HENRY SELICK (THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WENDELL & WILD, CORALINE) INTERVIEW | Double Toasted

Today, Korey talks with legendary stop-motion director Henry Selick about working with Jordan Peele on 'Wendell & Wild' on ‪@Netflix‬, not getting proper credit for 'The Nightmare Before Christmas,' his Pixar movie that got canceled, and more!
#thenightmarebeforechristmas #wendellandwild #netflix

[@DanCookMovieReviews]

Weirdly enough, a little earlier today, I was listening to an old “Let’s Do This!” back from the Spill days where Korey was talking about the fact that he was having to wait for hours and hours at ComicCon 2010 for an interview that would last a couple of minutes at best. Now, he’s interviewing one of his heroes for over an hour, chatting as if they were good friends. Talk about progress.

[@stormlives6051]

Sad to hear how Disney treated The Shadow King. Shame that they're afraid of taking bigger risks, it's okay to be weird! Selick's ambivalent feelings about the project and how it ended is understandable. Great to hear that he got the rights back for the movie. Really good interview!

[@ryanneave246]

Kudos to Corey bringing up Monkey Bone. What an underrated cult gem.

[@rommix0]

And that has now become a classic bad movie roast.

[@GothicJimbt]

Love how Henry Selick calls John Lasseter “Huggy Bear” in the intro…

[@cosmosofinfinity]

This guy's a legend, huge get for an interview. And if it's any consolation, Henry, Monkey Bone made a big impression on me as a kid. The ending scenes was a sort of sexual awakening

[@80MWH]

22:20 A few years ago, “who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas” was the final question in a Disney trivia contest. I got my team to wager everything, and we beat the second place team by 88 points! But for many years, I would get mildly annoye when people didn’t acknowledge Selick. Like when “Coraline” came out, I had to nicely school some people in the truth.

[@tonymoviechappied9neillblo996]

Fantastic interview and Henry Selick is very underrated director

[@rommix0]

Underrated sequence director too. One of his very first jobs was being a sequence director on a little known movie called "Twice Upon a Time". He was also known for his MTV bumpers back in the late 80s.

[@BloodylocksBathory]

I love that Selick often shuts his eyes when explaining things. Introvert, true and true.

[@benbob4038]

I would like to see Henry Selick work with Brandon Fraser again as a voice actor. Fraser is such a good voice actor in things like Doom Patrol.

[@jesseowenvillamor6348]

*Brendan

[@Doc141]

Absolutely phenomenal interview. I greatly enjoyed it. Korey you asked all the right questions and came prepared to have the guest speak on a lot of great topics from their career. I look forward to your next interview!

[@realeala]

Would have liked to see Henry’s version of monkeybone or a remake of dark town

[@Giantelfman]

I really enjoyed this interview. I like how you approached it by touching on his entire career. It felt almost like a timeline and very biographical. Great thumbnail too.

[@tonymoviechappied9neillblo996]

Monkeybone is my personal favorite director Henry selick film I really hope we get to see that director’s cut in a shout factory blu ray release in the future.

[@BugsyFoga]

Same

[@qwerty77772]

Great interview of one of my favorite animators from my childhood! I kinda wish you brought up James and the Giant Peach since it's really overshadowed by TNBC in recent years and the live-action/stop-motion works quite well there. The Grasshopper on the top right corner also kept catching my eye! Bringing up Monkeybone was a bold move, though. Definatly interested in seeing what the original vision for that film would've been.

[@Charles12]

same, i really wish james and the giant peach was brought up more often, was a childhood classic for me

[@Nkanyiso_K]

A beautiful thing 🙌🏾💛 so glad to see this incredible film & everyone appreciating Henry Selick's work. Great interview Corey 😁

[@Nkanyiso_K]

You should talk to Phil Tippet because Mad God is just about the most incredible magnum opus showcasing what stopmotion can do in horror

[@stephyalysse]

Yet another phenomenal interview, Korey! Henry Selick, wow. How incredible to hear you two speak for over an hour!

[@hermunkulus]

It’s great to see how much you guys have grown. I’ve been with you guys since 2008 during the Spill days and it doesn’t go unnoticed (by me least).

[@FergusCarroll]

Henry Selick getting screwed over the nightmare before Christmas is just like when Korey got screwed over for space jam

[@nebraskawaters8791]

Man I love this! So much love and appreciation for little things in animation make me happy.

[@360.Tapestry]

that man probably has one of if not _the_ best shelf of movie souvenirs, period

[@crcoghill]

WOW! that's amazing you got him on the show! he is such a great guy!

