Henry Selick Blames Scrapped Stop-Motion Film ‘The Shadow King’ on John Lasseter’s Interference

This week’s release of “Wendell & Wild” marks “The Nightmare Before Christmas” director Henry Selick’s return to stop-motion feature filmmaking after a 13-year hiatus.

Featuring the reunited voice talents of Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele, it tells the story of mischievous demons who befriend a human girl in an attempt to reach the Land of the Living.

The film was a huge hit with audiences when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, with many critics praising it as a return to form for the stop-motion legend.The reception has been so strong that many casual fans have wondered why Selick hadn’t made another film since “Coraline” hit theaters in 2009.

His hiatus can be partially attributed to to the famously labor intensive process of stop-motion animation, but Selick also devoted quite a bit of that time to working on a project that never saw the light of day.

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