The answer might be obvious, considering the movie's constellation of fantasy elements and its talking cat character, but "Coraline" isn't based on a true story. What it is based on, however ...

When nine-year-old Coraline is left to wander her perpetually distracted, workaholic parents’ house, her dreams of a better reality come true as she opens a big door and enters a perfect replica ...

Another Neil Gaiman-associated project has been axed. A United Kingdom production of "Coraline – A Musical" has been canceled following sexual assault allegations against its author ...

A U.K. stage production of Neil Gaiman‘s “Coraline” has been canceled following ... New York Magazine then amplified the story after publishing an article titled “There Is No Safe Word ...

Coraline tells the story of an 11-year-old girl who moves into a new home and discovers an entrance to a parallel world in which all is not as it seems and everyone has buttons for eyes.