Art of the Boxtrolls

The Boxtrolls is an animation movie produced by Laika and directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi in 2014. The movie was based on the novel Here be Monsters! written by Alan Snow. The pictures on this page are a collection of artworks created by Sylvain Marc, Dan Krall, Alan Cook and Michel Breton for this movie. 


THE STORY


In the large hill-top town of Cheesebridge during the Victorian era, rumors abound that subterranean trolls (known as Boxtrolls for the cardboard boxes they wear) have kidnapped and killed a young child. Pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher strikes a deal with the city's leader Lord Portley-Rind to exterminate every Boxtroll in exchange for membership in the city's cheese-loving council called the White Hats despite the fact that he is severely allergic to cheese..