Set in the fictional European country of Norvenia in the late-19th century, the film tells the story of Eggs, a human boy raised by trash-collecting trolls, known as "Boxtrolls", as he attempts to save them from Archibald Penelope Snatcher, a pest exterminator.

Sep 24, 2014 · One of the coolest things about Laika's upcoming flick The Boxtrolls is the Mecha-Drill. It's hard to explain why it's so amazing without spoiling part of the movie, but the short version is...

Apr 24, 2018 · Creating the mechanical monster of the Mecha Drill required unconventional puppet-making techniques, 20-foot-tall rigs, and hands-on feats of human ingenuity. Peek behind the scenes of LAIKA’s The...

The Boxtrolls called for one of the most complex stop-motion puppet rigs yet built by LAIKA, the menacing Mecha Drill. The Mecha Drill stands five feet tall, weighs over 75 pounds, and is made of over 600 metal, plastic, and steel pieces; Five complete Mech-Drills were created, along with three incomplete one

Sep 2, 2014 · Production insights on the new 3-D stop-motion film from the team behind ''Coraline'' and ''Paranorman'' Families come in all shapes and sizes—and sometimes even in the shape of trolls dressed in...

Sep 26, 2014 · The Boxtrolls, loosely based on Alan Snow’s 2005 story Here Be Monsters, introduces us to Eggs, a boy raised by subterranean trolls known for wearing boxes—hence their name, Boxtrolls. The Boxtrolls live in the catacombs beneath the 19th-century, steampunk-style city of Cheesebridge.

The Boxtrolls: Directed by Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi. With Steve Blum, Dee Bradley Baker, Max Mitchell, Ben Kingsley. A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.

Sep 25, 2014 · Set in a ramshackle, hilly village run by a group of white-hatted snobs more devoted to cheese-tasting than serving the community, “The Boxtrolls” is a 3D romp about the collision between the...

Sep 23, 2014 · With 79 sets and 20,000 props, The Boxtrolls may be the most ambitious and large-scale stop-motion film ever made.

Super Mario Studios's Movie-Spoof and Video Game Style of Focus Features and LAIKA's 2014 Stop-Motion/Computer-Animated Fantasy Comedy Adventure Movie Film "The BoxTrolls". Cast: [ ] Eggs Trubshaw (Baby) - Baby Mario (Me; Nintendo)