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Post by Phoenix on Sept 23, 2004 15:27:27 GMT -5
I just read this Neil Gaiman book recently - it's supposedly a "kids book" but it has horrific imagery. They are now making into a movie. If they do it in the Nightmare Before Christmas style, it would just be awesome.
Animation house Vinton Studios has purchased film rights to Neil Gaiman's Hugo Award-winning children's book Coraline as a directing vehicle for Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas), Variety reported. Bill Mechanic's Pandemonium Films will produce with Vinton, the trade paper reported.
Adapted by Selick, Coraline is the story of a young girl who discovers an alternate version of her life after walking through a secret door in her new home. When her counterfeit parents try to keep her forever, Coraline reveals her heroic qualities, the trade paper reported. HarperCollins published the novel in 2002.
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Post by Bartwald on Sept 23, 2004 16:20:56 GMT -5
I meant to buy the book not long ago... but then I was suddenly in the Michael Slade craze and forgot all about it. Gotta look for it somewhere and finally read a Gaiman book.  |
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Post by Phoenix on Dec 14, 2004 15:45:16 GMT -5
More Coraline news:
Henry Selick told SCI FI Wire that he'll write and direct a big-screen adaptation of Coraline, based on the children's fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman. Selick, an animator and director who specializes in stop-motion animation, is best known for The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach and Monkeybone. "Neil Gaiman approached me to ask if I'd like to get on board the project before it was published," Selick said in an interview while promoting his latest film, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, the upcoming Wes Anderson live-action film for which he created a variety of exotic sea creatures. "That was three and a half years ago."
Selick added, "I saw the galleys and took it to Bill Mechanic, the producer, and convinced them both to give me a crack at writing it. It took a year and a half for me to actually get a draft that worked."
Selick described Coraline as an Alice in Wonderland-esque story. "A little girl discovers a passageway in her house where [there's] kind of a mirror of her own life where her other mother and other father live. And it's a fantastic world that's been created for her. You think it's about making a choice between her normal boring life or this other world where this other version of her mother, this much better version, [lives]. Everything is set up to please her, but really it's more of a spider's-web trap for children. It's very scary and dark and fun."
Selick credited The Incredibles with paving the way for Coraline to become a reality. "I think animation can be many things," he said. "I think the mold is definitely getting broken. I think The Incredibles has knocked out one of the walls for the types of stories that can be told. The acting level of some of these scenes in The Incredibles certainly equals [that in] some live-action films." Selick wasn't sure when Coraline will go into production, as he may collaborate first with Wes Anderson on The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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Post by Quorthon on Mar 1, 2005 1:09:31 GMT -5
Is that a good book? I loved Gaiman's American Gods and Neverwhere. One of the best writers out there.
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Post by Phoenix on Mar 1, 2005 14:24:49 GMT -5
Is that a good book? I loved Gaiman's American Gods and Neverwhere. One of the best writers out there. Coraline is for kids - but it's probably the darkest kids book I've ever read. It's very cool. A fast read as well. |
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