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63-475: Charles Henry Selick Jr. ( / ˈ s ɛ l ɪ k / ; born November 30, 1952) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic horror films and for directing the stop-motion animated films The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Monkeybone (2001), Coraline (2009), and Wendell & Wild (2022). Selick is also known for his collaborations with

126-468: A Jewish Scientologist. ' " Gaiman says that he is not a Scientologist, and that like Judaism, Scientology is his family's religion. About his personal views, Gaiman has stated, "I think we can say that God exists in the DC Universe. I would not stand up and beat the drum for the existence of God in this universe. I don't know, I think there's probably a 50/50 chance. It doesn't really matter to me." Gaiman

189-438: A Lafferty pastiche he had written. Lafferty sent Gaiman an encouraging and informative letter back, along with literary advice. Gaiman has named Roger Zelazny as the author who influenced him the most. Gaiman claims that other authors such as Samuel R. Delany and Angela Carter "furnished the inside of my mind and set me to writing". Gaiman takes inspiration from the folk tales tradition, citing Otta F Swire 's book on

252-728: A biography of the band Duran Duran , and co-edited Ghastly Beyond Belief , a book of quotations, with Kim Newman . Although Gaiman thought he had done a terrible job, the book's first edition sold out very quickly. When he went to relinquish his rights to the book, he discovered the publisher had gone bankrupt. After this, he was offered a job by Penthouse . He refused the offer. He also wrote interviews and articles for many British magazines, including Knave . During this, he sometimes wrote under pseudonyms, including Gerry Musgrave, Richard Grey, and "a couple of house names". Gaiman has said he ended his journalism career in 1987 because British newspapers regularly publish untruths as fact. In

315-705: A direct sequel to American Gods but he has revisited the characters. A glimpse at Shadow's travels in Europe is found in a short story which finds him in Scotland, applying the same concepts developed in American Gods to the story of Beowulf . The 2005 novel Anansi Boys deals with Anansi ('Mr. Nancy'), tracing the relationship of his two sons, one semi-divine and the other an unassuming bookkeeper, as they explore their common heritage. It debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list . In 2002, Gaiman entered

378-488: A four-part mini-series that provided a tour of the mythological and magical parts of the DC Universe through a frame story about an English teenager who discovers that he is destined to be the world's greatest wizard. The miniseries was popular, and sired an ongoing series written by John Ney Rieber . Gaiman's adaptation of Sweeney Todd , illustrated by Michael Zulli for Stephen R. Bissette 's publication Taboo ,

441-449: A half thousand years old. But with comics I felt like – I can do stuff nobody has ever done. I can do stuff nobody has ever thought of. And I could and it was enormously fun." Gaiman wrote two series for Marvel Comics . Marvel 1602 was an eight-issue limited series published from November 2003 to June 2004 with art by Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove . The Eternals was a seven-issue limited series drawn by John Romita Jr. , which

504-405: A rep for Selick said the film was "in turnaround again" while Selick continued work on his other two projects: A Tale Dark and Grimm and Wendell and Wild . On October 16, 2013, Selick announced a live-action film adaptation of Adam Gidwitz 's children's novel A Tale Dark and Grimm . As of 2023, no further updates on the project have been given. On November 3, 2015, it was reported that Selick

567-418: A reported $ 50 million, Walt Disney Pictures canceled the project, due to "a creative and scheduling standpoint, the pic wasn't where it needed to be to meet its planned release date." Disney gave Selick the option to shop the project to another studio. Selick revealed in 2022 that the film suffered from interference from then-CCO of Pixar John Lasseter , who he claimed came in and constantly changed elements of

630-545: A series of graphic novel adaptations based on his short stories "Troll Bridge", "Chivalry", and "Snow, Glass, Apples", Gaiman and the Terry Pratchett estate chose Doran to adapt Good Omens into graphic novel form, and to self publish the work via the Pratchett estate's Dunmanifestin label. It was financed on Kickstarter where it became a record-setter in less than a week as the top fan-supported and top-earning comics project in

