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 story of a little boy who can speak to the dead, ParaNorman was Laika’s second film as a studio and garnered Oscar BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, as well as multiple ANNIE Awards.
It was written by Chris Butler (Missing Link) and directed by Butler and Sam Fell (Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget).
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.
The re-release follows in the wake of the record-breaking 15th anniversary 2024 re-release of Laika’s 2009 gothic fantasy horror Coraline in 2D and RealD 3D.
Laika is partnering with Trafalgar Releasing to premiere the re-release on October 25 in international markets and Fathom Entertainment for the US, for an October 25 debut.
The announcement of ParaNorman re-release at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Friday, launches a year-long 20th Anniversary celebration of LAIKA.
“ParaNorman was a breakthrough film for Laika — emotionally rich, visually daring, and proudly weird in all the right ways,” said Laika’s Chief Marketing & Operations Officer David Burke.
“Bringing it back to theaters in stunning remastered 3D, paired with a brand-new short film, is an invitation for audiences to rediscover the heart and humor of Norman’s world — or experience it for the first time. Today, horror has become a shared family ritual, and ParaNorman sits right at the intersection of spooky and meaningful. It’s the perfect ‘starter horror’ — a gateway into genre storytelling that’s as thoughtful as it is thrilling.”
