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On November 3, 1957, Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, became the first living creature to orbit Earth, but at a terrible cost.
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.
Sorry humanity has failed you, Laika”. Laika, the first dog in space, was sent on a tragic one way mission aboard the Sputnik 2 capsule. She was never expected to survive© UIG via Getty Images ...
This is Laika 13, a chatbot designed by a team of Swedish AI experts and a neuroscientist meant to illustrate the familiar worst-case scenario: a teen who spends 100 percent of her time—beyond ...
Laika, the Portland, Oregon-based animation studio, has some very big plans for its 20th anniversary, including new movies and merchandise.
Laika had built large puppets before, specifically the five-foot Mecha-Drill from The Boxtrolls. But the Giant Skeleton was something else; it was larger, heavier, and needed to be animated as ...
LAIKA, the innovative, Portland, Oregon-based stop-motion animation studio, and the Museum of Pop Culture, a leading-edge nonprofit museum in Seattle, are partnering for a new exhibition that will ...
Laika Studios is celebrating Valentine’s Day with a special short-form video featuring duos from its films. The content will be posted out on Valentine’s Day across its social media channel to ...
Laika’s last moments on earth were spent strapped into a windowless Soviet rocket awaiting lift off. The stray dog had enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in 1957, having been plucked from a Moscow ...
Laika artists will make appearances and lead workshops. And, of course, the museum will screen Laika’s four films, all nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.