Neil Gaiman’s upcoming novel, The Ocean At The End of the Lane, has been acquired for adaptation by Playtone and Focus Features, with Joe Wright attached to direct.
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Disney announced yesterday that it planned to adapt Neil Gaiman’s dark children’s novel The Graveyard Book, following off the back of previous Gaiman adaptation Coraline. Apparently keen to replicate the box-office and critical success of the latter, the studio have hired Coraline director Henry Selick to helm the production.