HBO is currently developing Neil Gaiman's acclaimed novel, "American Gods" into a TV series. The plan is to have a six-season run, which will have ten to twelve episodes, approximately forty-million dollars in budget and a ton load of - hopefully - skillful use of CG. American Gods is targeting a premiere some time next year, which explains how Gaiman is already working on the script.
The novel, which was a massive success in both commercial and critical airwaves, received a lot of good comments from critics and awards from gigantic cultural initiatives. It's a depiction of Gods and other myth figures living on modern society, whose powers greatly depend on how much belief people put upon them. Greco-Roman, Nordic, Hindu, Egyptian, and Judeo-Christian pantheons will be in sight, but the book sprung up some new figures to eye on, which what makes the series - personally speaking - exciting.
Tom Hanks (Cloud Atlas) and producer Gary Goetzman (Larry Crowne) are involved and taking production job, which only mean their production company Playtone should appear around somewhere.
Gaiman, as aforementioned is penning the script and via Twitter, he announced that he's at work on the pilot episode script, which means we're in full swing. As HBO novel book-to-small screen deals go, fans have every reason to celebrate as dirty elements such as sex, violence and drugs shall be around, especially if we think about how they went with popular adaptations like The Game of Thrones and True Blood.
More news as we hear more.
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