Extras! 22 October 2014
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Neil Gaiman's HANSEL & GRETEL hitting screens
It’s only being released in the US in October, but the movie rights to acclaimed author/comic book writer Neil Gaiman’s upcoming graphic novel based on the classic fairy tale Hansel & Gretel have already been snapped up, according to a new report from Variety. This follows hot on the heels of the recent announcement that his novel American Gods (and …
Hannibal's Bryan Fuller is having AMERICAN GODS for dinner
US cable network Starz has tapped Bryan Fuller, creator of the hugely successful NBC series Hannibal, to work with Smallville’s Michael Green in bringing Neil “Sandman” Gaiman’s highly acclaimed 2001 urban fantasy novel American Gods to TV. There has been talk about an adaptation of American Gods for a long time now and earlier this year Starz’s partner, FremantleMedia North America bought …
More on AMERICAN GODS and ANANSI BOYS
After Tuesday’s news about FreemantleMedia picking up the rights to American Gods, Neil Gaiman has taken to his blog to give us some updates about what will be happening with his novel. Gaiman confirmed what I mentioned, that so far there are no solid details like casting, production dates or show-runners, but he predicts that American Gods will have an …
Freemantle Media now own the rights to AMERICAN GODS
It’s genuinely sad when a great concept gets stuck in the depths of development hell. Having owned the rights to Neil Gaiman’s classic novel American Gods for years, HBO have abandoned their crazy ambitious plan and the rights to American Gods have been snapped up by FreemantleMedia. Initially announced back in 2011, HBO’s original plan was to have the show …
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is starring in and directing Gaiman's SANDMAN!
Exciting news today, folks. Very exciting. Fan-favourite graphic novels, the Sandman series from Neil Gaiman, have been rumoured to be adapted for the big screen for a long time now but finally some good, concrete news has arrived. It’s been reported that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who had previously been rumoured to be attached to the project, has been confirmed to be …
David Goyer has pitched a SANDMAN movie to Warner Bros
You’d be surprised to see which films made in the last couple of years were actually sourced from comic books. Ghost World, A History of Violence and Road to Perdition are just some such examples. But loud and vibrant costumed characters rule the roost when it comes to comic book movies. One such property that could bridge both the colourful …
Neil Gaiman's video game coming soon
Celebrated author Neil Gaiman is going to be dabbling with videogames.
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