Gaiman has revealed to Digital Spy that an adaptation of his 2001 novel
American Gods is in the works.
He tells the site that the film rights have just been sold, though he wont reveal to whom, and that there is a director and cinematographer on board.
"There is one cinematographer and director on board who has many, many Oscars and is, I think, a genius…I love the fact that he fell in love with this about six or seven years ago and has not given up and just kept coming back and coming back.”
American Gods seems to be loosely set in the same universe as Gaiman's
Sandman comics(and thus set in the main DC Universe at a stretch!) and contains themes and imagery that also pop up in The Sandman as well as Gaiman's interpretations of Odin and Loki among others.
Here is a brief synopsis..
American Gods, which won the Hugo and Nebula awards, is a blend of Americana and fantasy; the story follows an ex-convict by the name of Shadow, who finds himself in a journey filled with mythological characters and modern-day godlike figures who only exist because people believe in them.
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