Editing Little Nemo (section)

===Film===
[[File:Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics - Little Nemo (1911).webm|thumb|alt=Silent, black and white film, partially animated. A man bets his colleagues that he can make pictures move. He wins the bet by animating cartoon characters.|''Little Nemo'' (1911)]]

McCay played an important role in the early history of animation. In 1911, he completed his first film, ''Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics'' (also known as ''[[Little Nemo (1911 film)|Little Nemo]]''), first in theatres and then as part of his vaudeville act.{{sfn|Canemaker|2005|p=160}} McCay made the 4,000 [[Rice paper|rice-paper]] drawings for the animated portion of the film. The animated portion took up about four minutes of the film's total length.{{sfn|Canemaker|2005|p=161}} Photography was done at the [[Vitagraph Studios]] under the supervision of animation pioneer [[James Stuart Blackton]].{{sfn|Canemaker|2005|p=160}} During the live-action portion of the film, McCay bets his colleagues he can make his drawings move. He wins the bet by animating his ''Little Nemo'' characters, who shapeshift and transform.{{sfn|Canemaker|2005|p=161}}

In 1984, Arnaud Sélignac produced and directed a film titled ''[[Nemo (1984 film)|Nemo]]'',<ref>{{Citation | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087784/ | title = IMDb | contribution = Nemo}}</ref> a.k.a. ''Dream One'', starring [[Jason Connery]], [[Harvey Keitel]], and [[Carole Bouquet]]. It involves a little boy called Nemo, who wears pajamas and travels to a fantasy world, but otherwise the connection to McCay's strip is a loose one. The fantasy world is a dark and dismal beach, and Nemo encounters characters from other works of fiction rather than those from the original strip.  Instead of Flip or the Princess, Nemo meets [[Zorro]], [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]], and [[Jules Verne]]'s [[Nautilus (Verne)|Nautilus]] (which was led by [[Captain Nemo]]).

A joint American-Japanese feature-length film ''[[Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland]]'' was released in Japan in 1989 and in the United States in August 1992 from [[Hemdale Film Corporation]], with contributions by [[Ray Bradbury]], [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]], and [[Jean Giraud|Moebius]],{{sfn|Grant|2006|p=46}} and music by the [[Sherman Brothers]]. The story tells of a quest by Nemo and friends to rescue King Morpheus from the Nightmare King. The Princess is named Princess Camille, Flip has a bird companion named Flap, and Nemo has a pet flying squirrel named Icarus.{{sfn|Beck|2005|p=149}} It received mixed reviews from critics, where it earned $11.4 million on a $35 million budget and was a [[box-office bomb]], but it sold well on home video and has since developed into a [[cult film]].

A live-action film adaptation, ''[[Slumberland (film)|Slumberland]]'', directed by [[Francis Lawrence]], was released in 2022. It features a gender-swapped version of the title character played by Marlow Barkley. [[Jason Momoa]] stars as a radically altered version of Flip, who is described as a "nine-foot tall creature that is half-man, half-beast, has shaggy fur and long curved tusks". The plot centers on Nemo and Flip traveling to Slumberland in search of the former's father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fullcirclecinema.com/2020/01/31/jason-mamoa-to-star-in-francis-lawrences-little-nemo-in-slumberland-adaptation/|title=Jason Mamoa To Star In Francis Lawrence's 'Little Nemo In Slumberland' Adaptation|website=Full Circle|last=Hubbard|first=Christian|date=January 31, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/slumberland-netflix-movie-jason-momoa-images/|title=Jason Momoa Has Horns in First Look at Netflix's Slumberland|last=Fuge|first=Jon|work=[[MovieWeb]]|date=April 6, 2021|access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/director-francis-lawrence-lightens-slumberland-171830118.html | title=Director Francis Lawrence Lightens up with Slumberland: 'Everything I Had Done Was Pretty Dark' | date=November 22, 2022}}</ref>