Henry Selick
How The Nightmare Before Christmas Became a Holiday Classic
A tender film and a goth merchandise push have landed Jack Skellington right alongside The Grinch and Snoopy come Christmastime. How Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Became a Holiday Classic Libby Cudmore
Henry Selick Still Chafes at “Unfair” Title Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Henry Selick would like to remove two words from the title of his directorial debut, 1993’s Tim Burton‘s The Nightmare Before Christmas. In a lively new interview with AV Club, he chafed at the “unfair” process that left someone else’s name all over his first movie. “It wasn’t called Tim Burton’s Nightmare until three weeks before the film came out,” Selick said. “And I would have been fine with that, if that’s what I signed up for.” Selick directed The Nightmare Before Christmas from a script by Caroline Thomson that was based on Burton’s characters and story. But Walt Disney Studios, through their label Touchstone Pictures, wanted to take advantage of Burton’s star-power. He was just coming off two wildly-successful Batman movies as well as Ed...
Animation Legend Henry Selick on What He’s Learned From The Nightmare Before Christmas to Wendell & Wild
Director Henry Selick clearly has a soft spot for the spookiest time of year, having brought The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, and now the new Netflix animated adventure Wendell & Wild to the screen. But here’s his favorite part of Halloween these days: getting to see trick-or-treaters in familiar costumes while distributing candy at his home. “I was delighted when more and more kids start showing up as Nightmare Before Christmas characters and then some Coraline characters,” he tells Consequence. “That’s my favorite, is kids dressed up as characters from films that I’ve worked on.” The best part is that the kids don’t know whose house they’ve arrived at, and, says Selick, “I’ve got a lot of puppets and memorabilia from all the films. So if the kids are dressed up like Nightmar...
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele Are Demon Brothers in Trailer for Wendell & Wild: Watch
With Halloween on the way, Netflix has offered a sneak peek at Wendell & Wild, an animated film from stop-motion pioneer Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline) and producer Jordan Peele. Watch the teaser trailer below. Peele also reunites with his former sketch comedy partner Keegan-Michael Key to star as the eponymous demon brothers in the movie. Key and Peele voice Wendell and Wild, respectively, who recruit teenage orphan Kat Elliot (Lyric Ross) to bring them into the Land of the Living. Showcasing Selick’s instantly recognizable animation, the clip first offers a brief glimpse at Kat’s journey to a group home following the death of her parents. Then, Wendell and Wild begin haunting Kat in her dreams. “Everybody’s got demons,” Kat states matter-of-factly. “M...
