Oscar®-winning animation studio LAIKA, who brought us Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls and Kubo and the Two Strings, are returning to the heart of the historic Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego with an all new, three-times-as-big LAIKA LIVE exhibit!
Coinciding with the city’s PRIDE and Comic-Con festivities, it will actually run WAY longer than SDCC, longer than a week, even; from Friday, July 13 to Sunday, July 22, 2018!
With all the new stuff comes a new space, right by the 24-hour Ralph’s at 350 Fifth Avenue beytween J and K streets, it is FREE! and ALL NEW! and will feature a huge collection of props, puppets, and sets from LAIKA’s award-winning, incredible films.
You’ll see fan art on display, too. Did you do some of it? Send me a photo!
There will be a DAILY drawing for a pair of coveted Coraline Dunks from Nike; (I wear a size 9W, my husband wears a size 17 and Nike is one of the VERY few companies that actually makes them!)
For you social media types, there will be easy-to-share social media activations, so you can effortlessly get this content out to your followers and your jealous, jealous friends. But there’s a LAIKA merchandise store right there so you can bring them back a present and make them feel better. Included are brand new items and limited edition Coraline items; better yet, here’s the link to LAIKA’s online store. You can have it sent right to them!
There will be multiple giveaways of other stuff that they’re not spilling about quite yet, and more. (…which means, SHOW UP!)
LAIKA President & CEO Travis Knight, whom my friends in animation say has been a great friend to animation, will lead a Facebook Live tour of the exhibit on Saturday, followed by a signing with an as-yet-to-be-announced super-secret special guest. Please, Walt, let it be Hugh Jackman, even if I can’t be there. The signing is at eleven, first-come, first-served, time permitting (that usually means the person doing the signing has to go do an interview or TV appearance or something and will have to cut it short eventually. Don’t take it personally if he has to get up and go before you reach him, and keep this in mind when you’re getting your stuff signed by anyone. There are people behind you and a time limit.)
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It’s Coraline’s 10th Anniversary (release date was February 9, 2009), so this year, Coraline and Other Mother will join LAIKA’s roster of costume characters (appearing both at the exhibit and throughout the Gaslamp Quarter) PLUS we’ll get to see the brand new character Mr. Link, (voiced by Jason Galifianakis in the upcoming film “Missing Link”) and the Mr. Link puppet. The release date for “Missing Link” is set for April 19, 2019.
- Coraline and Other Mother from Coraline
- Norman and Zombie Judge from ParaNorman
- Boxtrolls Fish and Sparky from The Boxtrolls
- Kubo, Monkey and Beetle from Kubo and the Two Strings
- Mister Link from Missing Link
Here’s the deets, straight from the LAIKA’s mouth:
WHERE:
350 Fifth Avenue (between J & K Streets)
WHEN:
Friday, July 13 to Sunday, July 22, 2018
Hours of Operation:
Friday, 7/13: 2-10pm
Saturday, 7/14: 2-10pm
Sunday, 7/15: 11am-5pm
Monday, 7/16: 12-5pm
Tuesday, 7/17: 12-5pm
Wednesday, 7/18: 12-5pm
Thursday, 7/19: 10am-10pm
Friday, 7/20: 10am-11pm
Saturday, 7/21: LAIKA store opens at 10am; exhibit: 2:00pm-11pm
Sunday, 7/22: 10am-6pm
Alice and I will be there in the afternoon, Wednesday, 7/18.
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