American Gods

[Project862006]

In an exclusive interview with Digitalspy, Neil Gaiman revealed that a film adaptation of his book American Gods is in the works.

Gaiman revealed to Digitalspy also that a director "who has many, many Oscars" is already on board the project.

"I'm going to be having a meeting in LA with the people that the film rights have been sold to," he confirmed. "I'm going to be... talking to them, find out where they're going and if there's any way that I can help."

Gaiman described the secretive director attached to the film as "a genius".
"He fell in love with this [novel] about six or seven years ago and has not given up," explained the writer.

American Gods takes place in a world in which gods and mythological creatures all exist.
Everybody wants a Sandman series, even Lucifer would be amazing but this is also prett-ay, prett-ay, prett-ay, pretty good!

Video inside link
http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a311009/neil-gaiman-confirms-american-gods-film.html

 

[AnorexicBatman]

OH HELL YES!!!

 

[Boom]

"Many, many Oscars."

My gut instinct says Spielberg, but I'm not sure.

 

[Project862006]

either him or oliver stone both have 3

 

[Boom]

Just say "NO" to Stone.

 

[Project862006]

did Spielberg not make indy4?

i dont think it is either hoenstly both have alot on thier plate

 

[Boom]

The Coen Brothers .

 

[Project862006]

you may be onto something lol

 

[Spider-Who?]

i read most of this book over the course of a month while taking a poop. My roommate left it on the back of the toilet. I remember liking most of what I read. I'll have to pick it up and read it for real.

 

[Project862006]

glad to know you were taking S**T while reading this!!!

 

[kvz5]

Good news! I remember loving this book.

The Coen Brothers .

 

[Spider-Who?]

glad to know you were taking S**T while reading this!!!

Are you? That's kinda weird, man...

Spoiler

 

[DarkSovereignty]

this is spectacular news this is. the coens would be awesome, hell, Spielberg would be great.

 

[SatEL]

Hopefully they dont **** it up, lol wonder if there will be a race war in regards to shadow and what ethnicity he is.

 

[Watchman]

The Coen Brothers .

Great...now I hope it's them. They're not working on anything at the moment. Maybe it's really them!

 

[obin_gam]

I approve of this message

 

[Mr.Webs]

More Gaiman coming to the big screen? Yes please.

 

[Maximus One]

Awesome!!!!!!

 

[:eek:]

Tom Hanks & Playtone Developing American Gods and Idiot

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
June 11, 2011



The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Tom Hanks' Playtone producing partner Gary Goetzman at the ScreenSingapore premiere of Larry Crowne, and they got the update on a number of projects their production company is developing including an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's best-selling novel "American Gods" as an HBO series and a movie version of the Broadway musical American Idiot based on the music of rockers Green Day. They're also in talks with long-time Hanks collaborator, director Robert Zemeckis, to possibly helm Major Matt Mason, a live action toy-to-screen project based on the Mattel action figure that will be Playtone's second 3D production.

With Neil Gaiman on board as writer and executive producer, the HBO series based on his popular novel is being geared for six seasons of ten to twelve one-hour episodes and a budget of roughly $35 to 40 million per season with its debut planned for 2013.

Goetzman said this on the project and the amount of FX necessary to bring it to television:

�There are some crazy things in there. We�ll probably be doing more effects in there than it�s been done on a television series."

Before that will be the live action space-faring family film Major Matt Mason, with Hanks and Goetzman in talks with Robert Zemeckis, who has directed Hanks three previous times, to direct the screenplay written by Hanks and Graham Yost for Universal. Hanks was directed to one of his Oscars by Zemeckis for Forrest Gump in 1995, then was nominated again six years later for Cast Away. The budget for the project is upwards of $100 million.

Playtone is also developing a movie based on the Green Day musical "American Gods" with Michael Mayer, director of the stage version, on board to direct the movie and Green Day frontman Billy Joe Armstrong playing the role of St. Jimmy. (Tony Vincent originated the role on Broadway, but the band's frontman stepped in for a one-week run as the character a few years back when Vincent had to deal with personal issues.) This would be Playtone's second musical following the hit Mamma Mia!, which grossed more than $600 million worldwide.

You can read more about all of the above in the interview over on The Hollywood Reporter.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

shouldn't this be in the tv section? its being developed as an hbo series, is it not?

 

[tzarinna]

I never read Idiot, and I need to reread American Gods.

 

[Marvolo]

shouldn't this be in the tv section? its being developed as an hbo series, is it not?

Yeah, it is being developed by HBO. There is a thread in the TV Section. This one should be merged or locked.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

i acutally think that might work better than a film, you cna pay more attention to detail, there were a lot of little details and nods to a multiude of gods and being in the book. i really hope they try to portray the god in the charcoal gray suit, that would be difficult considering how abstract and ambiguous his characterization was.