Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara & More To Voice Laika’s ‘Kubo & The Two Strings’

This is a big coup for the already-beloved Laika animation house. The studio announced today that Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, and Ralph Fiennes will voice their 2015 animated picture “Kubo and the Two Strings.” Travis Knight, an Annie Award-winning animator who worked on “Coraline” and “ParaNorman,” will make his directorial debut with ‘Kubo.’

From an original screenplay by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler (“ParaNorman”), 'Kubo' is a sweeping, swashbuckling adventure set in a mythical ancient Japan. It is being brought to life at Laika’s Oregon studios via the company’s innovative 3D stop-motion and CG hybrid technique. In addition to the all-star voice cast,  Brenda Vaccaro and Art Parkinson (“Game of Thrones”) are also part of the lineup, with the latter voicing the title character Kubo.

In the epic fantasy, scruffy, kindhearted Kubo ekes out a humble living while devotedly caring for his mother in their sleepy shoreside village. It is a quiet...