The Dreaming

I don’t watch Craig regularly, but every time I see his clips online I love how unconventional his interviews are.

Neil Gaiman chats with the nerds about American Gods, describes scenes that were cut from his Doctor Who ep (“The Doctor’s Wife”) and doles out PHENOMENAL advice for aspiring writers. Also, an intense spiritual discussion reveals that we are all Hodgman.

Listen here.

io9 has a great interview with Neil on the upcoming HBO series.

Obviously, everyone is really excited about the show and its being six seasons long. Do you have any definite plans or ideas you’re excited about?

We want to keep as much of the book in as possible, because that’s what everybody fell in love with. I don’t know how much I can say. My whole thing is trying not say anything until everyone is cast, you’ve got a pilot that’s been filmed that everybody loves and you’ve got a go-date. Talking too much about things is, I think, always foolish. I will say that currently the plan is basically the book American Gods is the first season. We have many plans beyond that, but the book will be the first season.

Yes, I’m excited!

Via SelectedShorts

Finally!  TVOntario has created an archive for their shows, including their excellent 90′s comic-and-geek interview show Prisoners of Gravity!  They’re all great, but of particular interest to Gaiman fans is their “The Sandman” episode.

I really hope this archive grows. The shows are very well done and chock full of interesting interviews.

(via BoingBoing.net)

Over at The Nervous Breakdown.

So I thought, When I talk to other people about Neil Gaiman, where does the conversation tend to go? Easy. In the end, I don’t tend to tell people the very private and permanent ways his writing takes hold of me. I tend to talk about his hair.

Neil’s wearing the suit rather than the leather jacket and black t-shirt because he had been at his father’s funeral two days prior and didn’t have the leather jacket with him. That explains the tiredness too, but it’s a great interview.

Colbert is a huge Tolkien fan, by the way. I’ve seen several previous examples of him reciting Lord of the Rings history and text off the top of his head.

Update: Neil tweeted:

And cut from the interview is our favourite LOTR characters. Mine Gandalf. His, Faramir.

More embeds (official, but area-limited) after the break. I don’t expect the Youtube one to stay up very long. Read the rest of this entry »

A great podcast interview is up at The Sound of Young America featuring both Neil Gaiman and Henry Selick (the Director of the upcoming Coraline movie).

Author Neil Gaiman talks about Henry Selick’s stop-motion film adaptation of his novel ‘Coraline,’ plus the non-news about ‘Dr. Strange’ and ‘Black Hole,’ and why he’s glad there hasn’t been a ‘Sandman’ movie yet.

The interview touches on the rumours that Neil will adapt the Dr. Strange movie, and the status of Death: The High Cost of Living.