- Sam Raimi Wants to 'Get Back to the Basics' on Spider-Man 4 (111 Comments)
- Must Watch: Teaser Trailer for A Nightmare on Elm Street! (109 Comments)
- Must Watch: Intense Trailer for Mel Gibson's Edge of Darkness (81 Comments)
- Must Watch: Second Official Trailer for Lee Daniels' Precious (78 Comments)
- Check These Out: High Res New Na'vi Photos from Avatar! (77 Comments)
- Paul Blart Director Steve Carr Hired for the Short Circuit Remake (Oct 27, 2009)
- Hitman's Xavier Gens Set to Direct Action Thriller 'The Fallout' (Oct 27, 2009)
- Bruckheimer & Straczynski Adapting 2K's Shattered Union (Oct 27, 2009)
- Steve Carell on Par for Rick Reilly Golf Comedy 'Missing Links' (Oct 26, 2009)
- Jason Reitman Calls Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim 'Matrix for Love' (Oct 26, 2009)
- Matt Damon & Josh Brolin Joining the Coen Brothers' True Grit (Oct 26, 2009)
- Ricky Gervais to Host the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (Oct 26, 2009)
- Woody Allen's New Film Titled 'You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger' (Oct 26, 2009)
| Inglourious Basterds | 10/10 |
| It Might Get Loud | 9/10 |
| Inglourious Basterds | 8.5/10 |
| Star Trek | 9/10 |
| Monsters vs Aliens | 5/10 |
Neil Jordan to Adapt Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book
January 27, 2009
by Brandon Lee Tenney
The inimitable Neil Gaiman is currently touring the world, doing press for the film adaptation of his novel Coraline. During his appearance on The Today Show this morning, he announced that writer/director Neil Jordan will be adapting his latest work of fiction, The Graveyard Book. Gaiman later confirmed the announcement via his Twitter. Although Henry Selick was interested in following Coraline with another Gaiman stop-motion adaptation, The Graveyard Book will instead be a live-action venture with effects by Framestore, an FX production house in London that most recently worked on films like Australia.
Oscar winning director Neil Jordan most recently directed The Brave One and is set to debut Ondine from his own script sometime later this year, a fantastical story about an Irish fisherman who discovers a woman in his fishing net who he believes to be a mermaid. It's good to see Jordan is cycling back into fantasy mode, as The Graveyard Book is Gaiman's nod to The Jungle Book where a young boy is raised by the ghostly, ghoulish occupants of a graveyard, instead of animals. This is certainly exciting news, because the more Neil Gaiman we have in our lives, the better, as far as I'm concerned! Has anyone read the book yet?
•  |
Related Articles
- » Zac Efron to Star in The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
- » Is Emmy Rossum Interested in Neil Gaiman's Death?
- » Hill's Heart-Shaped Box Thriller Being Adapted by Neil Jordan
- » 30 Days of Night's David Slade to Direct Gaiman's Neverwhere
- » Neil Gaiman and Penn Jillette Adapting The Road to Endor
- » First Look: Colin Farrell in Neil Jordan's New Film Ondine
Reader Feedback - 7 Comments »
1
I have read it and loved, but I am biased to Neils work. If you go to http://www.neilgaiman.com/ you can watch a video tour he did of the book and listen to him read every chapter.
Jessica on Jan 27, 2009
2
It will be interesting to see how they do some aspects of the film, because I thought parts of the book are quite scary and have the potential to be gruesome (like the opening chapter).
Iko on Jan 27, 2009
3
I love Neil Gaiman and I'm looking forward to this film. 
DarkPadme on Jan 27, 2009
4
I'm actually nearly finished with it now. There are certainly parts of the book that are very dark. I think it could work really well - so long as those elements are maintained. Harry Potter has its dark moments and works much better for it.
I've only recently started reading Gaiman's work (the only other I've read was American Gods which was good too). One thing you can't dispute is that the guy has a vivid and colourful imagination!
Craig on Jan 28, 2009
5
The book is the best YA books he's done yet. I loved "Coraline" but literally couldn't put "The Graveyard Book" down. It was well deserving of the Newbery it received. The darker parts give it a wonderful edge without being too much. I've used it multiple times already to introduce new people to his work. It's always nice to have a book on hand you're nearlly 100% sure someone will like.
Todd on Jan 28, 2009
6
I highly recommend listening to Neil read the book aloud as Jessica mentioned. I was lucky enough to see him in person during that tour… He has an amazing reading aloud style. Looking forward to the movie (Coraline too)!
Serafina on Jan 29, 2009