The Nightmare Before Christmaswas Selicks directorial debut.
Many of his films share similar stories of alternate worlds and realities.
It makes sense that there would be some cross-references or Easter eggs in them.
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InWendell & Wild, he pops up in the end credits.
Sally and Jack appear in Disney PixarsRalph Breaks the Internet.
Selick has also put other Easter eggs into his movies, including the Other Father wearing Monkeybone slippers inCoraline.
The director himself appears in a cameo on the dollar bill inCoraline.
Its been discussed forever at various times in the past.
Doing a sequel or a prequel can destroy that.
I mean, by the time ofJawssix, the shark movies, theyd really beat that shark to death.
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