693-406: A standard novel and in an illustrated text edition. This novel was highly influenced by Victorian fairytales and culture. American Gods became one of Gaiman's best-selling and multi-award-winning novels upon its release in 2001. A special 10th Anniversary edition was released, with the "author's preferred text" 12,000 words longer than the original mass-market editions. Gaiman has not written

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756-457: A translation of the Japanese script. After his disappointment with the production limitations of Neverwhere , Gaiman asked his agent to pull him out of an (unnamed) UK television series that was to begin production immediately afterwards. "I didn't want to do it unless I had more control than you get as a writer: in fantasy, the tone of voice, the look and feel, the way something is shot and edited

819-525: Is of Polish-Jewish and other Ashkenazi origins. His great-grandfather emigrated to England from Antwerp before 1914 and his grandfather settled in Portsmouth and established a chain of grocery stores, changing the family name from Chaiman to Gaiman. His father, David Bernard Gaiman , worked in the same chain of stores; his mother, Sheila Gaiman (née Goldman), was a pharmacist. Neil has two younger sisters, Claire and Lizzy. The Gaimans moved in 1965 to

882-482: Is vital, and I wanted to be in charge of that." He co-wrote the script for Robert Zemeckis 's Beowulf with Roger Avary , a collaboration that has proved productive for both writers. Gaiman has expressed interest in collaborating on a film adaptation of the Epic of Gilgamesh . He was the only person other than J. Michael Straczynski to write a Babylon 5 script in the series' last three seasons, contributing to

945-537: The Academy Film Archive preserved several of Selick's short films: Phases , Seepage , and Tube Tales . Gothic film To create a Gothic atmosphere, filmmakers have sought to create new camera tricks that challenge audiences' perceptions. Gothic films also reflected contemporary issues. A New Companion to The Gothic ' s Heidi Kaye said "strong visuals, a focus on sexuality and an emphasis on audience response" characterize Gothic films like they did

1008-746: The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) to study animation. He studied at the Program in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts under the guidance of Jules Engel . His two student films there, Phases and Tube Tales , were nominated for Student Academy Awards . After his academic studies, he went to work for Walt Disney Studios as an " in-betweener " and animator trainee on such films as Pete's Dragon and The Small One . During his time at Disney, he met and worked around

1071-925: The Church of Scientology was the cause of the seven-year-old Gaiman being forced to withdraw from Fonthill School and return to the school which he had previously attended. He lived in East Grinstead for many years, from 1965 to 1980 and again from 1984 to 1987. He met his first wife, Mary McGrath, while she was studying Scientology and living in a house in East Grinstead that was owned by his father. The couple were married in 1985 after having their first child. Gaiman has mentioned several writers who have influenced his work, including Mary Shelley , Rudyard Kipling , Edgar Allan Poe , Michael Moorcock , Dave Sim , Alan Moore , Steve Ditko , Will Eisner , Ursula K. Le Guin , Harlan Ellison , John Crowley , Lord Dunsany , G. K. Chesterton and Gene Wolfe . A lifetime fan of

1134-495: The Monty Python comedy troupe , he owned a copy of Monty Python's Big Red Book as a teenager. During a trip to France when he was 13, Gaiman became fascinated with the visually fantastic world in the stories of Metal Hurlant , even though he could not understand the words. When he was 19 or 20 years old, he contacted his favourite science fiction writer, R. A. Lafferty , requesting advice on becoming an author and including

1197-574: The West Sussex town of East Grinstead , where his parents studied Dianetics at the Scientology centre in the town; one of Gaiman's sisters works for the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles. His other sister, Lizzy Calcioli, has said, "Most of our social activities were involved with Scientology or our Jewish family. It would get very confusing when people would ask my religion as a kid. I'd say, 'I'm

1260-458: The 19th century: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley , Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson , and Dracula by Bram Stoker . Like most early cinema, many silent Gothic films were lost or very short. In the aftermath of World War I , the horrors of war pervaded Gothic films. Robert Wiene 's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), though not based on a Gothic text, exhibited German Expressionism that Heidi Kaye said "transformed

