News – American Gods Coming to HBO?

The report can be found on Deadline:

As HBO prepares to unveil its epic-sized series adaptation of George RR Martin’s Game of Thrones this Sunday, the payweb has begun talks to acquire the Neil Gaiman novel American Gods to be developed into another fantasy series. The project was brought to HBO by Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and it was brought to them by Robert Richardson. The plan is for Richardson and Gaiman to write the pilot together.

Great news for Gaiman fans, but it is still a bit early on for anything concrete and that makes me a bit wary about getting to excited. I have been excited by the prospect of other adaptations hitting HBO, Charlie Huston’s The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Sings of Death in particular, and watched with sadness as they have been shot down, so I know better than to get my hopes up. But, considering the popularity of the author and Playtone’s involvement, I think American Gods stands a better chance than most at finding itself airing on HBO.

Can’t wait to get some more information on this.

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