ROTTEN TOMATOES: Exclusive: Sneak Peek at Coraline! (Video #5)

Exclusive: Sneak Peek at Coraline! (Video #5)

The animated collaboration between Henry Selick and Neil Gaiman!

by Alex Vo | August 15, 2008

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Nick Park's working on a new Wallace & Gromit. Wes Anderson is creating a hand-animated adaptation of The Fantastic Mr. Fox. But it's director Henry Selick's latest project that announces stop-motion is back en vogue. Selick's last feature-length project (James & the Giant Peach) was over a decade ago, while it's been 15 years since he revolutionized the medium for modern audiences with The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Selick's return to the movie fold comes in the form of Coraline, a marriage of his knack for dark whimsy and novelist Neil Gaiman's gently twisted sense of humor. The plot details a young girl named Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) and her descent into a fantastical alternate reality that will require all her brains and resources to escape out of and back into our world.

Every day this week we'll be unveiling exclusive videos that feature clips, behind-the-scenes footage, and interviews with the cast and crew, including Selick, Gaiman, and Ian McShane.

Click on the links below to watch the exclusive videos!

Part 1: Henry Selick and Neil Gaiman bring Coraline to life

Part 2: Crafting the world of Coraline

Part 3: The story of Coraline

Part 4: Meet the inhabitants of Coraline's world

Part 5: Coraline in the higher dimensions

Coraline will be out in theaters February 2009.

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Veritablian writes:
on Aug 11 2008 11:53 PM

Exceptional.

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gigaherc writes:
on Aug 12 2008 12:15 AM

I sooo wish they made Gaiman's Neverwhere and American Gods into great epic, dark masterpieces - these stories are so well written. Last year's Stardust wasn't bad but I had the feeleing it could be better.

But maybe Coraline is a good start, I'm sure it will be warmly welcomed as something different in CGI cartoons era.

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vaodsi writes:
on Aug 12 2008 01:19 AM

YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My ticket is sold.

Now i just have to live every day in boring anticipation for february..........

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harrismonkey writes:
on Aug 12 2008 01:26 AM

Granted the consensus was that it was terrible, but Monkeybone was actually Selick's last feature (like JATGP, it also mixed stop motion and live action). I've never read it, but the rumor is that the Monkeybone script was brilliant and that studio interference was the issue.

I am kind of excited about this film. I hope it's good!

For stopmotion fans, some of my work is on youtube (as well as a trailer for my now available feature):

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?p=r&user=harrismonkey&page=2

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necron91 writes:
on Aug 12 2008 02:43 AM

In reply to this comment (#1973054)
Neverwhere was written as a TV series on the BBC, the book was written at the same time, there are clips of it on youtube floating around, hope that helps.

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HyperionChild writes:
on Aug 12 2008 03:42 AM

February 2009....what a great birthday gift to me!!!
Where would we be without the great works of people like Neil Gaiman and Clive Barker?
Bored! That's where we would be!!
Gaiman's "Smoke and Mirrors" remains one of my all time favorite short story compilations. I recommend this collection as a starting point for those who have never read Gaiman. The man is nothing if not versatile.
Thank you RT and Alex Vo for these exclusives.

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Danrisulfr writes:
on Aug 12 2008 05:58 AM

In reply to this comment (#1973054)
This will be staggeringly awesome, I have no doubt, but American Gods should never leave the realm of books, there's no possible way to translate that truly.

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grimsreaperX writes:
on Aug 12 2008 06:58 AM

Looks lame. Loved the book, though. It does not look nearly creepy or surreal enough. Also, just wait for the crowds of twittering fan girls wearing Coraline shirts now, thinking they are goth or something.

Ugh.

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grimsreaperX writes:
on Aug 12 2008 07:01 AM

Looks lame. Loved the book, though. It does not look nearly creepy or surreal enough. Also, just wait for the crowds of twittering fan girls wearing Coraline shirts now, thinking they are goth or something.

Ugh.

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Kudama writes:
on Aug 12 2008 08:17 AM

I just picked up the hardcover comic drawn by P. Craig Russell on Friday (mostly for the art-sorry Gaimanites). I wish I could see the preview but my home computer is kaput and I work behind the iron curtain firewall-wise.
I'll probably let the comic decide whether or not I see this in the theater.

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trgdr777 writes:
on Aug 12 2008 09:32 AM

I love stop-motion, and this certainly looks interesting. Still, the footage didn't give me that same sense of awe that movies like Nightmare Before Christmas did. I will wait and see though.

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Mriae writes:
on Aug 12 2008 11:50 AM

I thought of that! Seriusly i luv coralin the book and im gonna LOVE it in theters. Im going opening night. Oh and Agust 20 somthin nighmare before x mas is cummin to DVD YALL

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Mriae writes:
on Aug 12 2008 11:52 AM

I thought of that! Seriusly i luv coralin the book and im gonna LOVE it in theters. Im going opening night. Oh and Agust 20 somthin nighmare before x mas is cummin to DVD YALL

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TheIceGhost writes:
on Aug 12 2008 08:28 PM

I have high hopes for this one. Maybe it'll be what Corpse Bride should'a been.

Plus, it being in 3D will be cool. Nightmare was excellent in 3D and it wasn't something that was initially planned for it. The model puppets look more natural in a 3D plane as opposed to a 2D, standard one.

In other words, WIN!

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Veritablian writes:
on Aug 13 2008 01:12 PM

In reply to this comment (#1973523)
It looks lame because they don't want to give the entire movie away, it's just a glimpse at the animation.

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tancredo writes:
on Aug 13 2008 06:01 PM

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Man... Just awesome. This videos could be downloadeable.

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Chipotle writes:
on Aug 13 2008 11:43 PM

Hmm. While it looks promising, am I the only one unsettled by the release date? February is traditionally the Dumping Month, when movies the studio has lost confidence in get shoveled out. Sure, sometimes you find gems that the studio apparently just had no idea how to market, but let's face it: most of the times the studios are dumping the movie in February because it's worthy of being dumped. Finding a movie that the studio really has confidence in and is releasing in February as an example of quirky counter-programming? Well... if you can think of a single one, that's one more more than I can.

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Haskonflip writes:
on Aug 14 2008 03:02 PM

Love Nightmare, love Corpse Bride, love James ... and I really like the way this is looking already. Super nice animation, extremely nice puppets, great story...
I do have to agree on the bad release date.
I hope they promote this movie in a better way than they did with Corpse Bride for example. Because although it was a really good movie, not many people seem to know it. And that's how it is with most of the Stop Motion movies nowadays. (at least here in Belgium, don't know how it is in other countrys)
I hope it's gonna be good and many people will be interested.

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josuepilk writes:
on Aug 14 2008 03:43 PM

Is Danny Elfman doing the soundtrack? From what I hear in the three previews it sounds like he is. Dude is amazing, "The Nightmare Before Christmas," the Tim Burton Batman movies, "The Simpsons" theme, all Danny Elfman. He is a genius when it comes to musical scores.

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sectaur writes:
on Aug 14 2008 06:28 PM

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They Might Be Giants and Bruno Coulais do the music.

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