{"id":9253,"date":"2018-04-04T09:59:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/neil-gaiman-working-new-gormenghast-tv-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T09:59:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T13:59:59","slug":"neil-gaiman-working-on-new-gormenghast-tv-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/neil-gaiman-working-on-new-gormenghast-tv-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Gaiman Working on New Gormenghast TV Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has scored the rights to Mervyn Peake\u2019s gothic fantasy book series <em>Gormenghast<\/em>, with Neil Gaiman (<em>American Gods<\/em>, <em>Norse Mythology<\/em>, <em>Coraline<\/em>) and Akiva Goldsman (<em>A Beautiful Mind<\/em>, <em>Cinderella Man<\/em>) attached.<\/p>\n<p>FMNA secured the rights to all five books within the series. Gaiman and Goldsman will serve as non-writing executive producers. Barry Spikings (<em>The Deer Hunter<\/em>, <em>Lone Survivor<\/em>) will also serve as an executive producer, along with David A. Stern (<em>Howards End<\/em>, <em>The Last Tycoon<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is nothing in literature like Mervyn Peake&#8217;s remarkable novels,\u201d said Gaiman. \u201cThey were crafted by a master, who was also an artist, and they take us to an ancient castle as big as a city, with heroes and villains and people larger than life that are impossible to forget. There is a reason why there were two trilogies that lovers of the fantasy genre embraced in the &#8217;60s: <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0and the <em>Gormenghast<\/em> books. It&#8217;s an honor to have been given the opportunity to help shepherd Peake&#8217;s brilliant and singular vision to the screen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuminaries like Mervyn Peake and my old friend Neil Gaiman are more than good company to keep,\u201d said Goldsman. \u201cI am grateful to Barry Spikings for the will, and FremantleMedia for the capacity, to help us bring the sprawling glory of <em>Gormenghast<\/em> to a modern audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing combines a dark atmosphere with humor and intrigue the way that <em>Gormenghast<\/em> does,\u201d said Dante Di Loreto, the president of scripted entertainment at FremantleMedia North America. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the most eccentric and vividly imagined universes ever created. We\u2019re excited to continue our relationship with Neil and the producing team assembled for this project is ideal to explore the series\u2019 perfect mix of humor, pathos and tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are tremendously excited by the prospect of seeing the <em>Gormenghast<\/em> books realized for television,\u201d said Fabian Peake, son of Mervyn and executor of the Peake estate. \u201cThis venture presents a unique opportunity to explore the imagination of a multi-faceted artist.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has scored the rights to Mervyn Peake\u2019s gothic fantasy book series Gormenghast, with Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Norse Mythology, Coraline) and Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man) attached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2427,1007,400],"class_list":["post-9253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-akiva-goldsman","tag-fremantlemedia-north-america","tag-neil-gaiman","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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