Neil Gaiman Buried All Hopes For Coraline 2
After the overwhelming success of the Coraline movie, fans have been begging for a sequel for the past 12 years. But as time goes by, we still get nothing.
The original movie saw the light of day in 2009 and immediately got the reaction it deserved.
Coraline was directed by Henry Selick, who gave us The Nightmare Before Christmas, and you can see the similarities in the creepy charming animation of both movies.
Based on Neil Gaiman 's novel of the same name, Coraline tells the story of a young girl with a name you already know who discovers an alternate world behind the little door in the living room of the old-fashioned house she and her family have recently moved into.
The alternate world is filled with doppelgangers of her family and people she knows, and at first, it seems like this world is much better than the one she lives in, but it turns out to have its own dark secrets.
While the film topped the box office, was nominated for an Academy Award, and gained a solid fan base, the creators had their own opinions about making a sequel.
Travis Knight, the president of the animation studio behind Coraline's success, made his statement loud and clear — he is firmly against sequels.
This is a shame because fans can't imagine any other animation company making Coraline 2 as Laika did a great job of representing the other world.
But even after that, fans still held out hope for a sequel until Neil Gaiman, the master himself, decided to speak out and crush all our dreams.
"I'm waiting for a Coraline story that's as good as or better than Coraline. There's no point in making something less than the first book or movie," he said on Twitter, responding to one fan begging for a sequel.
And then Henry Selick, the director of the first movie, did the same. He told Screen Rant:
"People have always wanted a sequel to Nightmare and Coraline. If there's a good story, it might be worth doing. But too often, sequels are just a remake of the first movie with some minor changes."
As much as we would love to see Coraline 2, it seems that we may have to forget about that one since the three creators made their valid points.
Well, we can still watch the first part and wallow in the fan theories, right?
Source: Neil Gaiman on Twitter, Screen Rant