Gormenghast Archives

Late author Mervyn Peake's "Gormenghast" novels have found a home at Showtime, with the cable network set to develop an adaptation of the fantasy drama alongside some of the biggest names in popular culture: writer Toby Whithouse (Doctor Who), Neil Gaiman (Good Omens, American Gods) and Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) Co-produced by American Gods[...]

A television adaptation of Mervyn Peake's "Gormenghast" is coming, with some pretty impressive names attached Writer/producer/director Akiva Goldsman, writer/producer Toby Whithouse, and Neil Gaiman are all on board to bring the fantasy epic to Fremantle. The trio sat down with Deadline to chat about their first memories of reading "Gormenghast", adapting it for tv rather than film, and how the[...]

Creator of the TV series Being Human (also writer on Doctor Who and Noughts and Crosses and, last we heard, working on a Channel 4 TV version of V For Vendetta) Toby Whithouse, is getting even busier. Last seen holding a gun to Mark Gatiss in the trenches of Doctor Who: Twice Upon A Time at Christmas, Deadline announces[...]

Credit: (left): Kendall Whitehouse FremantleMedia North America is wasting no time taking advantage of their multi-year production deal with author Neil Gaiman (The Sandman), winning the television series rights to British author Mervyn Peake's sprawling fantasy novel series Gormenghast with Gaiman and Academy Award-winning writer Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek: Discovery) attached Gaiman and Goldsman will serve as series[...]