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'Coraline', the Movie

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Edited by _Sarah_

Unless you've been buried under a rock, you know of Neil Gaiman. His epic "Sandman" spanned twelve collected volumes, each one bearing a quote by Norman Mailer, proclaiming it to be the first comic book for intellectuals. He's since won more Hugo awards than a modestly talented stick-shaker could shake his stick at. The most recent of these was for Coraline, a children's book so dark in places that it left many parents shaking their heads.

Neil reports in his blog that there looks to be a movie version on the way. Wait, this is good news. It's going to be handled by Henry Selick, the writer/director behind Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Henry and I got to talk last night. It's been a long few years -- Henry read the book a year before it was published, and has been holding his breath for the last six months to find out what would happen. Right now he has ideas about, well, everything really, from the cast to the songs. He wants it to be faithful and funny and smart and spooky. I've told him he can use me, bounce ideas off me, or whatever, but that ultimately it's his movie. I just want to sit in the audience at the premiere, with a thing of popcorn on my lap, grinning like a goof.

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jonasgrumby

jonasgrumby

Portland, OR
April 2004

SEP 09, 2004 08:17 PM

Wow. Just... wow.

EdmundOG

EdmundOG

I'm lost
July 2004

SEP 09, 2004 08:58 PM

w00t! I love Selick's work. I wonder if it's gonna be live-action or animated?

Now I gotta work on my dream cast...

alpha_hazard

alpha_hazard

Fort Collins, CO
April 2004

SEP 09, 2004 09:04 PM

I hadn't heard he was directing it, but neilgaiman.com had a little blurb about a movie in the works, and I saw it on IMDB

I didn't like Coraline nearly as much as "Stardust" which I think would also make an absolutely stellar movie. (pun so thoroughly intended)

AndersWolleck

AndersWolleck

Astoria, NY
February 2003

SEP 09, 2004 10:49 PM

henry selick mentioned this himself on SG over a year and a half ago

http://suicidegirls.com/words/Henry+Selick/

katastrofei

katastrofei

Portland, OR
September 2004

SEP 09, 2004 10:53 PM

Give unto me! (makes appropriate Zim-like grabby hands) GIVE!

witchhunter

witchhunter

Jackson, TN
February 2003

SEP 09, 2004 11:27 PM

I think he could do it really well as a live action flick, I'd like to see that.

Anton

Anton

Australia
September 2003

SEP 09, 2004 11:37 PM

I've been buried under a rock and I didn't even know it.

SomethingStupid

SomethingStupid

North Hollywood, CA
March 2004

SEP 09, 2004 11:48 PM

Eh, Henry Selick's work is pretty spotty at best. I mean, Nightmare was fucking amazing, but James and the Giant Peach was weak - particularly the live action scenes. And if they can get Danny Elfman to do songs, it would be awesome, but as talented as Randy Newman usually is, his work on Peach was frankly awful.

Oh, and let's not mention Monkeybone.

KharnalBloodlust

kharnalbloodlust

Indianapolis, IN
September 2003

SEP 10, 2004 01:19 AM

this book is so amazing. yay!

Toxicboy

Toxicboy

Van Nuys, CA
August 2003

SEP 10, 2004 02:06 AM

Neil Gaiman's blog says that it is supposed to be entirely stop motion...Awesome biggrin

Selick is at his best when he stays away from live action (ie James and the Giant Peach tongue)

But his animation is always top notch..Slow Bob was amazing, as were his MTV ID spots.

Nightmare, and the animated portions of James were great, and I can only assume thats the animation for Monkeybone was stellar as well.

Coraline is one of (if not entirely) my favorite Gaiman book, and my favorite childrens book ever...amazing! An animated film would be perfect, I cant wait!!

Toxicboy

Toxicboy

Van Nuys, CA
August 2003

SEP 10, 2004 02:06 AM

Grrr, Double post mad

[Edited on Sep 10, 2004 2:07AM]

alpha_hazard

alpha_hazard

Fort Collins, CO
April 2004

SEP 10, 2004 08:29 AM

I'm pretty sure this will be a lot like James and the Giant Peach, Where she starts out in a live action world, but the...Button world?...would be stop motion animation...

What would really be cool is if everything was stop motion except the mice...oooh...

jonasgrumby

jonasgrumby

Portland, OR
April 2004

SEP 13, 2004 08:07 PM

TedKoppel said:
as talented as Randy Newman usually is, his work on Peach was frankly awful.


Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot... tongue

AntiPrincess

AntiPrincess

HOPEFUL

Manteca, CA

SEP 13, 2004 09:08 PM

I thought I remembered hearing Michelle Pfeiffer was going to play the mother.

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

FEB 07, 2009 05:20 PM

*bump*

I saw this film last night. It is so perfectly executed as to be held unbelievable. I was thriled the entire time! I really got into the movie as much as I got into the novel. It really stuck to canon!

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