So, American Gods has been rumoured as a film for a long while now. But it's been picking up steam lately, with Gaiman himself recently saying he was in talks with both a director in cinematographer.
But things have changed just a bit.
Deadline is now reporting that Tom Hanks's Playtone production company has brought the book to HBO for adaptation as a series, with Gaiman and cinematographer Robert Richardson working on the pilot.
I know it's super early, but I fucking could not be happier about this if it actually happens. I was psyched when it was just gonna be a movie, but a series is the perfect medium for something which such rich mythology. I'm really hoping they adapt the book as the first season or two, then spin off into new stories. Or I'd be happy if they spent 5 or 6 seasons doing the whole damn book. Hell, I'd even be happy if they just started from scratch and ignored the main story altogether and built a new one.
Fuck. Yes.