Neil Gaiman's American Gods is shooting now for its TV debut and the writer himself is working on a new telly version of Neverwhere. It feels like we're reaching a new level of Gaiman on our screens, especially with news that his and Michael Reeves' YA novel Interworld is also in development.
Universal Cable Productions – the company that makes Mr. Robot and The Magicians – has announced that it will adapt the book for one of its several channels. Interworld is the story of teenage dimension-walker Joey Harker. Everyone in the Interworld is a version of Joey, some only a little different, while others are different genders, different ages and even different species. What makes them all special is that they have the ability to travel from dimension to dimension. But this also makes them a target for the Hex and the Binary factions, who yearn to conquer more dimensions by using these “walkers” as fuel.
Hamilton musical producer Jeffrey Seller is attached along with Gaiman and Reeves, but there's no creative team in the room where it happens just yet.
And that's just one of the projects in development, with plans also revealed for a TV take on Gerard Way’s The Umbrella Academy graphic novel story of a dysfunctional superhero family that comes from Jeremy Slater, who last tackled the topic with the most recent Fantastic Four film.
Michael Armbruster is adapting Boom! Studios comic The Woods, which was created James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas, plus there's comic book tale Bushido (about a Dutch lad adopted by a Samurai) and The Good Neighbors, based on the graphic novel by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh.
It's early days for all the projects, so there's no word yet on when they might hit, but the Gaiman show in particular is of interest...