Neil Jordan to helm Gaiman's 'Graveyard Book'
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 10:10PM | By Franck Tabouring 
Neil Jordan will write and direct the big-screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel "The Graveyard Book."
Gaiman made the announcement on "The Today Show" Tuesday during his press tour for "Coraline," another one of his books to make the transition to the big screen.
Described as a homage to "The Jungle Book," "Graveyard" focuses on a boy who is adopted by the occupants of a graveyard after the death of his parents.
Although Gaiman didn't reveal too many details, he said the film will be live-action. The author also co-wrote "MirrorMask" and "Beowulf."
As for Jordan, his directing credits include "The Crying Game," "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Brave One." He also won the Oscar for best original screenplay for "The Crying Game."
Jordan is also currently working on "Ondine," a fantasy drama about a fisherman who discovers a mysterious women in his fishing net. Colin Farrell stars.
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Be warned that if your kids follow Neil Gaiman, they will discover a bizarre alternative life style this "children's author" indulges in that is quite disturbing. After divorcing his wife, Neil Gaiman became involved with a woman 20 years his junior, Amanda Palmer. Together they published a book that is a series of snuff/mutilation photographs of the young woman covered in blood staging her own death. The two launched a public campaign about their "relationship" and participated in an auction where the young woman performed fellacio on a phallic object which was then auctioned off. Amanda Palmer has also posted a series of naked photos of herself on Twitter and the web covered in grotesque writing and slurs. Neil Gaiman even declared that his favorite photo was off her bruised and bound body. What is the message for young women here? Neil Gaiman is morally bankrupt and it shows in his story and in his life.