Agreed, though going by that video, it could still be a TV series.
#4
Cog
I heard that all the actors are going to be asians.
#5
sixpackshaker
There aren't that many Asian actors in Hollywood... George Takei would make an awesome Odin. OH MY!
#6
Hailey Knight
It's really not a "movie-shaped" novel. There's a lot of ideas without story in the middle particularly.
#7
ThatNickGuy
Knowing Hollywood, they'll remove all references to non-Christian deities, make all the characters kids and teenagers, and have it take place in a High School instead of a road trip.
#8
sixpackshaker
Anansi and the Kid will be white instead of African.
#9
Tress
If Gaiman is involved directly in writing/direction/production/whatever, it has potential. I don't trust Hollywood to not fuck it up, though.
#10
Chibibar
You know it is going to be whitewash all main character will be white.
My two favourite examples are Hellboy and Superman.
Del Toro was told by the Hellboy producers that they didn't want Hellboy to be from Hell, that he would change into that form similar to the Hulk...and that he would have a Hellboymobile.
And then of course, there's this, which made me grateful for what we got in Superman Returns:
#16
General Specific
It needs to be a mini-series at least. And Gaiman needs to have lots of input, if not creative control.
Hm. Since this is one of my favorite books, I think I'll hate any movie adaptation. Not going to get upset about it though. If the movie/miniseries gets even a few people to read the book, then everything is ok.
I dunno if the fact that I knew it was a joke right away despite this being eerily plausible makes me optimistic or jaded. At the very least, it makes me aware of what day it is