While Disney plan their version of Neil Gaiman's Graveyard Book — widely read as a modern interpretation of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book — Warner Brothers are plotting a return to the original material. The studio is reportedly in talks with Steve Kloves, the screenwriter behind all eight Harry Potter movies, to direct
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Walt Disney Pictures has secured the rights to Neil Gaiman's 2008 Newberry Medal winner The Graveyard Book, Deadline is reporting. Coincidentally, the news arrives just moments after a report that Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book i... Read Post
You’d think that Disney had the screen rights all sewn up for adaptations of Rudyard Kipling‘s story collection The Jungle Book. But in fact the book is public domain. (It was when Walt Disney set the animated film into motion, too.... Read Post
Not to be outdone by Warner Bros.' just-announced Jungle Book update, Disney has quickly shelled out a "high six figures" to adapt Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book—a spin on Rudyard Kipling's tale that is even darker than what ever ... Read Post