Back in April I had the pleasure of reading Neil Gaiman’s Coraline while waiting for my niece to be welcomed into the world (and in the case that you’d like to check it out the brief review you can read the entry here) and I did so after catching a glimpse of the upcoming stop-motion animated film that’s being directed by Henry Selick of The Nightmare Before Christmas fame. Nightmare is one of my favorite animated films, and I love stop-motion animation so I knew this was for me. And after reading the book I’m really looking forward to seeing how they capture the dark, twisted, atmosphere of the novel.
The film will be released in February ‘09, and if you’ll check the vodpod section on the sidebar you’ll find an interesting ‘making of’ featurette from IGN that offers a nice glimpse into how much care goes into a project like this, complete with some commentary from Mr. Gaiman himself.
Attached below is a trailer for the film. And I don’t care how many times I hear it, after reading the book that female voice at the end still freaks me out…you’ll see!
There seems to be a lot of CGI mixed in with this stop motion film. It looks okay, but it looks less believable with CGI added to me.