Why Coraline director Henry Selick doesn't want to be Pixar

Henry Selick, writer-producer-director of the upcoming 3-D stop-motion-animated feature Coraline , told SCI FI Wire that he's mulling several movies as his next project, including Paranorman and a big-screen version of Philip Pullman's children's book Count Karlstein . Both are in keeping with Selick's offbeat aesthetic sensibility: He tells us he doesn't want to be another Pixar. For now, Selick has nothing lined up at the moment, but he addessed both potential films during a recent exclusive interview about Coraline , which will open nationwide on Feb. 6. Following are edited excerpts of the conversation. (link)