Laika Studios has, with just two films under their belt, become a studio worth standing up and taking notice. Between Coraline and ParaNorman, they’re a studio creating delicate, brilliant films with incredible heart.

Their next film doesn’t release until Fall 2014, but they’ve already released a teaser trailer for it - it’s titled The Boxtrolls, based on the book by Alan Snow, and it looks as wonderful as everything else they’ve released. Enjoy.

Here’s the official synopsis for the 3D monster adventure:

The new 3D animated feature from Laika Studios tells the tale of the Boxtrolls, monsters who live underneath the charming streets of Cheesebridge, who crawl out of the sewers at night to steal what the townspeople hold most dear: their children and their cheeses. At least, that’s the legend the townspeople have always believed. In truth, the Boxtrolls are a community of lovable oddballs who are raising as one of their own an abandoned and orphaned human boy named Eggs. When the Boxtrolls are targeted by a villainous exterminator who is bent on eradicating them, Eggs must venture aboveground to save them, where he teams with an adventurous young girl to save not only the Boxtrolls but the soul of Cheesebridge.