Laika has acquired the rights to Susanna Clarke's 2020 novel Piranesi and will make an animated adaptation directed by the studio's president and CEO Travis Knight, Variety reported. Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings; Bumblebee, from the Transformers franchise), said: "Piranesi is a treasure, and very dear to me. As a filmmaker, I can scarcely imagine a more joyful experience than wandering through the worlds Susanna dreamed into being. She's one of my all-time favorite authors, and with Piranesi, Susanna has created a beautiful, devastating and ultimately life-affirming work of art."
Clarke added: "Animation is one of my favorite things. I've been inspired by so many animated movies, and Laika has produced such extraordinary work--movies like Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, full of beauty and wonder and weirdness."