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What If Neil Gaiman Adapted David Bowie Songs for an Animated Something?

First and foremost- YES, DUNCAN JONES, YES. This is one of the best ideas ever, and oddly enough one that >this< writer was literally talking about last night while explaining to their offspring about how David Bowie's rich discography would make the PERFECT prompt for shortform animation projects.

Secondly,  here's what we're talking about-

The inquiry being made by Timbuh on Twitter to filmmaker Duncan Jones (son of David Jones, aka David Bowie) if the notion of someone using Bowie's music "in a creative way" ala Bob Dylan's "I'm Not There" would be agreeable.

Jones responded in the best way possible, suggesting that if Neil Gaiman wanted to "do something with my father's characters", and "Peter Ramsey and his team (you know the Oscar-nominated team behind Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) wanted to make it as an animated film", and Jones would "urge everyone on my end to pay attention and give the pitch serious consideration."

Yes. Please.

Please please PLEASE someone make this happen. Just THINK what we could get in ways of animated shorts featuring Ziggy Stardust (and the spiders from Mars), or The Man Who Sold The World, or something even more esoteric like ANYTHING off of "Earthling"?

Needless to say, we LOVE this idea.

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