{"id":10804,"date":"2019-02-20T05:32:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T10:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-neil-gaiman-bring-back-storyteller\/"},"modified":"2019-02-20T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T15:29:00","slug":"fremantle-neil-gaiman-to-bring-back-the-storyteller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/fremantle-neil-gaiman-to-bring-back-the-storyteller\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle &#038; Neil Gaiman to Bring Back The Storyteller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle is working with Neil Gaiman on a reimagined version of Jim Henson\u2019s \u201980s anthology series <em>The Storyteller<\/em> for television.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Henson created the original version of <em>The Storyteller<\/em>, inspired by his daughter Lisa\u2019s university studies in folklore and mythology,\u00a0in 1987 and directed multiple episodes.\u00a0In the new series, <i>The Storyteller <\/i>will create a mystical world combining various fairy tales and folklore that have been passed down from generation to generation, designed for today\u2019s co-viewing audience.\u00a0Gaiman will\u00a0write and executive produce the reimagined series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is currently nothing like <em>The Storyteller\u00a0<\/em>in the television landscape and the themes these stories will explore are even more critically important today,\u201d said Dante Di Loreto, president of scripted entertainment at Fremantle North America. \u201cWe are honored to be working with Lisa Henson and her illustrious company to bring their esteemed property back to television, and to be yet again partnering with Neil on another project that will further showcase his brilliant narrative power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Storyteller\u00a0<\/em>has been a longtime favorite for our fans who appreciate the beautiful artistry and faithful visualizing of these classic tales,\u201d said Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company. \u201c It has always been a special project for me as well, having worked so closely with my dad on the original concept. Neil Gaiman is an expert in traditional folklore and mythology, in addition to himself being the modern \u2018storyteller\u2019 for our times.\u00a0It is especially exciting to have Neil\u2019s reimagining of the series brought to life by our Creature Shop, allowing us to share these classic stories with a whole new audience all around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJim Henson was always ahead of his time,\u201d said Gaiman. \u201cHe found ways to retell folk\u00a0and fairy tales for a televisual generation. The original <em>The Storyteller<\/em>\u00a0was a brilliantly written, directed and told set of stories. It&#8217;s a\u00a0terrifying and inspiring task to reinvent what Jim Henson did for the golden age\u00a0of television we are in right now, and I&#8217;m honored that The\u00a0Jim Henson Company would entrust me with the task of bringing back the\u00a0storyteller and his magical stories, and sending him out into the\u00a0world for a whole new round of tales.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaiman\u00a0is in postproduction with Fremantle on the second season of <i>American Gods\u00a0<\/i>for Starz.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle is working with Neil Gaiman on a reimagined version of Jim Henson\u2019s \u201980s anthology series The Storyteller for television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":10805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2697,400,2953],"class_list":["post-10804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-fremantle","tag-neil-gaiman","tag-the-jim-henson-company","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fremantle &amp; 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