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HBO Executives Discuss The Network's American Gods Live-Action Adaptation |
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Friday, 29 July 2011 10:16 |
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Speaking to Christina Radish of Collider the two HBO executives provided the following updates on the networks plans regarding a HBO series based on Neil Gaiman's American Gods.
On how the success of Game of Thrones will impact American Gods:
MICHAEL LOMBARDO: We haven’t gotten out of the business of developing from source material. We haven’t said, “Ah, Game of Thrones, we’re not taking pitches anymore.” I think it’s a challenge, always. We want to satisfy as many of our consumers as we can. But, at the end of the day, what we respond to is great storytelling. We had three psychiatrist shows on at almost the same time. So, all I’m saying is, with source material from the fantasy world – and I don’t know how much you can extrapolate about George R.R. Martin because he’s very unique in the world – some pretty compelling shows can come from genre Read more: |
