Watch: Live-Action ‘Coraline’ Short Celebrating the 15th Anniversary

Watch: Live-Action ‘Coraline’ Short Celebrating the 15th Anniversary

by Alex Billington
August 11, 2024
Source: YouTube

Peekaboo! 🍬 Laika’s beloved stop-motion animation classic Coraline is playing in cinemas again this week – celebrating its 15th Anniversary with a theatrical (3D) re-release. Watch the new trailer here. Directed by Henry Selick, the story follows the young Coraline who discovers an idealized alternate universe behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that it contains something dark & sinister. The Portland-based stop-motion studio recently ran a special promo contest – asking fans to create and submit their own live-action versions of any scene from Coraline. This 90-second long short film is the winner, titled Unwinding the Web – directed and produced by filmmaker Brittany Thurman. Laika also held a very similar live-action contest for ParaNorman’s 10th Anniversary last year (watch those wining videos here & here). This winning live-cation Coraline scene follows the blue-haired girl into a theater where she discovers two strange hands grasping a glowing pearl. The short stars Riley Madison Fuller as the real-life Coraline. This is so much better than Disney’s recent live-action adaptations – I want to see more of this footage. It’s over way too fast.

And here’s a few more Coraline promo videos for the 15th Anniversary re-release this month – from Laika:

You can rewatch the official re-release trailer for Henry Selick’s Coraline right here, for even more footage.

When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses through the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her. Coraline is both written and directed by beloved American animation filmmaker Henry Selick, also director of the movies The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, Monkeybone before this, along with Wendell & Wild most recently previously. Adapted from Neil Gaiman’s novel of the same name first published in 2002. Produced by Claire Jennings, Bill Mechanic, Mary Sandell, and Henry Selick. Made by Laika Studios in Portland, Oregon. Focus Features & Laika Entertainent will re-release Coraline in 3D in theaters nationwide starting August 15th, 2024 later this summer. For more details + tickets, visit the site Coraline15.com. Is it one of your favorites?

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