Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Howard Keeps 'The Graveyard Book' Movie Alive

Ron Howard is in talks to direct the film adaptation of author Neil Gaiman's Award-winning novel "The Graveyard Book for Disney according to THR.


The story follows a boy named Nobody Owens who is raised by ghosts in a cemetery after his family is murdered. When he is a teen, he is pursued again by his family’s killer -a being named 'The Man Jack'.

"Coraline" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas" helmer Henry Selick was attached to call action last Spring when it was gonna be a stop motion animation pic.

Howard will oversee the writing of a new screenplay and may also produce with his long time biz partner Brian Grazer.

Gil Netter and Ben Browning will produce the film.

Miramax Films and filmmaker Neil Jordan previously tried to get a Graveyard adaptation off the ground--but it got stuck in the development stage.

No production schedule was given for this go round

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