Insiders recently reported to IndieWire that Disney put ‘The Graveyard Book’ adaptation on hold after five women accused Neil Gaiman of sexual assault.
UK’s Tortoise Media released a podcast series detailing the accusations from four women this summer. A fifth accuser shared her experience in late July on the ‘Am I Broken: Survivor Stories’ podcast.
Two of the women claimed that although they had consensual relationships with Gaiman, he later forced them into non-consensual sex that they described as ‘rough and degrading.’ Alleged incidents reportedly took place years apart.
Disney secured the rights to adapt Neil Gaiman’s 2008 young adult novel in 2012. The studio initially hired Henry Selick to direct, but Marc Forster took over the role in July 2022.
While Forster agreed to direct and produce the film alongside Renée Wolfe from a script by David Magee, Gaiman clarified later that year that he had no involvement in the adaptation.
“You know everything I know. And no, no control or say. Fingers crossed that if they make it, it’s good,” he wrote on Tumblr.
Gaiman has denied the sexual assault allegations against him. Still, another project based on his DC characters, ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ by Netflix, got canceled in August.
