In the novel, Coraline and her parents are British. In his movie, Sellick moves the setting to the state of Oregon in the United States. He also added a new character, the boy Wybie Lovat, whose grandmother owns the Pink Palace, the house in which Coraline and her parents live. | In the novel, Coraline and her parents are British. In his movie, Sellick moves the setting to the state of Oregon in the United States. He also added a new character, the boy Wybie Lovat, whose grandmother owns the Pink Palace, the house in which Coraline and her parents live. |