Istari Pictures

Coraline, an upcoming stop-animation film, is getting close to being released. With Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas) and Mike Cachuela in charge of direction and animation, my hopes are set HIGH - WAY HIGH!!! Coraline is also being produced at Laika Studios - just 100 miles north of here - in Portland, OR, and could be the biggest cinematic release Oregon has seen in quite a while.

Trailer

From Wikipedia:
Coraline is the story of a young girl (Dakota Fanning) who unlocks a mysterious door in her new home in Ashland, Oregon, and enters into an adventure in a parallel reality. On the surface, this other world eerily mimics her own life—though much more fantastical. In it, Coraline encounters such off-kilter inhabitants as the morbidly funny Miss Forcible (Jennifer Saunders) and Miss Spink (Dawn French), and a counterfeit mother—who attempts to keep her. Ultimately, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home.

Note: at the present time you’ll need to enter a code to get into the Coraline website. You’ll see what I mean if you click-through via the link below.

Here are some of the codes (thanks to Drawn.ca):
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Visit the Coraline website
Visit the Laika website

The Portland International Film Festival is the largest film event in Oregon. With more than 35,000 people in attendance and more than 100 features and shorts, this is the one to attend. Istari Pictures plans to submit “Little One” to the film festival for consideration.

More information can be found at the NW Film School’s website:

http://www.nwfilm.org/festivals/portland_international.php

Istari Pictures is a new, independent film studio in Eugene, Oregon.  The studio was founded in October 2008 by indpendent filmmaker, Ed Wright Parker.  IP has plans to release several short films during the 2008-09 production year with the goal of attaining U.S. distribution and festival coverage.

For more information about Istari Pictures, email ed@istaripictures.com