Author 'really thrilled' that American Gods and Anansi Boys will finally reach the screenTwo Neil Gaiman books are to hit the small screen at last – his 2001 novel American Gods and the sort-of follow-up Anansi Boys.Gaiman confirmed on his journal that American Gods – which up to last November was due to be adapted by the American TV cable company HBO – was now in the hands of FremantleMedia's North American arm, while Anansi Boys will be made by acclaimed UK production company Red.American Gods won a string of awards including the Hugo, the Nebula and Bram Stoker. It follows ex-con Shadow as he discovers incarnations of ancient gods from pantheons of the Norse, Greek, African and more locked in a power-struggle in the modern-day United States.Gaiman says: "As to where you will be able to see it, who is going to be in it, who will be writing or show-running, none of these things have yet been settled. But it already looks like it's going to be a smoother run developing it than it had at HBO, so I am very pleased."He added of the failed HBO deal: "HBO had an option on American Gods for several years. It went through three different pilot scripts. HBO has a limited number of slots and, after a while, passed it to Cinemax, who are in the HBO family, who decided eventually they didn't want to do it, and the option expired, which unfortunately meant we couldn't work with Tom Hanks' production company Playtone any longer, as they are exclusive to HBO."According to... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Romola Garai is starring in the BBC adaptation of Jessie Burton’s “genre-bending” debut The Miniaturist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kindle Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to Nick Fisher’s debut novel Pot Luck (Peridot Press), a dark thriller set in a south coast fishing community. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Legendary Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to Alice Feeney's debut thriller Sometimes I Lie (HQ), in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to Slate, writing books for kids is harder than it looks, a lesson learned when the publication held a children's book writing contest among a number of its staffers, all attempting to write about a hedgehog. Perhaps it was a matter of not having the type of subject matter so perfectly... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 1969, an angry young man caught up in the social unrest of the period holed up in the New York Public Library poring through piles of military manuals and eventually emerged with “The Anarchist Cookbook.” Containing detailed instructions for making TNT and “converting a shotgun into a grenade... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The feminist classic “Cloud 9,” the musical comedy “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,” singer-songwriter Peter Allen’s musical “The Boy From Oz” and a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the perils of cultural assimilation, “Disgraced,” won top honors Monday night from the Los Angeles... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reviews editor Everett Jones recommends 'The Art of American Book Covers: 1875-1930' by Richard Minsky, focusing on the stamped hardcovers that were prominent before the dominance of dust jackets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Georgina Capel Associates (GCA) has formed a new film and television development unit, which will work closely with Simon Shaps Ltd, a company run by the former executive editor at ITV. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nadiya Hussain is releasing a tie-in cookery book with Michael Joseph for her new primetime eight-part BBC2 cookery series of the same name, Nadiya’s British Food Adventure. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retirement sure looks good to Harvey Kitani, who spent 35 years coaching at Fairfax High before stepping down as a coach and teacher. But his retirement isn't really a retirement. He took over as head coach at Rolling Hills Prep this season, and on Saturday, Kitani won his first Southern Section... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Norton marks Will Eisner’s 100th birthday with a new hardcover edition of the book considered to be one the first graphic novels published in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mick Finlay’s Sherlock-inspired novel Arrowood has been snapped up for a television adaptation by the makers of "Bad Education" with Kathy Burke joining as executive producer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It pays for private schools to recruit coaches from public schools. Harvey Kitani, Tim Tucker and David Rebibo, all former head coaches at public schools, will be trying to win Southern Section championships this weekend for private schools. Kitani, a former Fairfax coach, has Rolling Hills Prep... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advertisers and publishers could get help from Bitcoin technology.The idea of using blockchain to handle digital ad transactions is starting to seep into the conversation among advertisers, digital publishers and ad tech vendors. Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin; it supports the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top seeds were going down fast this weekend in high school basketball, but No. 1-seeded Birmingham prevailed over Taft, 80-73, on Saturday night at Roybal to advance to the City Section Open Division championship game. The Patriots will play Westchester, which upset No. 2-seeded Fairfax, 66-59.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV networks and digital publishers are gearing up for their annual pitches to media buyers and marketers on upcoming programming and ad products, but it appears there will be far fewer glitzy presentations and parties than in years past.Nickelodeon will kick things off in March, but parent... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BOYS' BASKETBALL CITY OPEN DIVISION Semifinals, Saturday at Roybal #5 Taft vs. #1 Birmingham, 8 p.m. #3 Westchester vs. #2 Fairfax, 6 p.m. Consolation quarterfinals, Thursday Narbonne 64, Dorsey 49 El Camino Real 77, Washington 59 Consolation semifinals, Tuesday, 7 p.m. #4 Narbonne at #2... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BOYS' SOCCER CITY DIVISION 1 Second round, Wednesday Granada Hills 1, Chavez 0 (OT) Fairfax 7, Canoga Park 4 Birmingham 2, Sotomayor 1 Marquez 4, Huntington Park 1 El Camino Real 2, Los Angeles Kennedy 0 Fremont 1, South Gate 0 Sylmar 1, Bell 0 Palisades 3, Arleta 1 Quarterfinals, Friday, 3... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comparison sites and Amazon boost spending on the small screen – but Google and Facebook cut campaignsDigital businesses- online-only companies such as Amazon and traditional firms promoting online services – spent a record £639m on TV ad campaigns in 2016 to become the biggest-spending group of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Gaiman is writing a sequel to Neverwhere, 20 years after it first published, called The Seven Sisters, for publication with Headline. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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