Nov 20 2008
Coraline is coming
Who, I hear you asking, is Coraline?
Well, she’s the protagonist of master fantasist Neil Gaiman’s inventive and thrilling novella of the same name, and now, thanks to ace stop-motion animator Henry Selick (the unsung genius behind The Nightmare Before Christmas), a feature-film adaptation is headed to our screens in February 2009. (Not 2008 like that teaser poster above suggests.)
The Coraline novella — which tells the slightly twisted tale of an adventure-hungry young girl who finds an initially-appealing parallel universe via a portal in her new house — won a slew of kudos, including the prestigious Hugo Award, and I think it’s great that a real visionary like Selick is the director behind this adaptation. To be sure, the feature film has a kind of mainstream-y downside to it — the vocal presence of stars like Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher certainly boost the possibility of Lameness — but I’m willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
Anyway, a new full-length trailer has finally come out, and you can see it here:
