Three screen adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s works have been cancelled or had their production paused amid reports accusing the author of Coraline and The Sandman of sexual misconduct.
Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives, based on characters created for DC Comics by Gaiman and Matt Wagner, has been cancelled after one season. Production of the third and final season of Amazon drama Good Omens, based on the 1990 novel by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, has been paused, according to US website Deadline.
Meanwhile, development of a Disney film adaptation of Gaiman’s 2008 young adult novel The Graveyard Book has been put on hold. None of the streaming services has confirmed that these decisions were taken because of the allegations, but Gaiman apparently offered to step back from his involvement in Good Omens, according to Deadline.
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Yeah, but these claims (or the parts so far public) are dubious. I’ll never say that someone should be dismissed until there’s facts seen the prove otherwise, but I’m not convinced they’re true yet either.
The small bit of interaction I’ve had with him on Bluesky seemed like he was an upstanding person. I hope that these allegations turn out to be false, first for the victims and for the sake of his work.
These allegations have been talked about for MONTHS now and I’ve yet to see any convincing evidence of wrongdoing. Potential victims should absolutely have their voices heard, but I’d like facts over emotions. All I’ve seen is he said/she said about this whole situation.