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Bobinsky (Sergi Alexander Bobinsky) is a character in the upcoming animated stop-motion horror fantasy film Coraline based on Neil Gaiman's novella of the same name. Bobinsky or Mr. B as he his often referred to is an eccentric retired Russian gymnast living in an apartment flat above Coraline's home. Many think he is crazy, others believe that this curios fellow is actually training his mice to dance in a circus like performance. His appetite is out of the ordinary, with beets and cheese being his primary diet.

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The film is about a young girl, Coraline (Dakota Fanning), who unlocks a mysterious door in her new home and enters into a parallel reality, a fantastical and thrilling imitation of her own dull life. In this world, Coraline finds a new version of her real mother (Teri Hatcher) and father (John Hodgman), her off-kilter neighbors, Miss Forcible (Dawn French), Miss Spink (Jennifer Saunders) and Mr. Bobinsky (Ian MacShane), and the Cat (Keith David). However, this other world soon begins to unravel and she becomes a prisoner to her Other Mother and must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home.

Directed by Henry Selick, it is scheduled to be released in theaters on February 6, 2009. It is rated PG for thematic elements, scary images, some language, and suggestive humor.