Neil Gaiman Writing Movie Script For Adaptation Of Chinese Novel 'Journey To The West'

The Hollywood Reporter:

Neil Gaiman, the award-winning writer of The Sandman comics and the novella Coraline, has signed on to pen English scripts for a big-budget series of 3D feature films based on Journey to the West, China’s classic novel about the adventures of the Monkey King.

Read the whole story: The Hollywood Reporter

Comments

[proggirl]

04:37 PM on 03/13/2011

Neil is a very nice, sensible man and a very talented writer. While I like his screenplays, I prefer his fiction and essays.
He alluded to this project on his blog many times recently. I'm a bit surprised the Hollywood Reporter got this before he blogged on it. He's usually candid about upcoming projects, as much as logistics permit.

[LaurieAnn]

11:19 AM on 03/12/2011

I love anything by Neil Gaiman.  Now I just want to hear that he's working on another novel, or short story collection, or graphic series, or.....

[Tulka2]

11:55 AM on 03/11/2011

Put this under the heading of Right Livelihood. 

The world will be better for this. Del Toro to direct?  Be still my heart.

[KeysE2S]

07:16 PM on 03/10/2011

I heard that "Talking To Girls At Parties" is making it to the big screen too. Let's hope it doesn't go the way of Vonnegut's "Slapstick".

[kareemachan]

05:09 PM on 03/10/2011

Huzzah - love the author and the book. Hopefully, they'll be a good match.

[KalNJ]

02:17 PM on 03/10/2011

Good news, from some reason I like every projectNeil Gaiman is involved in.