Coraline News

Behind-the-Scene Featurette of Dakota Fanning's 'Coraline' Unveiled

August 12, 2008 03:08:22

Giving a sneak peek chance to see bits of the animated stop-motion fantasy film by "The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D" director Henry Selick, IGN Movies got their hands on a brand new behind-the-scenes featurette from "Coraline". The video is filled with clips from the film, the miniature of the characters and comments from the voice cast, director and author Neil Gaiman.

Based on Gaiman's international best-selling book of the same name, "Coraline" follows a young girl who crosses to an alternate world through a secret door in her new home. On the surface, the seemingly similar world looks much better than her real life, but soon she finds out that she and her parents are in so much trouble as her counterfeit parents try to keep her forever in this parallel world. Having to save herself and her parents, Coraline must now come out with a way back to home.

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A Sneak Peek on Neil Gaiman's Coraline Movie

December 24, 2007 02:12:23

Introducing early shots from the big screen adaptation of his book, Neil Gaiman has launched online a sneak peek on animated stop-motion flick "Coraline", set to be distributed under Focus Features banner.

While Gaiman does state that the footage presented is at some early, not-quite-final one, the short clip shows a quick scene of the titular character being thrown into a dark place where she discovers the spirits of other children.

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Ian McShane Will Be Providing His Voice for "Coraline" & "Shrek the Third"

July 10, 2006 01:07:16

Widely known for his role of historical figure Al Swearengen in the HBO series "Deadwood", Ian McShane is next billed to provide his voice in the upcoming films of "Coraline" and "Shrek the Third".

There in "Coraline", which is of Henry Selick's direction and is based on Neil Gaiman's children's book of the same name, Ian McShane plays a sad Russian giant, about which the actor revealed "It's a small part, but it's lovely. Those things are fun to do, they really are. You go in a day and it's a chance to do something different, play around, and exercise your voice."

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Teri Hatcher Takes Double Duty in "Coraline"

May 24, 2006 03:05:57

This time Teri Hatcher intended to take double duty instead of just one. The actress will voice a dual role opposite Dakota Fanning in "Coraline," an animated film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 international best-seller, which features songs from They Might Be Giants.

There in the Henry Selick's direction, Hatcher plays both the mother of the title character, voiced by Fanning, and her other mother in a parallel universe. "Coraline" actually is a young bored girl who discovers that bricked-up wall behind a door in her flat leads to another world, with another mother, and another father.

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Fanning to Voice Coraline

October 22, 2005 01:10:39

Age would not determine your quality. See what little actress Dakota Fanning does as an actress. She's just a great one. Anyway, the star has signed on to voice the title character in Laika Entertainment's animated feature "Coraline," based on the best-selling novel by Neil Gaiman.

Henry Selick is writing and directing the film, while Bill Mechanic will produce through his Pandemonium Films along with Laika's Mary Sandell.

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