Anyway, the CBR posted a news article regarding Neil Gaiman and his upcoming works. For a total Gaiman junkie, his next project is not really new. But for the not-so-rabid fan, here's a rundown and some quotes from the said article:

Now, Gaiman is helping to bring the literary and four-color worlds he created to the silver screen. CBR News sat down with Gaiman and talked about the adaptation of his comic series "Death: The High Cost of Living," other productions adapted from his work and what's next for the author.

Yahoo! A Death-related movie! And it looks like it's pushing through, too. I wonder if he'll direct it or just produce a screenplay. Sana pareho. Also, the article mentioned that the story of "Death: The High Cost of Living" maybe expanded. Cool with me.

The casting process for "Death" has begun. Gaiman was unable to reveal whom, but did say that the production had begun talking to a specific actress for the film's lead. "I know who we're talking to. I love her. I think she's going to be perfect for it. She loves the script and the idea of the character."

Uy sino kaya?!?

Furthermore, three Gaiman stories that are currently in development are: the "Books of Magic" series (although Neil is not entirely sure), "Murder Mysteries" (they're going to make a film version?! niiiice!), and "Neverwhere." Wow I'm all excited for these upcoming-sana-wag-mapurnada works!

And here's another thing: a quote from Neil regarding the movie "Catwoman:"

"Warner Bros. generally doesn't seem to get that which I find very peculiar," said Gaiman. "They keep starting with two strikes against them. 'Catwoman' is a lovely example of where they started with two strikes against them and then they made a crap movie. It's not the Catwoman from 'Batman,' they're just using the name and it's crap."

... and a quote regarding the later-to-be-released movie "Constantine:"

"With 'Constantine,' the guys who made it are nice guys. They're all good guys. They mean well. One of the conditions for green lighting the movie was Keanu Reeves. He was what made that movie makeable. Nobody seemed to actually understand that Keanu Reeves was not something that would actually put bums in seats and guarantee a good opening and give them a great movie, but it was actually something that would make millions of people around the world go, 'That's not John Constantine. John Constantine wears a trench coat, he has blond hair and he's English.' They could have cast a hundred people who would have yellow hair, a yellow trench coat, and are English and who would have made people go, 'Cool, I want to check that out,' and you would have got them in." [more]

So wait does he or doesn't he like Keanu as Constantine? I'm confused.

Anyway all I can say is: Please make a movie -- kahit isa lang. All these news about Gaiman-related movies is making me all geared up but it would sorely disappoint me if after 10 years, wala din naman pala. Grr. *cross fingers*

On a side note, ang kulit ng mga anak nya. *grin*

UPDATE! An article from the CBR regarding Mirrormask! Plus a screencap c/o Neil:

More screencaps in the CBR article.