1323-670: The American approach to Gothic cinema". The Encyclopedia of the Gothic said The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari became a "milestone in Gothic film". According to New Directions in 21st-Century Gothic: The Gothic Compass , scholars consider the Gothic films Frankenstein (1931) by James Whale , Dracula (1931) by Tod Browning , and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) by Rouben Mamoulian "a foundational triptych, from which they in turn look back to earlier Gothic films and forward to later ones". In 1975, director Nicholas Roeg expressed concern about

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1386-604: The BBC mini-series Neverwhere was his first solo novel. The novel was released in tandem with the television series, though it presents some notable differences from the television series. Gaiman has since revised the novel twice, the first time for an American audience unfamiliar with the London Underground , the second time because he felt unsatisfied with the originals. In 1999, the first printings of his fantasy novel Stardust were released. The novel has been released both as

1449-636: The British National Book Awards . It was later adapted into a critically acclaimed stage play at the Royal National Theatre in London. In 2024, it was announced that a number of commercial ventures linked to him would halt production, owing to allegations of sexual assault towards women. Neil Richard Gaiman was born on 10 November 1960 in Portchester , Hampshire. Gaiman's family

1512-700: The End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards . The novel follows an unnamed man who returns to his hometown for a funeral and remembers events that began forty years earlier. Themes include the search for self-identity and the "disconnect between childhood and adulthood". It was later adapted into a critically acclaimed stage play at the Royal National Theatre in London. In September 2016, Neil Gaiman announced that he had been working for some years on retellings of Norse mythology . Norse Mythology

1575-634: The Gaiman- Roger Avary -penned Beowulf film. Neil Gaiman was featured in the History Channel documentary Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked . Several of Gaiman's original works have been optioned or greenlighted for film adaptation, most notably Stardust , which premiered in August 2007 and stars Charlie Cox , Robert De Niro , Michelle Pfeiffer , Claire Danes and Mark Strong , directed by Matthew Vaughn . A stop-motion version of Coraline

1638-501: The Gothic: "[it] tantalizes us with fear, both as its subject and its effect; it does so, however, not primarily through characters or plots or even language, but through spectacle ". Cinema suits the Gothic definition in creating images that establish the spectacle. Gothic films were part of early cinema, adapting Gothic fiction on screen like stage melodramas had previously done. Gothic works that strongly influenced cinema were those from

1701-640: The TV series adaptations of Good Omens and The Sandman . Gaiman has won numerous awards, including the Hugo , Nebula , and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in

1764-766: The creator of the characters, he was not involved in writing any of the above-mentioned books. Gaiman wrote a semi-autobiographical story about a boy's fascination with Michael Moorcock 's anti-hero Elric of Melniboné for Ed Kramer 's anthology Tales of the White Wolf. In 1996, Gaiman and Ed Kramer co-edited The Sandman: Book of Dreams . Nominated for the British Fantasy Award , the original fiction anthology featured stories and contributions by Tori Amos , Clive Barker , Gene Wolfe , Caitlín R. Kiernan , Tad Williams , and others. Asked why he likes comics more than other forms of storytelling, Gaiman said: "One of

1827-542: The eighth issue of The Sandman , Gaiman and artist Mike Dringenberg introduced Death , the older sister of Dream, who became as popular as the series' title character. The limited series Death: The High Cost of Living launched DC's Vertigo line in 1993. Comics historian Les Daniels called Gaiman's work "astonishing" and noted that The Sandman was "a mixture of fantasy, horror, and ironic humor such as comic books had never seen before". DC Comics writer and executive Paul Levitz observed that " The Sandman became

1890-505: The first extraordinary success as a series of graphic novel collections, reaching out and converting new readers to the medium, particularly young women on college campuses, and making Gaiman himself into an iconic cultural figure." Gaiman and Jamie Delano were to become co-writers of the Swamp Thing series following Rick Veitch . An editorial decision by DC to censor Veitch's final storyline caused both Gaiman and Delano to withdraw from

1953-498: The following as the ten best Gothic films (ordered by year): Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman ( / ˈ ɡ eɪ m ən / ; born Neil Richard Gaiman on 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic book series The Sandman and the novels Good Omens , Stardust , Anansi Boys , American Gods , Coraline , and The Graveyard Book . He co-created

