CORALINE LAIKA STUDIOS MOVIE
Will Coraline find the reserve to stop the evil from the other dimension, and learn to lead a fulfilled childhood in her new rural environs?Ĭomprised of a dark sense of the fantastic and brought to life in jaw-droppingly gorgeous and expressionistic stop-motion animation, Coraline is the type of children’s movie we don’t get much these days bizarre, filled with fun adventure, and possessed of a stead-fast refusal to talk down to it’s audience, no matter how chilling the subject matter becomes.Īdding to this is a fantastic voice cast (whose ranks include Dakota Fanning as the titular character, and the legendary Keith David ( John Carpenter’s The Thing and They Live, HBO’s animated Spawn series) as that aforementioned cat), and meticulously detailed world building that makes both the “real” settings and the fantasy that lay beyond believable… no small feat considering the visual madness that parades across the screen! Now get this, that doll is soon up and about, and leads Caroline to a secret door in the apartment that opens upon a parallel nightmare universe populated by button-eyed, saccharine doppelgangers of her parents… not to mention other sinister surprises!
While existing in her solitude, our heroine makes the acquaintance of her parent’s landlady’s grandson one, Wyborne “Wybie” Lovat (not to mention a black cat that always makes the scene), and before long her new pal hands Coraline a ragdoll his grandmother owns… and that thing looks just like our protagonist! Working with Fathom was a delight and we look forward to other partnerships in the future.”įathom Events, LAIKA, Shout! Factory and Park Circus will join forces again on November 16 to bring ParaNorman back in theaters for a one-night event as well.Our dear fiends over at Shout! Factory have unleashed a demonic duo of frightful family features, and I’m about to lay my eerie eyeballs on both monstrous movies!įirst up comes Coraline, an impressive stop-motion adaptation from Henry Selick ( The Nightmare Before Christmas) based on the yarn from Sandman’s Neil Gaiman!Ĭoraline Jones has it rough she’s the new kid in town, and her parents do nothing but work their asses off ‘round the clock. Coraline was an instant classic when it premiered in 2009 and this warm embrace by filmgoers reaffirms our pride in having created such an enduring film. LAIKA Chief Marketing Officer Dave Burke said, ““We couldn’t be more pleased that LAIKA fans have thrilled once again to seeing our first film Coraline in theaters. Fathom Events is proud to have worked with such great partners to bring this magical film back to theaters, and is elated to see such a great response among consumers.” Ray Nutt, the CEO of Fathom Events, said, “Since its release 12 years ago, Coraline has captured the imagination of those both young and old. The cinema event also featured behind-the-scenes featurettes which gave audience members a look at the creative process for some of LAIKA’s films. The Coraline screening was in celebration of LAIKA’s 15th anniversary. The presentation also saw Coraline as the Number 7 film at the domestic box office and it was also “the second highest per-screen average of any film in release, playing on just 675 screens.” Coraline was based on the novella of same name by author Neil Gaiman.įor Fathom Events, the one day presentation of Coraline marked the most successful event since COVID-19 ravaged the industry in March 2020. The one-day-only return of Henry Selick-directed movie, which was first released in 2009, grossed $410,000 at the U.S. LAIKA’s popular stop-motion animated film Coraline was brought back to theaters for a special “one-day-only presentation from Fathom Events, LAIKA, Shout! Factory, and Park Circus” on August 24.
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