Missing Link
Annapurna Pictures has set an prescribed April 2019 spillage escort for LAIKA ’s next stop - motion animated film , Missing Link . This will be the studio ’s fifth feature - duration project , after its Neil Gaiman adaptationCoraline , supernatural horror / comedyParaNorman , The Boxtrollsadaptation , and its fancy adventureKubo and the Two Strings . Missing Linkis being written and take by Oscar - candidate Chris Butler , who also work on the scripts forKuboandParaNorman(the latter of which he to boot co - directed ) .
The " Missing Link " refers to Mr. Link ( Zach Galifianakis ) , who believes himself to be the last living remnant of humankind ’s rude derivation . However , when Mr. Links gets wind of rumour that there are more of his kind living in the mythologic valley of Shangri - La , he sets out to find them with the assistance of Sir Lionel Frost ( Hugh Jackman ) , who is say to be the world’s"foremost investigator of myths and giant " . Further aiding the brace on their pursuance is Adelina Fortnight ( Zoe Saldana ) , an venturer who has the only known mathematical function that contribute to Shangri - La.
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Missing Linkis now scheduled to hit U.S. field of operations on April 19 , 2019 , with Annapurna distributing . The moving picture ’s current opening weekend competition include Disneynature ’s documentaryPenguinsand an as - yet ignoble Warner Bros. horror flick . Missing Linkwill also have to vie with Robert Downey Jr. ‘sVoyage of Doctor Dolittlein its second weekend of release , when it comes to get the tending of families at the box office .
TheMissing Linkvoice dramatis personae is pretty jam-packed with talent , with Emma Thompson ( The Meyerowitz Stories ) , Stephen Fry ( The Hobbit ) , and Timothy Olyphant ( Santa Clarita Diet ) among the histrion lending their voice to the photographic film in increase to Jackman , Saldana , and Galifianakis . peculiarly enough , Missing Linkis further one of three upcoming animate picture show that revolve around legendary human - like creatures . The other two films ( SmallfootandAbominable ) both revolve around yetis and feature the spokesperson talent of Channing Tatum andAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ’s Chloe Bennet , respectively .
As critically spat as LAIKA ’s premature motion picture ( and most stop - gesture movies , for that issue ) have been , they be given to have bound appeal at the box office . Coralineremains the studio apartment ’s highest - grossing film yet with a $ 125 million worldwide take , whereasKuboonly took in $ 69 million around the earth . Fortunately , LAIKA ’s offerings also be given to have mid - range budgets and cost far less than other studio ’s animated features ( Pixar’sIncredibles 2 , for example , cost a reported $ 200 million to make ) . As such , the pre - summer release window should serveMissing Linkwell and give it a nice head - kickoff on the crowing tentpoles scheduled for next May , starting withAvengers 4 .
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