![]() Link pushes the safe out of the top-floor window. ![]() Link's noise-making awakens Adelina, who fires at the intruders and instead creates a hole in the safe. Link come back later at night and break in, but Mr. However, Adelina harbors resentment for Lionel missing her husband's funeral and kicks him out when he offers to pay her for the map. Lionel's old lover Adelina Fortnight has a map to the Himalayas locked at her house in Santa Ana, California, in a safe that belonged to her late husband, one of Lionel's past partners, so the two visit her mansion to acquire it. Lionel agrees to help him but is unaware of the fact that Piggot-Dunceby has hired a bounty hunter named Willard Stenk to track Lionel and kill him, ensuring that the pro-imperialist conservative views of the society remain unchallenged. Link requests Lionel's help in finding his relatives, the Yetis, in the Himalayas. Link", Lionel is told by the Sasquatch that he was, in fact, the one who sent the letter. Lionel travels to the Pacific Northwest, eventually stumbling upon the Sasquatch in a forest. Lionel receives a letter acknowledging the presence of a Sasquatch, making a deal with Piggot-Dunceby that would allow him to join the society if he proved that the creature was real. In 1886, Sir Lionel Frost, a struggling investigator of mythical creatures, continuously searched for different creatures to study and announce their presence in the world, which would allow him to be accepted into the "Society of Great Men", which is led by Sir Lionel's rival, Lord Piggot-Dunceby. It also received a nomination at the 92nd Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Toy Story 4. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, making it the first non- computer animated film to win in the category, and the first non-CGI animated film to win a Golden Globe since Waltz with Bashir (2008). Although it was a box-office failure, grossing $26.2 million against its $102.3 million production budget, losing $101.3 million, the film received positive reviews from critics, who praised its animation, voice-over performances, humor and light-hearted standards compared to other Laika works, although some drew criticism towards the writing. Missing Link is Laika's first film not to be distributed by Focus Features. Missing Link premiered in New York City on April 7, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on Apby Annapurna Pictures through United Artists Releasing. ![]() With an budget of $100 million, Missing Link is the most expensive film ever made from Laika and the most expensive stop-motion animated film of all time. Carter Burwell compose the film's musical score. AGC International acquired the international distribution rights to the film. Production was reportedly underway by May 2018 with Laika's artists having constructed over 110 sets with 65 unique locations for the film. By June 2018, Laika announced that Missing Link would be released in April 2019. In May 2018, additional voice cast were announced, with the title being revealed. Annapurna Pictures distributed the film in the United States, who brought their distributor rights. Link, a Sasquatch who, with the help of British explorers Sir Lionel Frost and Adelina Fortnight, travels to the Himalayas to meet his Yeti cousins.ĭevelopment on a new stop-motion Laika animated film on "Film Five" began in April 2018, with Butler to direct and write the project and the voice cast announced. Set in the Pacific Northwest, the plot follows Mr. The film is produced by Laika and stars the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, David Walliams, Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas, Timothy Olyphant, Amrita Acharia, Ching Valdes-Aran, Emma Thompson, and Zach Galifianakis. Missing Link is a 2019 American stop-motion animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Chris Butler. ![]()
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