More in Stop-Motion Animation . . . This Time in 3-D

Posted by dominie in Films on August 21st, 2008

Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) has been keeping busy on his latest project, the stop-motion animation feature Coraline. Selick wrote the screenplay based on Neil Gaiman’s Hugo Award-winning, international best-seller of the same name. The two have been collaborating about the film adaptation as early as 2004, 18 months before Coraline was even published. The film is scheduled for a February 2009 release.

The story is about a young girl, Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) who walks through a secret door and enters a version of her alternate life in a parallel reality. When they attempt to keep her forever, she must discover a way to return home and save her family.

Coraline is the first high-definition stop-motion animated feature to be filmed in 3-D. We can catch a glimpse of the creepy epic on Rotten Tomatoes, who has already been releasing exclusive behind-the-scenes coverage of Coraline’s development. Selick has ensured that the movie is “Scary and spooky and filled with creepy-crawler things…” and will make you scream horror.