A few days a go, we gave you a look at John Newbery Medal recipient Neil Gaiman's favorite trailer for the film adaptation of his book of the same name, Coraline. Well today, we also have word that director Henry Selick has a favorite trailer of his own (at least according to Ain't It Cool). Much like Gaiman's choice for the trailer, this one gives you a much better feeling for the film, and it's much darker and creepier in comparison to the theatrically released trailers. While the movie is based on a book intended for kids ages 9-12, I'm sure there's going to be some scared little kiddies out there. Those button eyes even freak me out and I'm almost 23 years old, but then again I'm scared of snow (not really, just kidding, but seriously it's awful). Anyway, check out Selick's favorite trailer for Coraline below. This one is going to be worth checking out if only for the fact that it will be available in 3D at some venues.

On February 6, director Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas) sees his most recent stop-motion feature film hit theaters. Coraline follows the curious adventures of a young girl as she discovers a secret door in her new house that leads her to some sort of alternate version of her very own life. But this new version of her current life is somehow better, like a fairytale, that is until her alternative parents decide they want to keep her there forever.

Dakota Fanning voices the lead role of Coraline and Desperate Housewives Teri Hatcher and The Daily Show's John Hodgman step in as Coraline's real and alternate parents. The film is based on Neil Gaiman's children's book of the same name. Gaiman also wrote the novel turned film Stardust and co-wrote the screenplay for Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf.

Below we have the trailer that Neil Gaiman himself has been promoting and linking like crazy all over Twitter. His linking actually prompted me to ask him via Twitter, how much input he gets on trailers and posters promoting the film (I wasn't expecting much despite the fact he wrote the book). His answer: "I always get input. Sometimes my input 'That's dreadful,' and sometimes the reply is 'Tough.'" His short and concise answer is limited by Twitter's 140 character limit in micro-blog updates but the point is clear. It's really sad that when the creator of an intellectual property has the chance to see his work transformed into a new medium and he's completely disregarded at times. Obviously I don't know any of the key details, but this is definitely something I'm sure happens frequently with adaptations.

Anyway, the Neil Gaiman approved internet only trailer is embedded below. Enjoy!