Paraline

Paraline is an upcoming stop-motion film. It is a sequel to the 2012 film ParaNorman and the 2009 film Coraline, as well as a crossover to both films. The film was announced on May 2015. Dakota Fanning and Kodi Smit-McPhee, the stars of two previous films, reprise their roles as the titular characters. Henry Selick, the director of Coraline, will direct the film, with Sam Fell and Chris Butler, the directors of ParaNorman, writing the film, and Tim Burton, the producer of The Nightmare before Christmas which was also directed by Selick, will be the producer. After the previous films were promoted, the film will be officially distributed by Universal Pictures, produced by Focus Features and LAIKA. Paraline is schelduled to be released on October 13, 2017.

Symbois
Coraline and her family move to Blithe Hollow one year later after the Agatha problem. There, she meets a certain brown haired boy with spiky hair. The two start to fall for each other, but once the Beldam kidnaps Norman, it'll be up to Coraline to save him.

Plot
The film starts with needle-like hands creating a doll that resembles an 11 year-old with long, spiky hair and red jacket, along with an evil voice vowing revenge on a certain little girl.

It is a beautiful day in Blithe Hollow, Massatuchets, a whole year after the witch's curse, and we see a car driving through the neighborhood, which happens to be the car of the Jones family. Inside the car are Mel Jones, her husband Charlie, and their blue haired daugther plus only child Coraline, who are moving into the town. The family finally reached to their house, but as of Coraline's russian singing, their car almost ran over a long spiky haired boy with a red jacket, same age as Coraline, but Charlie stopped the car in the nick of time. They got unpacking when they enter the house, but Coraline decided to explore the town. A tall 16 year old girl with blonde hair named Courtney Babcock sees the Jones family unpacking and goes tells her family that they have just moved. Courtney's brother, Norman, the same boy who got ran over by Jones family, sees Coraline walking down the street, asking Courtney if she is their daughter. He then follows her. His friend, Neil Downe, comes with him.

The Babcock family (Sandra, the mother, Perry, the father, and Courtney, the oldest daughter) have dinner with the Jones family. Sandra heard that Norman, her youngest son, is following their daughter, Coraline. She show Mel a picture of him, which made Mel realize that Charlie almost ran over their son.

Coraline decides to draw some animals in the Park, since there is nowhere else to explore. Norman and Neil hide behind the bushes. Neil realized that Norman is in love with her. Agatha "Aggie" Prenderghat, Norman's ancester, appears to check on Norman, who shows her Coraline. Coraline finds Norman and Neil behind the bushes, asked Norman who is he talking to before they introduce themselves. Norman tells Coraline that he can speak to the dead, and Coraline thought that is an amazing thing to do, and asked him if he could give her a tour around town.

After the tour, Coraline asked why is the town witched-themed. Norman tells her about the witch's curse that happened one year ago. Coraline then tells Norman about when she traveled to The Other World, which happened on the same year, but when she got to part about the ghost children, Norman thought that she see ghosts too, so he takes her to Hobo Hills, where she is introduced to Aggie. When they leave Hobo Hills, Courtney takes them home. She realizes that Norman is in love with Coraline but will not admit yet. Sandra thought it is sweet that Norman is in love, so she talks to him about it. After their talk, Sandra says that Norman's secret is safe with her.

Norman wakes up ready for a new day, but Courtney wakes up 10 minutes early due to cheerleading practice. Perry asked him if he or Sandra could drive him to school, But Norman said that he is walking to school with Coraline, but then puts on his jacket over his red and white shirt and leaves.

Same thing is happening the Jones household, Mel asked Coraline if she could drive her to school, but Coraline says that Norman is walking her to school. Charlie comes downstairs looking like he has not been sleeping for days. Then Norman comes to door ready to walk Coraline to school but Coraline puts on her raincoat over her black sweater with stars before they head off.

They made it to school holding hands, everyone look at them, thinking that Norman has a girlfriend now. Coraline realized that she has a locker next to Norman. As soon as Coraline hangs up her raincoat in her locker, Norman gets shoved in his locker by Alvin and friends, Pug and Brad, but Coraline gets him out, thinking that's not nice to pick on people, especially cute boys like him. It turns out that so far, they share the same classrooms together. At lunch, Norman asked Coraline if she could dance with him at the Blithe Hollow Fall Dance, Coraline says yes.

Later at 6:00, Norman and Coraline slow dance at the dance. After the dance, Coraline said that was the best day of her life.

Cast
Dakota Fanning as Coraline Jones

Kodi Smit-McPhee as Norman Babcock

Tucker Albrizzi as Neil Downe

Hannah Noyes as Salma Rasmey

Anna Kendrick as Courtney Babcock

Jodelle Ferland as Aggie

Leslie Mann as Sandra Babcock/The Beldam

Jeff Garlin as Perry Babcock

Teri Hatcher as Mel Jones

John Hodgman as Charlie Jones

Robert Bailey Jr as Wybie Lovat

Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Alvin

Jermey Shada as Pug

Tom Kenny as Brad

Bonnie Hunt as Mrs Walt

Khary Payton as Police Cheif

Tempestt Bledsoe as Sheriff Hooper

Scott Menville as Deputy Dwanye

Elanie Stritch as Grandma Babcock

Ariel Winter as Angela

Pre-Production
The Film was annouced at Universal Studios on May 25 2015, with test footage that features Norman meeting Coraline for the first time. The Cast so far was Dakota Fanning and Kodi Smit-McPhee. On July, during an interview with MTV, Fanning and Smit-McPhee announced that Coraline and Norman will be twelve years old and the film will be set one year after the previous films. On November, it was announced that cast members from the previous films will reprise their roles with the exception Teri Hacher, the voice of Mel Jones, voicing The Beldam, who will now be voiced by Leslie Mann, the voice of Sandra Babcock. It was also annouced that filming will start at the beginning of 2016. And it was announced that Aggie will not be a villian in the film and she "will be helping as a ghost".

Filming
Filming began on Janurary 20, 2016 at Massachets, where moving scene is flimed. On Feburary 6, the scene where Norman travels to the Other World is filmed. On March 1, the scene where Coraline tries to find Norman is filmed. On April 4, the last scene is filmed, which wrapped production.

Post-Production
At Comic Con, Universal released the first look at the film, which shows Norman holding Coraline. On November 24, the first official trailer was released. On Feburary 5, the second trailer was released. On June 10, the thrid and final trailer was released.

Reception
People across the Earth had most positive reviews about the film, like: "The Epic Crossover Movie I've Ever Seen" and "Norman And Coraline Are Made To Be Together"

Home Media Release
On Feburary 14, 2018, The film was released on Digital HD. On March 8, the film was released on Blu Ray and DVD.