Showtime greenlights fantasy series Gormenghast from Neil Gaiman and Akiva Goldsman

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Gaiman and Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind screenwriter Goldsman are teaming with Doctor Who writer Toby Whithouse on a new TV adaptation of author Mergyn Peake's fantasy book series. “The joy of trying to describe Gormenghast to people is one where words will fail you and that’s why there have been people who wanted to film Gormenghast ever since Peake wrote the first book," says Gaiman. "The BBC once tried but they were all making it in times when depicting the impossible on the screen was too difficult. The great thing now is that we can make it and actually show it and take you there. We are now in a world where you can put the impossible on screen and with Gormenghast, you’re not just dealing with a castle the size of a city but dealing with these incredibly glorious and memorable people.”