ParaNorman anniversary re-release adds LAIKA-made adjacent short The Thrifting

Entertainment Weekly's trailer report identifies ParaNorman: The Thrifting as a new LAIKA short attached to the ParaNorman anniversary theatrical re-release. The report is useful for SMDB even though it clearly says the new short is CG animation, because it documents a new LAIKA universe extension around one of the studio's major stop-motion features. The row should therefore be treated as a stop-motion-adjacent production/distribution lead, not as proof that The Thrifting itself belongs in the stop-motion works catalogue.

For database review, the durable value is the relationship map: ParaNorman remains the stop-motion anchor; The Thrifting adds a new short directed by LAIKA lead character designer Thibault LeClercq and written by Chris Butler, the original ParaNorman co-director/writer. The source also gives release-window context for the remastered ParaNorman 2D/3D re-release, with U.S. dates through Fathom and international distribution through Trafalgar. Next action is to decide whether SMDB wants a non-catalogue source note, a media/source entry, or a related-work warning that prevents accidental classification of The Thrifting as stop-motion.