Eric Heisserer ha tenido la honradez de no pretender comprimir setenta y cinco números de algo muuuuy denso en seis horas, considerando que la historia no se presta a ese formato y que si lo hace al de una serie de TV.
"I had many conversations with Neil [Gaiman] on this, and I did a lot of work on the feature and came to the conclusion that the best version of this property exists as an HBO series or limited series, not as a feature film, not even as a trilogy."
"The structure of the feature film really doesn’t mesh with this.
So I went back and said here’s the work that I’ve done. This isn’t where it should be. It needs to go to TV. So I talked myself out of a job!"
Con semejante diagnóstico, creo que se desvanece la posibilidad de arrancar este proyecto, y habrá que esperar si el éxito de American Gods pone en marcha el de una serie de TV.
Por lo que entiendo, la película no se queda paralizada. Simplemente, el guionista ha entregado su trabajo y se ha ido:
ResponderEliminar"So I went back and said here’s the work that I’ve done. This isn’t where it should be. It needs to go to TV. So I talked myself out of a job!"