Stardust
Any Gaiman news is good news, as long as it's not a retirement announcement.
It appears that his story Stardust is going to be on a screen near us in the near future.
Although I would love to see almost any of his stories in the movies, this one could be very good.
It's going to be directed by Matthew Vaughn. He's not what I would call my first choice, but he's definitely an interesting choice. You may or may not have seen his debut film, Layer Cake, but it's definitely worth seeing.
I'm confident that Neil isn't going to just hand the keys to one of his treasures to anyone, so I'm sure that he sees the seeds of something special. It's a bit of an enigmatic choice for me, but at the same time it's very intriguing.
They've already gathered a good portion of the players, and they all sound pretty good. You may have heard of Robert De Niro, Michele Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, and Sienna Miller. They're all joined by Charlie Cox as the hero Tristran.
Like I said at the top, I'm all for more Gaiman on the loose. If they continue to do this, and they succeed, then maybe we'll get to see more. I would love to see American Gods directed by the Cohen Brothers...or David Fincher get his fangs into a decent portion of The Sandman storyline...maybe I could get a big budget Neverwhere with Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam co-directing...
posted by myrddin @ 12:10 AM
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"Stardust" could be cool. Let's just hope that after the success of "The Lord of the Rings", all directors take the care and hard work needed to keep the spirit of the book alive on film and do it justice.
As for "Good Omens", I have now been hearing about that for three years. It was once even listed on Gilliam's, Depp's, and Williams' lists at IMDB. Not anymore though. I think the project is (sadly) dead.
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I completely agree with your point about Lord of the Rings. That proves that you can take fantasy fiction and not mess with it - just put what's in there on the screen.
Gaiman's work is so rich, that it's more than viable to be treated much the same way.
If Good Omens is a dead project, then that's a shame. I love that story, and laugh out loud every time I re-read it.
Although there are a lot of books that should be made into films, Neil's cinematic prose seems uniquely ripe for the picking. He doesn't have people killing themselves to do that, like they do for Stephen King...
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