The Hillsboro animation studio agreed to a distribution deal with Focus Features for its next three films. Focus distributed Laika’s first three movies, starting with 2009’s “Coraline.” The first two ...

“Coraline” is having a very happy 15th birthday. The 15th anniversary re-release of the 2009 movie, the first stop-motion animated feature from Hillsboro’s Laika studio, has been a box-office hit.

Re-releases of classic films aren’t supposed to make much of a mark at the box office. They usually serve as a helpful stopgap for theaters to bring in a little extra revenue during slow periods on ...

Twenty years ago, Laika decided to re-invent stop-motion animation from its boutique-style studio in Portland, Ore. “Here we are 20 years later, and during that period, we’ve transformed ourselves ...