Slideshow: 21-Image Gallery For Henry Selick’s ‘Coraline’

Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) travels through a portal between worlds in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

CHICAGO – This 21-image slideshow contains the official press images for “Coraline”, which was directed by Henry Selick (“The Nightmare Before Christmas”) and features the voice work of Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, John Hodgman and Dakota Fanning. The Focus Features release of the LAIKA Entertainment produced film opens on Friday, February 6th, 2009.

Synopsis: “A high-definition stop-motion animated feature - the first to be originally filmed in stereoscopic 3-D - based on Neil Gaiman’s international best-selling book. A young girl (Dakota Fanning) walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life - only much better. But when this wondrously off-kilter, fantastical adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents (including Other Mother [Teri Hatcher]) try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home - and save her family.”

You can click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through this slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. All photos are credited © 2008 Laika, Inc. All rights reserved.to

Coraline_01 [16]: Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) travels through a portal between worlds in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features

Coraline_02 [15]: Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) gets a surprise in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_03 [17]: Miss Spink and Miss Forcible (voiced by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French) are startled by a tea leaf reading in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_04 [18]: Mr. Bobinsky (voiced by Ian McShane) shares a secret with Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_05 [19]: Other Mother (voiced by Teri Hatcher) welcomes a visitor to her immaculate kitchen in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_06 [20]: Other Father (voiced by John Hodgman) engineers an assist at his piano in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_07 [21]: Coraline (at center, voiced by Dakota Fanning) tries to get the attention of her harried parents (voiced by [l-r.] John Hodgman and Teri Hatcher) in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_08 [22]: Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) is eager to enter the doorway to another world in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_09 [23]: Other Father (voiced by John Hodgman), Other Mother (voiced by Teri Hatcher) and Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) share a delicious breakfast in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_10 [24]: In the Other World, Mr. Bobinsky (voiced by Ian McShane) heralds a surprise circus attraction in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_11 [25]: In the Other World, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible (voiced by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French) perform a trapeze act in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_12 [26]: Other Mother (voiced by Teri Hatcher) prepares to hide the portal-between-worlds key away forever in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_13 [27]: Other Mother (voiced by Teri Hatcher)’s creepy true nature is revealed to Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_14 [28]: Wybie (voiced by Robert Bailey Jr.) goes exploring with his new neighbor Coraline Jones (voiced by Dakota Fanning) in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_15 [29]: In the Other World, Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) finds a welcome-home note and tasty treats in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_16 [30]: In the Other World, Wybie (voiced by Robert Bailey Jr.) and Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) are drawn to a circus in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_17 [31]: Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) finds Other Mother’s (voiced by Teri Hatcher) snack treat to be distasteful in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_18 [32]: Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) and Wybie (voiced by Robert Bailey Jr.) cautiously take a look down an old well in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_19 [33]: Other Father (voiced by John Hodgman) gives Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) a ride on the praying mantis in the stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

Coraline_20 [34]: Poster Art for Coraline.

Coraline_21 [14]: Henry Selick, Director/Writer of the new stop-motion animated 3-D adventure Coraline, from LAIKA Entertainment for release by Focus Features.

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