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Blog: Galley Cat (Mediabistro) (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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What's the coolest thing about having your animation studio run by one of the world's richest men? You get to make as many animated movies as you damn please.
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Laika does amazing work as an animation studio, no doubt about it, but the studio's history is somewhat less admirable. The company was built on top of Will Vinton's eponymous Portland studio in a shrewd corporate takeover by billionaire Nike co-founder Phil Knight. After Knight took control of the company in 2002, he placed his son Travis Knight, a failed rapper named Chilly Tee with little experience in animation, in charge of the entire company.
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