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2016-508: The history of the platform. In a collaboration with author Terry Pratchett , best known for his series of Discworld novels, Gaiman's first novel Good Omens was published in 1990. In 2011, Pratchett said that while the entire novel was a collaborative effort and most of the ideas could be credited to both of them, Pratchett did a larger portion of writing and editing if for no other reason than Gaiman's scheduled involvement with Sandman . The 1996 novelisation of Gaiman's teleplay for

2079-657: The joys of comics has always been the knowledge that it was, in many ways, untouched ground. It was virgin territory. When I was working on Sandman , I felt a lot of the time that I was actually picking up a machete and heading out into the jungle. I got to write in places and do things that nobody had ever done before. When I'm writing novels I'm painfully aware that I'm working in a medium that people have been writing absolutely jaw-droppingly brilliant things for, you know, three-four thousand years now. You know, you can go back. We have things like The Golden Ass . And you go, well, I don't know that I'm as good as that and that's two and

2142-562: The late 1980s, he wrote Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion in what he calls a "classic English humour" style. Following this, he wrote the opening of what became his collaboration with Terry Pratchett on the comic novel Good Omens , about the impending apocalypse. After forming a friendship with Alan Moore , who taught him how to write comic scripts, Gaiman started writing comic books and picked up Miracleman after Moore finished his run on

2205-865: The late voice actor and artist Joe Ranft . Selick was born on November 30, 1952 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey , the son of Melanie (née Molan) and Charles H. Selick. He was raised in Rumson . Selick did little but draw from ages 3 to 12. His fascination with animation came at a young age, when he saw Lotte Reiniger 's stop-motion film The Adventures of Prince Achmed and the animated creatures of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad by Ray Harryhausen . He graduated from Rumson-Fair Haven High School in 1970. After studying science at Rutgers University in New Brunswick and art at Syracuse University and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, Selick eventually enrolled at

2268-605: The legends of the Isle of Skye as his inspiration for The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains . In the early 1980s, Gaiman pursued journalism, conducting interviews and writing book reviews, as a means to learn about the world and to make connections that he hoped would later assist him in getting published. He wrote and reviewed extensively for the British Fantasy Society. His first professional short story publication

2331-567: The likes of Rick Heinrichs , Jorgen Klubien , Brad Bird , John Musker , Dan Haskett , Sue and Bill Kroyer , Ed Gombert, Andy Gaskill, and Tim Burton . Burton served as producer on Selick's first two films as director, the Disney-produced The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach . Years later, Selick claimed he learned a lot to improve his drawing, animation, and storytelling skills from Disney legend Eric Larson . Selick's third feature

2394-573: The limited series Black Orchid . Karen Berger , who later became head of DC Comics 's Vertigo , read Black Orchid and offered Gaiman a job: to re-write an old character, The Sandman, but to put his own spin on him. The Sandman tells the tale of the ageless , anthropomorphic personification of Dream that is known by many names, including Morpheus . The series began in January 1989 and concluded in March 1996. The various artists who contributed to

2457-478: The literary works. The Encyclopedia of the Gothic said the foundation of Gothic film was the combination of Gothic literature, stage melodrama, and German expressionism . In The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction , Misha Kavka says Gothic film is not an established genre, rather contributing Gothic images, plots, characters, and styles to films. These elements are often found in "the broader category of horror ". Kavka quotes William Patrick Day's definition of

2520-482: The modern perception of Gothic cinema, noting that it became associated with camp, whereas he believed the Gothic was a serious cultural influence, not a subject of humor. In Australia , the first modern Gothic film is considered to be Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). When the British Film Institute in 2013 launched a program celebrating films and TV shows with Gothic themes, The Guardian identified

2583-567: The power of putting things in brackets." Narnia also introduced him to literary awards, specifically the Carnegie Medal , won by the concluding volume in 1956. When Gaiman won the 2010 Medal himself, he said "it had to be the most important literary award there ever was" and "if you can make yourself aged seven happy, you're really doing well – it's like writing a letter to yourself aged seven." Lewis Carroll 's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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2646-612: The project, to work on Coraline for Laika . Selick, who kept in contact with Anderson, said the director would act out scenes in Fantastic Mr. Fox while in Paris and send them to the animators via iPhone . Selick's first feature with Laika, LLC was Coraline , based on the novella Coraline by acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman , and released in 2009. It was the first ever stereoscopic 3D stop-motion animated film. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Coraline

