Golden Globes: ‘Missing Link’ Wins Best Animated Feature

Golden Globes: ‘Missing Link’ Wins Best Animated Feature

January 5, 2020 – In a surprise win, Laika’s Missing Link held off competition from Disney’s Frozen 2, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Disney’s The Lion King and Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 to win the Golden Globe for best animated feature on Sunday.

A Yeti-themed, global-trotting adventure, Missing Link was written and directed by Chris Butler (Laika’s Paranorman) and produced by Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight. It marks Laika’s first Golden Globe win, though the studio’s work has received several prior nominations, most recently Kubo and the Two Strings in 2016.

Speaking with reporters backstage, Butler said he felt “shocked” by the win.

“I’ve been making animated movies for a long time,” Butler added. “We try to tell more irreverent stories, try to do things other studios wouldn’t do. Walking around our studio is like walking around Santa’s workshop, all kinds of artists.”

Butler said he felt “privileged” to go up against major features including those by Disney and DreamWorks.

Source: Hollywood Reporter, Golden Globes

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