Neil Gaiman and Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, The Dark Tower) are teaming up to adapt the fantasy novel series Gormenghast into a TV show for FremantleMedia North America, who just secured the rights to the property.
The series consists of five books that were written by Mervyn Peake and the story follows the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, "a sprawling, decaying, gothic-like structure with a raft of characters including Titus, the heir to the throne of the House of Groan, scheming kitchen boy Steerpike and twin sisters Cora and Clarice."
The BBC actually adapted the first two books in the series, Titus Groan and Gormenghast, as a four-part series back in 2000 with actors Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Christopher Lee. I'm not really familiar with the books or the story, but it sounds like it could be a great series that fantasy fans can enjoy and it's a great project for...
The series consists of five books that were written by Mervyn Peake and the story follows the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, "a sprawling, decaying, gothic-like structure with a raft of characters including Titus, the heir to the throne of the House of Groan, scheming kitchen boy Steerpike and twin sisters Cora and Clarice."
The BBC actually adapted the first two books in the series, Titus Groan and Gormenghast, as a four-part series back in 2000 with actors Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Christopher Lee. I'm not really familiar with the books or the story, but it sounds like it could be a great series that fantasy fans can enjoy and it's a great project for...
- 4/3/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: FremantleMedia North America is doubling down on the fantastical after securing the rights to sprawling novel series Gormenghast with Neil Gaiman and Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) lined up to adapt for television.
I understand the company won a hotly contested battle to option the five books in the series, written by British author Mervyn Peake from literary agent Jonathan Sissons at Peters, Fraser and Dunlop.
It marks the first television adaptation of the books since the BBC adapted the first two books – Titus Groan and Gormenghast – as a four-part series in 2000 with Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Christopher Lee starring.
The books follow the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, gothic-like structure with a raft of characters including Titus, the heir to the throne of the House of Groan, scheming kitchen boy Steerpike and twin sisters Cora and Clarice.
It is the latest FremantleMedia project for Gaiman, who...
I understand the company won a hotly contested battle to option the five books in the series, written by British author Mervyn Peake from literary agent Jonathan Sissons at Peters, Fraser and Dunlop.
It marks the first television adaptation of the books since the BBC adapted the first two books – Titus Groan and Gormenghast – as a four-part series in 2000 with Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Christopher Lee starring.
The books follow the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, gothic-like structure with a raft of characters including Titus, the heir to the throne of the House of Groan, scheming kitchen boy Steerpike and twin sisters Cora and Clarice.
It is the latest FremantleMedia project for Gaiman, who...
- 4/3/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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