[@arkinyte13]

This was a great interview one of the best on the channel.

[@Planag7]

Glad I got to finally watch this!!! C: great interview

[@colinerno5741]

Awesome interview! I would love to see a Monkeybone Directors cut!

[@cartooncaleb24]

Always happy to see you interview legendary animators Korey! :D

[@BugsyFoga]

Monkeybone deserved so much better than it got .

[@brendanbetts5650]

James and the giant peach is my all time favorite movie from him 😂

[@Charles12]

Same

[@Tomurow]

Agreed with all the commenters here Korey! Another great interview! I wonder if you could snag other stop-motion geniuses like Phil Tippet or maybe even Nick Park or Phil Lord? 🤔😊. You ask all the things I wanna know!👍

[@robgetz3564]

Korey, can’t wait to hear your interview with Dave Willis. Please ask about the fate of Squidbillies and his work on Archer and of course Sealab. Also worth watching the Movies That Made Us episode on Netflix. Harry and crew did an amazing recollection on how the movie came to be.

[@j.j.q1379]

Thank you for this. As some one pointed out on here, I also loved monkey bone.

[@Anthonycheesman33]

I thought Tim Burton directed it lol

[@ldthompson57]

They technically own two holidays since the Nightmare before Christmas covers two holidays.

[@Jurassic.Fan.Joey17]

Yes!!!!

[@austinck7681]

What a legend and what a great interview

[@dante224real1]

how many hours dd mr. Sellick spend on his crafts and set designs!?!?!?!? JUST WOW

[@crocomallow]

you have a lovely voice

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

Thig guy Coleman really building a nice content reserve of amazing animation interviews for the record.

[@LatePaxxy]

If this video will set to KZbin kids I will be mad

[@scottmcbride2237]

I just read that Henry was mad cause Tim Burton gets the credit for nightmare before Christmas when Henry directed it. Lol but Tim Burton wrote it and created all the characters. Crazy. Henry does get credit for directing it so I don't understand why he's upset cause It's called Tim Burtons nightmare before Christmas. It is still Tim Burtons movie.

[@qwerty77772]

Both deserve a lot of credit on the film, but Selick is the one actually moving the characters around and he does deserve the recognition. It's a common sight to see Henry Selick's style attributed to Burton. Because Burton was also a minor producer on James and the Giant Peach, several people thought Burton directed THAT film too. Even when Coraline was released without Burton's involvement, people assumed it was by him when the trailer said it was from 'the director of The Nightmare Before Chrismas.' Even Neil Gaiman got frustrated with this in the latter case.

[@scottmcbride2237]

@Hard-Boiled I understand that and if you read my comment I said that he got credit for directing but Burton did write it and created the characters. It's his film. That's why it has his name on it. You wouldn't have the film or the story without Burton. It's like a few of George Remeros films along with many others that wrote movies while other people directed them. You can't get mad and jealous cause the person that wrote the story and created the characters gets most of the credit. I mean what about the actors they are hired by the creator to play the rolls. Just like they pay for a director to direct the film. It's just sad. If he wants full cridet then he needs to do the writing of the story which he has and now he gets cridet for. It isn't like he didn't get cridet for directing a nightmare before Christmas. He's to talented to get upset about this. Plus Selick got crideted on the animation also.

[@qwerty77772]

@@scottmcbride2237 Tim Burton wrote the original poem and the characters of Jack, Zero, and (this interpretation of) Santa, who were the only characters in the original poem. Burton provided the initial pitch but much of the story in the film was written and rewritten by several people in a collaborative process with Burton only being a light touch since he was in a different city directing Batman Returns. If anything, Danny Elfman needs to be credited in the main story writing process in addition to music and score. I'm unsure of the exact amount of how much of the story or script was contributed by Selick, but the storyboards were him and his team. That gigantic Spiral Hill that opens up as Jack walks down? That was Selick's idea. Also spellcheck, man!

[@scottmcbride2237]

@Hard-Boiled lol. Ok. What ever. It essentially still his creation. They still wouldn't have had the idea or the characters, among a lot of other stuff he did with out Burton. This is how any story, no matter if it be book or video goes. Some films the director gets crideit for the mo in but only if he writes it also. Sorry. If you can't understand this then there's nothing else I can say. Lol.

[@ghostland8646]

stop it lol. whoever directed it then it’s belong to them. henry is the reason why it happen. It’s not a burton movie

[@TheZigzagman]

Just watched Mr. Selick's commentary on _Coraline_ last night. The amount of humility, excitement, and gratitude he expresses to everyone who works on his movies is fantastic.