2709-427: The school reading prize, enabling him to finally acquire the third volume. For his seventh birthday, Gaiman received C. S. Lewis 's The Chronicles of Narnia . He later recalled that "I admired his use of parenthetical statements to the reader, where he would just talk to you ... I'd think, 'Oh, my gosh, that is so cool! I want to do that! When I become an author, I want to be able to do things in parentheses.' I liked

2772-419: The script and production that ended up ballooning the budget. Selick said that he had reacquired the rights for The Shadow King from Disney and that he may revive the project. On April 28, 2012, it was announced that Disney had optioned the rights for Neil Gaiman 's novel The Graveyard Book . Later that same day, it was announced that Selick would direct the film after work was completed on ShadeMaker . It

2835-501: The season five episode " Day of the Dead ". The series also features a recurring alien race called the Gaim, who resemble the character of Dream and are named after Gaiman. Gaiman has also written at least three drafts of a screenplay adaptation of Nicholson Baker 's novel The Fermata for director Robert Zemeckis , although the project was stalled while Zemeckis made The Polar Express and

2898-480: The series include Sam Kieth , Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson , Shawn McManus , Marc Hempel , and Michael Zulli , with lettering by Todd Klein , colours by Daniel Vozzo, and covers by Dave McKean . The series became one of DC's top selling titles, eclipsing even Batman and Superman . The 75 issues of the regular series, along with an illustrated prose text and a special containing seven short stories, have been collected into 12 volumes that remain in print. In

2961-800: The series. He continued his professional relationship with Moore by contributing quotations for the supplemental materials in the Watchmen comic book series. Gaiman and artist Mark Buckingham collaborated on several issues of the series before its publisher, Eclipse Comics , collapsed, leaving the series unfinished. His first published comic strips were four short Future Shocks for 2000 AD in 1986–87. He wrote three graphic novels with his favourite collaborator and long-time friend Dave McKean : Violent Cases , Signal to Noise , and The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch . Impressed with his work, DC Comics hired him in February 1987, and he wrote

3024-518: The title. Gaiman produced two stories for DC's Secret Origins series in 1989. A Poison Ivy tale drawn by Mark Buckingham and a Riddler story illustrated by Bernie Mireault and Matt Wagner . A story that Gaiman originally wrote for Action Comics Weekly in 1989 was shelved due to editorial concerns but it was finally published in 2000 as Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame . In 1990, Gaiman wrote The Books of Magic ,

3087-470: The works of Dennis Wheatley ; The Ka of Gifford Hillary and The Haunting of Toby Jugg made a special impact on him. Another work that made a particular impression was J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings , which he got from his school library. Although they only had the first two of the novel's three volumes, Gaiman consistently checked them out and read them. He later won the school English prize and

3150-463: The world of children's books with the dark fairy tale Coraline . In 2008 he released another children's book, The Graveyard Book . It follows the adventures of a boy named Bod after his family is murdered and he is left to be brought up by a graveyard. It is heavily influenced by Rudyard Kipling 's The Jungle Book . As of late January 2009 , it had been on The New York Times Bestseller children's list for fifteen weeks. In 2013, The Ocean at

3213-588: Was Monkeybone , a live-action/stop-motion adaptation of an underground comic, Dark Town by Kaja Blackley, produced by 20th Century Fox . The film was a flop both commercially and critically. Selick later admitted his unhappiness with the final product and has since vowed to never make another live-action film again. Selick, who animated the fictional sea creatures in Wes Anderson 's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou , signed on as animation director on Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox . In February 2006, Selick left

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3276-597: Was "Featherquest", a fantasy story, in Imagine Magazine in May 1984. While waiting for a train at London's Victoria Station in 1984, Gaiman noticed a copy of Swamp Thing by Alan Moore , and read it. Moore's approach to comics had such an impact on Gaiman that he later wrote "that was the final straw, what was left of my resistance crumbled. I proceeded to make regular and frequent visits to London's Forbidden Planet shop to buy comics". In 1984, he wrote his first book,

