"journey to the west" adaptation
Neil Gaiman to script 'Journey'
Zhang Jizhong plans $300 mil adaptation of folk tale
By Clifford Coonan
BEIJING -- Top Chinese TV producer Zhang Jizhong has signed up best-selling author Neil Gaiman to write a script for a $300 million adaptation of the ancient Chinese folk tale "Journey to the West."
Getting Gaiman ("Coraline") on board adds real heft to Zhang's bid to make what he hopes will be the first true crossover Sino-Western epic.
The "Stardust" and "The Graveyard" novelist and his "Sandman" series won many awards. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie awards for the same work.
James Cameron will advise on script matters and technology issues, such as 3D, Zhang said at a briefing in Beijing, and among the helmers they are considering is Guillermo del Toro, who is a close friend of Gaiman.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033705?refCatId=13
Um.
eta: commentary from mercredigirl at dw.
eta2: do we have a snappy nickname for this project yet? I'm in favor of "journey to a hot mess" but that's just me.
Zhang Jizhong plans $300 mil adaptation of folk tale
By Clifford Coonan
BEIJING -- Top Chinese TV producer Zhang Jizhong has signed up best-selling author Neil Gaiman to write a script for a $300 million adaptation of the ancient Chinese folk tale "Journey to the West."
Getting Gaiman ("Coraline") on board adds real heft to Zhang's bid to make what he hopes will be the first true crossover Sino-Western epic.
The "Stardust" and "The Graveyard" novelist and his "Sandman" series won many awards. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie awards for the same work.
James Cameron will advise on script matters and technology issues, such as 3D, Zhang said at a briefing in Beijing, and among the helmers they are considering is Guillermo del Toro, who is a close friend of Gaiman.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033705?refCatId=13
Um.
eta: commentary from mercredigirl at dw.
eta2: do we have a snappy nickname for this project yet? I'm in favor of "journey to a hot mess" but that's just me.