HBO is making Neil Gaiman's American Gods into a TV series.
From Digital Spy:
Neil Gaiman has insisted that HBO will not "soften" his novel American Gods.
Gaiman previously insisted that the cable network's adaptation of his 2001 book will remain "faithful" to the source material.
Speaking recently at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the author added: "I want to keep races and nationalities [the same]. I don't want it to become softened and homogenised, and I want it to be prickly."
Gaiman insisted that he has faith in Tom Hanks's production company Playtone, which will produce the series for HBO.
"They've made a lot of series for HBO and they seem really smart," he said. "They love [the novel] for what it is and don't want to soften it."
He also praised Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson, who will make his directorial debut on the American Gods project.
"He loves it [and] he has all these great, mad ideas," Gaiman explained. "Having fallen in love with it while other people fell by the wayside, he stayed with it."
The fantasy scribe went on to confirm that he will begin work on the adaptation "within a couple of weeks".
"I got the email yesterday saying that the final contractual to's and fro's have been sorted out," he announced. "I should be free within a couple of weeks to start writing."
From Digital Spy:
Neil Gaiman has insisted that HBO will not "soften" his novel American Gods.
Gaiman previously insisted that the cable network's adaptation of his 2001 book will remain "faithful" to the source material.
Speaking recently at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the author added: "I want to keep races and nationalities [the same]. I don't want it to become softened and homogenised, and I want it to be prickly."
Gaiman insisted that he has faith in Tom Hanks's production company Playtone, which will produce the series for HBO.
"They've made a lot of series for HBO and they seem really smart," he said. "They love [the novel] for what it is and don't want to soften it."
He also praised Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson, who will make his directorial debut on the American Gods project.
"He loves it [and] he has all these great, mad ideas," Gaiman explained. "Having fallen in love with it while other people fell by the wayside, he stayed with it."
The fantasy scribe went on to confirm that he will begin work on the adaptation "within a couple of weeks".
"I got the email yesterday saying that the final contractual to's and fro's have been sorted out," he announced. "I should be free within a couple of weeks to start writing."