Focus Features, Playtone Acquire Neil Gaiman's New Novel For Joe Wright To Helm

Joe Wright To Adapt Neil Gaiman's Upcoming Novel
PORTLAND, OREGON - FEBRUARY 5: Author Neil Gaiman arrives at the premeire of Focus Features' animated feature 'Coraline' at the Arlene Schnitzer Hall on February 5, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Darryl James/Getty Images)
PORTLAND, OREGON - FEBRUARY 5: Author Neil Gaiman arrives at the premeire of Focus Features' animated feature 'Coraline' at the Arlene Schnitzer Hall on February 5, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Darryl James/Getty Images)

Focus Features and Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman are closing a deal to acquire the new Neil Gaiman novel The Ocean At The End Of The Lane. Joe Wright is being attached to direct, and his Shoebox Films partner Paul Webster is coming aboard to produce with Hanks and Goetzman. The film will be a co-production between Playtone and Shoebox.

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