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Henry Selick Makes Home at Disney/Pixar!

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This is no April Fool’s joke… I think. In fact, this is great news!

Besides Up, one of my favorite animated films last year was Henry Selick’s Coraline. If you’ve seen it, you know that the stop-motion animated fantasy based on a best selling novel was masterfully adapted and hauntingly satisfying. So how cool is it that Selick is making his new home at Disney/Pixar?

Variety reported yesterday that the Nightmare Before Christmas director left his new-ish stint at Laika to return to his roots at the Mouse house. Although he’s setting up shop at Pixar, his films will be made in stop-motion and presumably won’t be under the Lamp’s brand. The deal was struck recently after days of visiting the studio — who knows, maybe he’ll be the next Brad Bird, in a sense

Great news, we’ll see what kind of ideas come out of this Disney/Pixar/Selick deal. The developing story can be found here.

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Last modified: April 1, 2010