Neil Gaiman's Coraline travels to the DS
by Candace Savino 
{ Jun 17th 2008 at 9:00PM }
We know getting our hopes up about a "book turned movie turned video game" always ends disastrously, but this time we really can't help ourselves. Perhaps it's because the software in question is inspired by one of our favorite writers, Neil Gaiman (the genius behind Neverwhere and The Sandman, to name a few). Based on his novella Coraline (which is being made into an animated 3D film this February), the game is a multi-platform "surrealistic adventure" developed by D3. The story revolves around a young girl who enters a parallel universe that's like her own, only more fantastical.
There's no definitive date for this title (only Q1 2009), but we'd expect it to come out near the movie's release.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Christie @ Jun 18th 2008 2:41PM
That book was horrifying when I read it in grade 5 or something...I'd totally see the movie, but the images shown here don't look nearly as creepy ad the book..
Roto13 @ Jun 18th 2008 2:24AM
It has the name Neil Gaiman attached to it so it's an instabuy for me
Scio @ Jun 18th 2008 6:02AM
Well technically, the film is actually stop-motion, NOT 3D.
But forget that, I'm officially interested in this one, whether it turns out to be a good game or not.
Tim @ Jun 18th 2008 9:28AM
As much as I want to be excited about this game, Gaiman said in his journal that he hasn't been involved with it in any way. In fact, he said that the last he heard about it was when he saw "an early proposal".
http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/06/memo-from-jet-lag-town.html
Eleniel @ Jun 18th 2008 10:43AM
Yeah... I love Neil Gaiman's work and everything, but a movie tie-in game, without his involvement at all, has awful written all over it =/