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DreamWorks Picks up Neil Gaimans' Interworld

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the they-all-have-goatees dept.

Lisandro writes to tell us Geeks of Doom is reporting that author Neil Gaiman recently announced DreamWorks has optioned the film rights for his upcoming novel, 'Interworld'. "Gaiman said that in 1996 he began working with Michael Reaves on the idea for a story 'about a boy who finds himself in the middle of a war between two equally powerful forces, who joins a super-team consisting of versions of himself from different alternate realities to try and maintain the cosmic balance.' Soon after, the idea was pitched to DreamWorks and other studios, but was turned down."

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  1. When do I report for the casting call? by BendingSpoons · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm glad to hear that an author I've never heard of has secured film rights to a book that hasn't been released yet, but I think I liked this movie better when it was called 'The One' and starred Jet Li.

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  2. And they call this superteam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Fantastic One

  3. Re:Confused by Scrameustache · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've never heard of either the author or the novel -- and I'd like to think I'm fairly up on this type of thing. You'd LIKE to think that, but you really, really shouldn't ;-)
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