, American Gods, and Ananasi Boys
. He's seen a number of his works brought to the big screen before, most recently 2009's Coraline
. So anytime Gaiman's stuff gets adapted it's cause for celebration around my house. Gaiman recently revealed to Digital Spy that an American Gods feature film is in the works, as he's just sold the rights. He also says that a cinematographer and director are already on board. Hes just being coy about who they are...
Gaiman: "There is one cinematographer and director on board who has many, many Oscars and is, I think, a genius…I love the fact that he fell in love with this about six or seven years ago and has not given up and just kept coming back and coming back"
A director who's won "many many Oscars?" Well obviously he must be talking about John Ford, winner of four Best Director awards. Huh? John Ford's dead? Muerta? Oh. Well I'm going to take a legit stab at it and put my money on Francis Ford Coppola. No, I'm not joking. Take a look at his film, Youth Without Youth
, which while it's flawed in many ways, it at least showed that Coppola is willing to do stuff that's a bit different than what people expect. That film was an adaptation of Mircea Eliade's 1976 novel. Oh, and Coppola has six Academy Awards to his name. Just sayin'. American Gods, like many of Gaiman's stories, presents a world where gods and other mythological beings walk the earth. Basically they exist because people believe in them, and their powers and relevance grow depending on their following. An ex-convict turned bodyguard named Shadow, takes a job protecting the mysterious Mr. Wednesday(Odin), and finds himself in the middle of a war between the old gods and the new, modern gods.
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