Henry Selick News

April 30, 2012
Disney Hires Henry Selick to Direct The Graveyard Book
The "Coraline" director will helm another Neil Gaiman adaptation. More...

February 28, 2011
Henry Selick Wants to Scare Your Children
Henry Selick's new production company includes a Pixar production designer -- and boasts a manifesto that includes the words "great, scary films for young 'uns." More...

April 1, 2010
Disney Signs Henry Selick
Henry Selick, director of "Coraline" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas," has signed a long-term deal to bring his stop-motion genius to Disney. More...

November 2, 2009
Henry Selick Talks Coraline, Future Projects, and More
If you're a fan of "Coraline" director Henry Selick's work, you won't want to miss this interview, which finds him discussing projects past, present, and future. More...

May 9, 2009
Exclusive: The Art of Coraline with Henry Selick
Henry Selick, the animation mastermind behind such Certified Fresh classics as The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach adds another gong to his cabinet with Coraline, based on the novella by Neil Gaiman. Its dark tale of a young girl who finds a portal into an alternate reality will please adults and children alike and it's both visually stunning and wondrously entertaining. Now, set against a gallery of stills from the production, Selick takes RT on an exclusive journey into the art of Coraline... "Coraline is kind-of relentless, like animators like me. She's going to get there one way or another and she's not going to be tied in place because her parents won't allow her to do something. She's going to find a way to get to what she wants." More...

February 1, 2009
Selick Uses 3-D -- But Avoids Gimmicks -- With Coraline
When it reaches theaters on Friday, "Coraline" will become the first stop-motion feature to be filmed entirely in 3-D feature -- and director Henry Selick made it his mission to make the technology a seamless part of the story. More...

January 16, 2009
High Res Coraline A-Z Character Posters
Excited for Henry Selick's 3D stop motion animation adaptation of Neil Gaiman's kid tale, Coraline? Check out the complete A-Z collection of promotional character posters here! More...

November 26, 2008
Henry Selick Talks Coraline
In a new interview with Collider, director Henry Selick took a few minutes to discuss his upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Coraline," including its pioneering use of stereoscopic 3-D. More...

November 20, 2008
Trailer Bulletin: Coraline
Yes, you read that right -- today's your day for watching two and a half minutes of stop-motion goodness from Henry Selick's Coraline. More...

November 4, 2008
A Poster for Coraline
Henry Selick's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Coraline" is still a few months away -- but to make your wait a little more comfortable, Focus Features has just released a poster. More...

August 15, 2008
Exclusive: Sneak Peek at Coraline! (Video #5)
Selick's return to the movie fold is 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. More...

December 26, 2007
Catch a Glimpse of Neil Gaiman's Coraline!
Neil Gaiman has offered fans an early look at Henry Selick's adaptation of his acclaimed novella Coraline. More...

April 5, 2006
Selick Meeting with "Monsters"
Henry Selick, the wonderfully talented filmmaker behind The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach, has set his sights on a new project: The very popular "Here Be Monsters" series by Alan Snow, the first chapter of which is called "The Ratbridge Chronicles." More...