![]() ![]() Previous film adaptations include 2007's Stardust (based on his 1999 fantasy novel of the same name), 2009's Coraline (based on his 2002 dark fantasy children's novella) and 2017's How to Talk to Girls at Parties (based on the 2006 short story of the same name). ![]() The Graveyard Book marks the latest work of fiction by Gaiman to be adapted to film or television. ![]() The film remained stuck in development for almost a decade until Forster and Magee were hired. Selick eventually left the project over scheduling and development differences and was replaced by Ron Howard in January 2013. The film then moved to Pixar, which would have been the animation company's first adapted work. Disney acquired the rights in April 2012 and hired Henry Selick, who had previously helmed the film adaptation of Gaiman's novel Coraline, to direct. RELATED: Neil Gaiman Credits Neal Adams For Getting Him Reinvested in ComicsĪ film adaptation of The Graveyard Book was originally in the works back in January 2009 with Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan signed on to write and direct for Miramax, but the project fell apart sometime after CJ Entertainment acquired the rights for distribution in Korea and Japan and agreed to co-finance the adaptation in May 2010. ![]()
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