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Jun 13, 2024 · Variety reports this week that Henry Selick is planning on making a stop motion animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane his next movie.
- The Mystery of Animation
- The Shadow King Rises
- Stop-Motion Movies Hit A Box Office Slump
- Stop-Motion Projects Are Years in The Making
Animated movies are strange beasts. Because they’re so often made behind closed doors, their productions usually remain a mystery to the public. There aren’t outdoor sets paparazzi can take photos of and get the public in a stir over what an upcoming movie may look like (see: all those Barbieset photos the world went bananas for). Meanwhile, these ...
In February 2013, details on Selick's new movie finally came to light, with its title, The Shadow King, released to the public as the director attempted to find financing for the feature at the European Film Market in Berlin. This is also when the project was revealed to be about a 9-year-old orphan who was born with unusually long fingers. He even...
Unfortunately, no further news was revealed on The Shadow King, with the film failing to secure financing. It’s never been officially revealed what led to this production failing to find a new home, but it’s likely the then-current state of stop-motion animation movies had something to do with it. The Shadow King’s initial existence was spurred by ...
The immense amount of time it takes to make any stop-motion animated feature means that Wendell & Wild is only just now getting released, seven years after it was first announced. With Selick making the round to promote the film, the filmmaker is able to shed more clarity on what went wrong with The Shadow King. Not only has he expressed a desire t...
Jun 12, 2024 · Henry Selick's Next Film is ‘The Ocean at the End of the Lane'. Stop-motion giant Henry Selick is adapting Neil Gaiman’s “The Ocean at the End of the Lane,” with plans to make it his next feature (via Variety ). Selick says Gaiman’s 2013 novel is the author’s crowning achievement and sees it as a companion piece, almost a “sequel ...
Aug 30, 2022 · In his interview with Wax, Selick said, “I had a project for Disney Pixar that got shut down, it was just too weird for them, called The Shadow King, and I got the rights back to that."
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Jun 12, 2024 · Stop-motion giant Henry Selick is back circling the Neil Gaiman adaptation “The Ocean at the End of the Lane,” confirming ongoing work with the English author alongside plans to make the...
Oct 28, 2022 · Could that still happen now that Selick is looking for a new project? Read on to find out! Exclusive Interview with Henry Selick for Wendell & Wild on Netflix.
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Sep 6, 2022 · What Happened to Selick’s Pixar Projects. “Coraline,” since it was the last feature project that Selick completed, is as good a place as any to start when it comes to explaining where the...
