The Nature Of Creation In The Boxtrolls

Go behind the scenes and see how The Boxtrolls animated world was created!

3D Stop motion animated fantasy-comedy film The Boxtrolls is based on the novel Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow. Produced by Laika, it was directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi. The film stars Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade and Tracy Morgan.

Go behind the scenes in this featurette to see how the stop-motion artists at LAIKA brought the new world of The Boxtrolls to life by starting from scratch and making everything from essentially nothing. This meant reinventing things like fire, water and earth in a believable way to make the world of Cheesebridge feel as real as our own.