“I think that we’re looking to do the same thing here, work with the directors who can do the most innovative work with puppetry technologies to marry it up in that truly innovative modern way with word crafting.”įremantle’s collaboration with Gaiman on The Storyteller grew out of the company’s relationship with the writer-producer who is behind Fremantle’s American Gods, now in post-production on Season 2 for Starz, and had a development deal there. “He was shooting in a very non-linear way like music videos with impactful imagery as opposed to conventional shooting,” she said. She noted the stint on the 80s show of Steve Barron whose background had been primarily in music videos. Henson indicated that the producers will be using the same out-of-the-box approach to hiring directors that was used on the original series. But absolutely the actors from the original Storyteller series, bringing them back would be a marvelous thing to do, and we really did have the cream of the crop,” Gaiman said. “We would love to have John Hurt as our Storyteller, but alas, he’s no longer with us. While Minghella and Hurt have passed away, Gaiman and Henson would love to have some creative auspices from the original series back for the revival. “We have our eye on lots of them and one of the things that was brilliant (about The Storyteller) was, they would take little known versions of well-known fairytales because every story comes in various different versions, and I think that’s definitely something that I would love to keep going,” Gaiman said.Īdded Henson, “it gives the story the feeling of familiarity, but it’s also very different.” Personal Archive Gaiman and Henson would not say which fairytales they are planning to tackle. It’s a terrifying and inspiring task to reinvent what Jim Henson did for the golden age of television we are in right now, and I’m honored that The Jim Henson Company would entrust me with the task of bringing back the storyteller and his magical stories, and sending him out into the world for a whole new round of tales,” Gaiman said. “The original Storyteller was a brilliantly written, directed and told set of stories. Over the years, the two bonded over their deep knowledge of folklore mythology. Lisa Henson has known about Gaiman’s love of The Storyteller since their first meeting in 1991 when she worked at Warner Bros. I feel like if Neil were an actor, he’d have to play (the Storyteller) because he embodies what the storyteller is, a skillful wordsmith who can entertain people with the power of the story itself, and not to mention he also memorizes it all in his head.” “Neil Gaiman is an expert in traditional folklore and mythology, in addition to himself being the modern ‘storyteller’ for our times. “ The Storyteller has always been a special project for me, having worked so closely with my dad on the original concept,” said Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company (pictured with her dad, Jim Henson, at her graduation from Harvard University, which she finished as summa cum laude with a degree in ancient Greek and folklore mythology). Gaiman is well-known for his work in popularizing and reinterpreting folklore and mythology, from the mythological basis of his best-selling novel American Gods to the African folklore of Anansi Boys to authentic collections like his recent Norse Mythology book. If you put a storyteller into that situation, things would need to start getting interactive.” We’re going to begin in a Northern kingdom where stories are forbidden and where the act of telling a story is liable and can get you imprisoned or executed. We’re going to find out a lot about who the storyteller is, we’re going to find out things we don’t even know that we don’t know. “Who was the Storyteller, why was he telling these stories, was he a goblin, what kind of creature? What I’d love to do is an inside story that’s as long as the outside story. “Part of what fascinates me about The Storyteller is the stuff that we don’t know.,” he said. It will be updated to work “for the binging kind” of viewer of today, Gaiman said. In the new incarnation, written and executive produced by Gaiman, The Storyteller will create a mystical world combining various fairy tales and folklore. The Jim Henson Company And Marblemedia To Shine Light On Neurodivergent Children In Miklos Perlus Comedy 'Felix'
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