Merrilee Heifetz of Writers House, acting as agent for Gaiman, McKean, and The Jim Henson Company, negotiated a book deal with HarperCollins Publishers for two MIRRORMASK projects. The last movie I felt that way about was Memento, one of my all-time favorites.Written by Neil Gaiman/Directed by Dave McKeanįrom Neil Gaiman, the New York Times bestselling author of American Gods, and Dave McKean, the award-winning illustrator of Coraline, comes MIRRORMASK, an upcoming Jim Henson Company film written by Gaiman and directed by McKean, slated to premiere in 2005.
And there's enough meat on the bones to go back and catch what you might have missed. It is lovely enough to warrant a second look. I told them that MirrorMask was the kind of movie I wanted to see again immediately. I spoke to both McKean and Gaiman at one of the Sundance screenings and found them both polite, thoughtful and interesting. Yet the writing is sufficiently deep to satisfy the most thoughtful of adults. The story is simple enough and the visuals so wondrous that most children should find the movie enjoyable (unless they've become action-oriented adrenaline addicts). As a result, it is a bold departure from anything you have ever seen on the screen before. It quickly becomes clear that MirrorMask is the creation of talented and imaginative artists completely unfettered by the bounds of traditional film-making. They are both legendary successes and have a devoted fan base from comic books (the Sandman series, for one), novels, short stories, posters, CD art, and much more. Director and writer (and frequent collaborators) Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman leap into the movie business with extraordinary confidence and derring-do. But the story isn't nearly as important as the fantastic creatures and hallucinatory imagery that parade non-stop through Helena's fantastic journey. Evil, with 15-year-old Helena as the protagonist who must find the MirrorMask and save the Light Kingdom.
MirrorMask takes a comic-book approach to Good vs. Think Alice in Wonderland meets Wizard of Oz performed by Cirque de Soleil. This is a visually mesmerizing film that takes movie fantasy into new territory.
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