As part of the launch of the official site (and taking a page from Edward Gorey’s Gashlycrumb Tinies), twenty-six unique alphabet-themed posters are released across the web for Henry Selick’s version of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline (in stop-motion and 3D, no less), coming February 6, 2009. If, like me, you haven’t read the book, “it’s about a girl that walks through a secret door in her home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life – only much better. But when the new world turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents try to keep her forever, Coraline must find a way to get home and save her real family.“
I read it a few years back. Your description there sounds a little too Disney-fied. This book CREEPED ME THE HELL OUT. The alternate Mother has buttons for her eyes. Seriously, I couldn’t read it at night.
Kris has it right. This is much more of a fairy tale in the old, children in mortal danger mode than it is a Disney romp through Adventureland.
Well, that’s not entirely fair. There’s a lot in common tonally with The Nightmare Before Christmas, which I’m sure has a lot to do with Selick’s involvement.