Coraline at Comic Con 2009

Coraline at Comic Con 2009 – Here’s the official blurb:

Friday, July 24

10:30-11:30 Coraline— Visionary director and screenwriter Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman discuss the making of the LAIKA/Focus Features 2009 breakout animated hit film Coraline. In celebration of Universal Studio’s Blu-ray Hi-Def and DVD release of the critically acclaimed stop-motion film, Selick and Gaiman will be joined by lead animator and LAIKA CEO/president Travis Knight, producer Bill Mechanic (CEO of Pandemonium and producer of Dark Water and The New World), character fabrication supervisor Georgina Hayns (Corpse Bride), and voice talent Keith David (Crash). Panelists will offer an in-depth, behind-the-scenes glimpse at how this astonishing and suspenseful adventure—the first stop-motion animated feature originally produced in stereoscopic 3D—was painstakingly brought to life. The panel wis moderated by IGN movies/DVD editor-in-chief Eric Moro. Room 6A

AUTOGRAPH FLOOR
Henry Selick, Neil Gaiman, Keith David
Line ticket drawing to be held 9:15 am Friday in Autograph Area
Friday AA2 12:30 pm–1:30 pm

I would have liked to be there, but what with my terrible killer fishes having babies, and all the poor lost orphans I’ve been having to unite with evil toothy witches, it’s been a busy summer and I haven’t been able to get away. More Coraline here.