3339-433: Was able to read at the age of four. He said, "I was a reader. I loved reading. Reading things gave me pleasure. I was very good at most subjects in school, not because I had any particular aptitude in them, but because normally on the first day of school, they'd hand out schoolbooks, and I'd read them—which would mean that I'd know what was coming up because I'd read it." When he was about ten years old, he read his way through

3402-455: Was announced that Selick was developing a stop-motion film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2013 novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane , as well as reviving The Shadow King as a graphic novel. In August that year, Selick implied The Ocean at the End of the Lane was back in limbo, saying in an interview while promoting the theatrical re-release of Coraline , "I would hope that it might still come together, but I have no predictions." In 2012,

3465-452: Was another childhood favourite, and "a favourite forever. Alice was default reading to the point where I knew it by heart." He also enjoyed Batman comics. Gaiman was educated at several Church of England schools, including Fonthill School in East Grinstead, Ardingly College (1970–1974), and Whitgift School in Croydon (1974–1977). His father's position as a public relations official of

3528-469: Was developing Wendell & Wild , a new stop-motion feature with Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key based on an original story by Selick. In 2018, the film was picked up by Netflix . The film was released on October 28, 2022, on Netflix. In June 2017, Selick was reported to direct the pilot and subsequent episodes of a Little Nightmares TV adaptation produced by the Russo brothers . In June 2024, it

3591-506: Was introduced into the Marvel Universe in the last issue of the Age of Ultron miniseries in 2013. Gaiman oversaw The Sandman Universe , a line of comic books published by Vertigo. The four series — House of Whispers , Lucifer , The Books of Magic , and The Dreaming — were written by new creative teams. The line launched on 8 August 2018. After teaming with Colleen Doran for

3654-429: Was nominated for Best Animated Feature as an Academy Award , a BAFTA , and a Golden Globe . Selick left Laika in 2009. In 2010, Selick joined with Pixar and The Walt Disney Company in a long-term contract to exclusively produce stop-motion films. This not only returned Selick to his original roots, but also reunited Selick with numerous former friends and co-animators. His new studio, called Cinderbiter Productions,

3717-773: Was published from August 2006 to March 2007. In 2009, Gaiman wrote a two-part Batman story for DC Comics to follow Batman R.I.P. titled " Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? " a play-off of the classic Superman story " Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? " by Alan Moore. He contributed a twelve-part Metamorpho serial drawn by Mike Allred for Wednesday Comics , a weekly newspaper-style series. Gaiman and Paul Cornell co-wrote Action Comics #894 (December 2010), which featured an appearance by Death. In October 2013, DC Comics released The Sandman: Overture with art by J. H. Williams III . Gaiman's Angela character

3780-441: Was released in February 2017. Several of his novels have been published as paperbacks with retro covers by artist Robert McGinnis . Gaiman wrote the 1996 BBC dark fantasy television series Neverwhere . He co-wrote the screenplay for the movie MirrorMask with his old friend Dave McKean for McKean to direct. In addition, he wrote the localised English language script for the anime movie Princess Mononoke , based on

3843-429: Was self-described as "a new stop motion company whose mandate is to make great, scary films for young 'uns with a small, tight-knit crew who watch each other's backs." Selick and Cinderbiter's first film under this deal, a project called ShadeMaker , was set to be released on October 4, 2013. In 2011, the film was green-lit for production and retitled The Shadow King . In August 2012, it was reported that, after spending

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3906-472: Was stopped when the anthology itself was discontinued. In the mid-1990s, he also created a number of new characters and a setting that was to be featured in a title published by Tekno Comix . The concepts were then altered and split between three titles set in the same continuity: Lady Justice , Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man , and Teknophage , and tie-ins. Although Gaiman's name appeared prominently as

3969-513: Was unknown if the adaptation would be live-action or stop motion. After the studio and Selick parted ways over scheduling and development, it was announced in January 2013 that Ron Howard would direct the film. In February 2013, it was reported in a press release by Selick that K5 International would be handling sales for The Shadow King at the European Film Market . It was unknown when the film would actually be released. In August 2016,

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