Trivia / The Ocean at the End of the Lane

• Development Hell: Movie deals were signed before this book was published but there's been no news about it since 2019.
• What Could Have Been:
  • In an interview at Symphony Space with Erin Morgenstern, Gaiman admitted it was meant to be a novella but he realized when he checked the word count that it had snowballed into a novel.
  • Henry Selick wanted to direct a stop-motion movie similar to Coraline but a movie deal was already signed with Focus Features.