Tag: Wendell & Wild
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The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Jack Skellington Casting Drove A Wedge Between Danny Elfman And Tim Burton
Aside from its revered place as one of the most beloved holiday movies of all time, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” has a complicated legacy. Not due to problematic themes or scandalous allegations, but instead like Tobe Hooper’s “Poltergeist“, where the collaboration process between its premier storytellers has muddied over time. The 1993 macabre musical extravaganza…
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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…
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‘Wendell & Wild’ Review: Henry Selick’s Stop-Motion Caper Reunites Key & Peele as Eye-Tickling Demons, but It’s a Very Light Cracked Bauble
“Wendell & Wild” has a gently insane macabre kick. It’s the new stop-motion fairy tale from director Henry Selick, who in the 30 years since “The Nightmare Before Christmas” has made just four features — “Coraline,” “Monkeybone,” “James and the Giant Peach” and now this one. Selick’s movies have the logic of dollhouse dreams, the…
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‘Wendell & Wild’: How Henry Selick’s Jordan Peele Team-Up Redefines Stop-Motion Animation
.After 13 years in the wilderness following “Coraline” and the ill-fated passion project “The Shadow King,” Henry Selick returns to form with “Wendell & Wild.” It’s an afro-punk celebration made in collaboration with Jordan Peele (“Nope”) that redefines stop-motion animation with a 2D aesthetic and more experimental approach.The Netflix Oscar contender follows Black teenage orphan…
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Wendell & Wild Review: Key & Peele Reunite in Spectacular Stop-Motion Film
There is something delightful about stop-motion animation that you won’t find anywhere else. It is not just that every frame is the result of countless hours that represent a collaboration between a whole team of craftspeople, though that is certainly part of it. What really makes it shine is how each detail, from the way…
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Henry Selick Talks Fighting Wildfires During Wendell & Wild’s Production
Wendell & Wild director Henry Selick talked about the animated film’s complicated production, as the crew had to rescue stop-motion puppets from wildfires in Oregon. Collider’s own Alyse Wax visited Wendell & Wild’s set and got to talk about Selick about past, present, and future projects, while also uncovering secrets of the filmmaker’s first movie…
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Wendell & Wild Trailer: Key And Peele Take A Devilish Turn In Henry Selick’s Spooky Film
Henry Selick is a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. In the world of stop-motion animation, he’s in a league of his own as the acclaimed director behind greats like “James and the Giant Peach” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” After a 13-year gap, Selick is returning this year with his first film since 2009’s “Coraline,” the Neil Gaiman…
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‘Wendell & Wild’ Trailer: Keegan-Michael Key And Jordan Peele Star In Henry Selick’s Latest Animated Film
Henry Selick, the wildly original mastermind behind such extraordinarily conceived feature film animations as “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “James And The Giant Peach,” marks his first feature film since 2009s unsettling creeper, “Coraline,” in “Wendell & Wild.” Debuting on Netflix later this year, the stop-motion animation, billed as a dark fantasy comedy horror, “Wendell…
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Is ‘Marcel the Shell’ Animated Enough for the Oscars?
.A24’s acclaimed stop-motion/live-action hybrid “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” could be the wild card in the animated feature Oscar race — going up against such early favorites as Pixar’s “Turning Red,” Disney’s “Strange World,” and Netflix’s two stop-motion behemoths: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” and Henry Selick’s “Wendell & Wild” (the latter being the lone…
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Oscars 2023: Best Animated Feature Predictions
.At the midway point of 2022, here’s the current state of the animated feature Oscar race: Pixar’s “Turning Red” is the early frontrunner, the studio’s “Lightyear” is still a contender after underperforming at the box office (especially if it heats up Disney+), GKids’ sublime “Inu-Oh” (from visionary director Masaaki Yuasa) is an impressive international entry,…