Neil Gaiman’s Graveyard Book Is Being Disneyfied

The firm behind the Haunted Mansion is on the point of inform one other story of ghosts and goblins. Disney has simply employed director Marc Forster (Christopher Robin) to direct The Graveyard Book, a movie based mostly on the award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman.

The Graveyard Book was launched in 2008 and, according to Amazon, is “the only work ever to win both the Newbery (US) and Carnegie (UK) medals.” It follows a younger boy named Nobody Owens, known as “Bod,” who’s a standard boy save for the very fact he lives in a graveyard and is being raised by ghosts. It blends humor and coronary heart with hazard and the macabre in a means that solely Neil Gaiman can do. Deadline broke the information of the directorial rent which marks the primary important motion on the variation. David Magee, who wrote Mary Poppins Returns for Disney and Finding Neverland for Forster, is penning the screenplay.

There’s no phrase when Forster may get round to The Graveyard Book or, when he does, if it’ll be a Disney theatrical launch or go straight to Disney+. Either means, on paper it looks as if a strong mixture of wealthy, vibrant supply materials and a director who has confirmed greater than able to dealing with that. Though, to be truthful, it’s been an excellent whereas since Forster directed something actually memorable. Films like Christopher Robin, Machine Gun Preacher, and Quantum of Solace haven’t been nice and even a giant hit like World War Z is not any large fan favourite. Maybe having Gaiman on board, a creator with a robust sense of story, worldbuilding, and character, will assist make this one thing particular.

We’ll know if this can be a challenge we are able to count on within the subsequent few years if Disney chooses to focus on it at September’s D23 Expo, its personal model of Comic-Con. If not, it could be an extended wait.

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