned a lot from being executed because of biblical misinterpretations and nobody deserves to be discriminated against"

and 10 being "WHY ARE THESE SODOMOTIES GETTING PROBATION AND FINES?"

>>149026114
Mayhaps
>>149026252
That's actually hilarious and is pretty in line with girls. Though the thought of them wanting to get the attention of boys that were these foreign entities/known enslaver/killers of their kind is kind of warped and fucked up. Sounds like a set up for a bleached concept

I did hear about this one, they said the genocide of the natives was on two fronts one in the field one in the bedroom. Why most people got a little indian in them.
>>149026860
She's a wild card in my greens, from wholesome loves everyone to, these filthy degenerates. Though I feel even her bigotry is more fearful than hateful.

>Pastor John, told me the gays eat young girls souls

>>149027102
Aggie definitely strikes me as the type of girl who wouldn't be hateful, but would be very fearful or cautious. Lines up with the theme of the movie, in fact.

>Norman, no! They'll give you venereal disease! I know it's much more treatable now but it's still pretty bad!

>>149027185
Does fit her just makes me laugh she's a hypocritcal racist/bigot at times. She is from such a long time ago, also many people that have been canceled can't view things 3 dimensionally either

>>149027238
I love the idea that by modern standards, Aggie is an uptight prude and a bigot. But by Puritan standards she's a shameless harlot and a bleeding heart. Doesn't get to fit in anywhere.

>>149027336
Yep, truly a example of lived to long kek. You are a saint/hippie in your time but in the modern day you are a bigot. I feel like this will be me when robots inevitably take over and want rights.

>>149027769
Hopefully the robots won't be as retarded as we are.

She's a lot of fun to draw :) Her outfit is on fleek lol

Don't mind me, just being the worst -- like I always am :P

>>149028312
They will just give it time. They can already build prejudices and make fake info based on feelings we cooked for them before they began.
>>149028446
As productive as ever, also coraline being the most confident kills me but fits a bit
>>149028857
Lol reverse play is a bit crazy, welp either way fun stuff indeed need to draw chepi but super tired from father's day stuf

>>149029293
I hear 'ya man. Life is fucking exhausting. Still, it's better than the alternative. I'm really proud I was able to make something at least.

>>149028857
>>149029293
Had a cute idea!

>>148993177 (OP)
>Norman’s older sister, Courtney Babcock

>>149012899
oh :c

idk if this is the most messed up thing I've ever drawn but I feel like its up there.

>>149033055
Always shocking how this became a ship such a weird cross over but interesting to say the least.

>>149033412
Not too weird when you remember they came out around the same time and they both starred dorky twinks.

>>149033483
Yeah learned that too when I finally watched that mystery kidz animation. Realized damn paranorman came out the same year of GF

>>148994386
Coraline was almost all practical. It's just their later films that are CG

>>149013437
I didn't think you did construction Smeet. Color me surprised.

Gonna be weird when the new short comes out. These threads are usually really chill in their own weird little way. When there's actually new content to discuss and more people feel like joining in the vibes will be very different. It's not gonna be better or worse, though. Just a weird change.

>>148993177 (OP)
More Courtney booty YES

>>149036065
A man of culture!

>>149029487
Yep but you are quite productive
>>149029841
>>149031754
These are pretty good, though miss your more comedic ones idk the implications and subtly went miles for me sometimes. But they are all good
>>149031457
Also some rare Coragatha

>>149037466
Oh yeah, I'll make more comedic ones sometime again. I just felt extra horny lately lol

Corgatha is a rare treat. Would love to see more~

>>149033955
I swear something always tricks me into beleiveing that ParaNorman was released in 2013.

>>149038468
The Ask-Norgatha blog started in 2013 and ended in 2014. Maybe you're thinking of that? Probably not.

>>149038553
I have no idea what that Is, so its probably me watching the movie on TV at some point in 2013 since this was back when movies would take about a year to release on home media/TV.

>>149036508
Nice

>>149034197
I do, just rarely, usually when I do something more intricate that normal.

>>149038468
No exactly the same bro idk maybe because most of the big art and push of tumblr stuff was in that 2013-14 and that's when all the ask blogs and big tumblr aus and fan events started why GF took off so hard and still probably has the most fics and fanart and comics of any series to date. Only comparable in terms of raw diverse content is things like IZ and live action shows.
>>149037513
Yep tis a rare treat, but norgatha better

Seems you've been like that a while though kek

>>149040036
Well it turned out great boyo, and yeah think I learned this myself when you were in your tentacle phase. You made some crazy dynamic scenes, like the sparkle cadet and galatea stuff

Two questions. Am I going to have to hear about how gay someone is again? Will it still be stop-motion?

>>149040133
Probably a mix of stop motion and cgi, but yeah seems like still stop motion. An with the reveal of the bf might have a bit of gay mitch in it but since it's a sequel short and not dropping during pride month odds are it'll be more of a fun extra short thing they even called it a sequel. So maybe a epilogue thing

>>149040059
>in your tentacle phase

Who said anything about a phase haha

>>149040703
Oh no! but yeah just assumed only saw about 3-4 pieces of it lol

>>149036065
I look forward to it

>>149040703
You plan to do anymore aggie or maybe norgatha stuff?

>>149041960
I might

>>149041966
nice

>>149041966
Welp can't wait if you do

>>149041966
good

>>149035530
How could you hang her

>>149044047
With a rope obviously.

>>149040051
I've noticed that a lot of ass has been allowed lately, that's pretty neat

>>149044060
You monster
>>149044650
The new jannies are probably much chiller and honestly less vindictive I imagine. Let's be honest they probably had to restart the whole thing also most of the people they were lurking on are now free. Like smeet remember sometimes he'd get his post and catbox links 404'd for no reason. So some artist and anons had eyes on them and earned the hate of some mods. I know for a while I did every post I made was getting deleted even if ok even my raunchy green text were getting deleted

>>149035530
cute

>>149040133
>Am I going to have to hear about how gay someone is again?
What?

Alright, give me bit

>>149047845
We shall be waiting el capitan