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3-D Animated Feature ParaNorman to Receive August 2012 Release

Elaine Stritch
(© Tristan Fuge)
Elaine Stritch
(© Tristan Fuge)

The 3-D animated feature ParaNorman will be released by Focus Features on August 17, 2012. Sam Fell and Chris Butler are directing the project.

The comedy thriller, which has a screenplay by Butler, takes place in a small town that comes under siege by zombies, and the misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead and will be the town’s only chance to save it from a centuries-old curse.

The film will feature the voices of John Goodman, Anna Kendrick, Elaine Stritch, Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin, Bernard Hill, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Alex Bornstein, and Jodelle Ferland..

Grammy Award winner Jon Brion is writing the film’s score.