The Nightmare Before Christmas‘ Henry Selick Hides Jack Skellington in All His Movies

Henry Selick, manager of 1993 cult classical The Nightmare Before Christmas, has revealed he’s hidden a Jack Skellington successful each 1 of his films. 

“If you look very, precise carefully, you mightiness find that there’s immoderate representation of Jack successful each different movie I’ve made. But I can’t legally accidental that’s true, but it mightiness beryllium true,” Selick said successful an interview with GamesRadar+.

The Nightmare Before Christmas was Selick’s directorial debut. He went connected to marque James and the Giant Peach (1996), Monkeybone (2001), Coraline (2009), and Wendell & Wild (2022). Many of his films stock akin stories of alternate worlds and realities. It makes consciousness that determination would beryllium immoderate cross-references oregon Easter eggs successful them. 

He hinted that Coraline fans who cautiously ticker the meal country mightiness spot the eggs that the Other Mother cracks lucifer the celebrated King of Halloween. In James and the Giant Peach, the skipper of Skeleton Pirates looks similar Jack—and is adjacent referred to arsenic “a Skellington.” In Wendell & Wild, helium pops up successful the extremity credits.

Jack Skellington has made expected cameos successful different films, including 2010’s Alice in Wonderland—directed by Nightmare Before Christmas shaper Tim Burton—in the Mad Hatter’s tie, and 2003’s Finding Nemo, hidden successful the bubbles successful Gil’s food tank. Sally and Jack look successful Disney Pixar’s Ralph Breaks the Internet. Selick has besides enactment different Easter eggs into his movies, including the Other Father wearing “Monkeybone” slippers successful Coraline. The manager himself appears successful a cameo connected the dollar measure successful Coraline. 

Coraline marks its 15th day is this year, and is presently enjoying a constricted re-release (Coraline also scored large occurrence with a re-release past summer). As for immoderate accidental of sequels for his memorable films, which Disney is known for doing, Selick told GamesRadar+ it’s been discussed, but helium isn’t interested. 

“It’s been discussed everlastingly astatine assorted times successful the past. I was told ‘Oh, we privation to bash a sequel, but it has to beryllium CGI’ and I said ‘No, perfectly not,'” Selick explained. “But you don’t privation to ruin thing by sidesplitting the aureate goose. Doing a sequel oregon a prequel tin destruct that. I mean, by the clip of Jaws six, the shark movies, they’d truly bushed that shark to death.”

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