Coraline - Stopmotion 3D Film

Synopsis:
From Henry Selick, visionary director of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, and based on Neil Gaiman’s international best-selling book, comes a spectacular stop-motion animated adventure – the first to be originally filmed in 3D!

Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning) is bored in her new home until she finds a secret door and discovers an alternate version of her life on the other side. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life and the people in it – only much better.

But when this seemingly perfect world turns dangerous, and her other parents (including her Other Mother voiced by Teri Hatcher) try to trap her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination and bravery to escape this increasingly perilous world – and save her family.

Director: Henry Selick (“Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”)

Writers: Henry Selick; Based on the book by Neil Gaiman

Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ian McShane.

View the Coraline Trailer

Coraline Featurettes

Tiny Needles:

Meet the Cast:

The Biggest Smallest Movie:

Puppet POV:

Moustachio:

Doll Hair:

Stills from Coraline

Feb 5, 2009 Coraline 3D Premiere

To celebrate the creative power and artistry behind the spectacular new movie Coraline, the Portland Art Museum will be transformed into the movie’s Other World. Miniature sets and costumes were crafted by hand from some surprising materials to create a world unlike any other. Attendees will see up close characters’ actual costumes and the movie’s elaborate sets. Animators will be on hand to demonstrate the art of stop-motion, and the master knitter who created Coraline’s tiny sweaters and gloves will replicate the miniatures on site. Join us for what will be a truly an extraordinary night! 

Combining the visionary imaginations of two premier fantasists, director Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Newbery Award Winning Author Neil Gaiman (The Graveyard), Coraline is a wondrous and thrilling, fun and suspenseful adventure that honors and redefines two moviemaking traditions. It is a stop-motion animated feature – and, as the first one to be conceived and photographed in stereoscopic 3-D, unlike anything moviegoers have ever experienced before. From Oregon-based animation studio LAIKA, Coraline, MPAA-rated “PG,” is released in theaters nationwide (in both 3-D and [regular] 2-D) by Focus Features on Friday, February 6, 2009.

Attendees included DAKOTA FANNING, TERI HATCHER, and ROBERT BAILEY,JR.; HENRY SELICK director/screenwriter; NEIL GAIMAN author; BRUNO COULIS composer; BILL MECHANIC producer; CLAIRE JENNINGS producer; MARY SANDELL producer; PHIL KNIGHT owner LAIKA; TRAVIS KNIGHT head of animation LAIKA; BRAD BIRD, GUS VAN SANT director.

Emerson Rose Tenney and Teri Hatcher wearing their RealD 3D glasses at the premiere of Coraline. (c) Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.com

Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher at the premiere of Coraline.
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Henry Selick, Robert Baily, Jr., Dakota Fanning and Neil Gaiman at the premiere of Coraline. (c) Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.com

Teri Hatcher at the premiere of Coraline.
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Phil Knight and Governor Ted Kulongoski at the premiere of Coraline.
(c) Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.com

Travis Knight and Phil Knight at the premiere of Coraline.
(c) Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.com

Author Neil Gaiman and director Henry Selick discuss the motion picture version of CORALINE (c) 2007 Focus Features LLC. All rights reserved. Photo: Serena Davidson

On one of the beautifully detailed sets of CORALINE, the first stop-motion animated feature to be produced in 3-D © 2008 LAIKA, Inc. All rights reserved. Photo: Galvin Collins

They’re waiting for you – meet Coraline, Wybie, Mr. Bobinsky, and more of the extraordinary characters in CORALINE © 2008 LAIKA, Inc. All rights reserved. Photo: Galvin Collins

She’s ready for her close-up – Coraline Jones (at center, on table) is the title character of CORALINE © 2008 LAIKA, Inc. All rights reserved. Photo: Galvin Collins