I dont know how this studio doesn't go bankrupt if they keep making so little money.
Not having even seen the movie, I can agree that TLK and Frozen 2 definitely didn't deserve a win over Missing Link. TS4 or HTTYD3 were the only films that really deserved it besides this one.Totally agree that Missing Link was Laika's weakest film, but for me it was still better than its fellow Golden Globe nominees, so I was pleasantly surprised to see it win. I'm still bitter over Kubo losing to Zootopia.
A thought I had about what some of you guys said about the sustainability of Laika as a business...
Netflix, Amazon or Apple - all of which can afford to buy the studio - should just buy them out and release the movies as streaming movies. Neither company has a dedicated animation company that they own and content is key.
Obviously people aren’t running out to theaters to see Laika’s movies, but I think they are exactly the type of content that would do big numbers as a streaming release.
Amazon bought the expanse which was not a cheap show with low viewership because it was good and the people making it had talent. I would almost count on them waiting to be bailed out by Netflix or another streaming service. Netflix should absolutely buy this for cheap if they can. A real vanity project would be if they would rather go bankrupt than sell.I think the individual films cost too much for that to be a viable option, though I like where your head is at. It's also basically just a prestige/vanity exercise (albeit a very enriching one), so I don't know if Travis Knight would be interested in selling.