Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere developed

While Stardust may not have set the US box office alight, there’s clearly still plenty of interest in the stories of Neil Gaiman, several of which have been floating in the development pool for years.

And now one of them – a fantasy tale set in an underground alternate London – has finally emerged dripping wet into the light again. Neverwhere, which was originally developed by Gaiman and Lenny Henry for TV before Gaiman wrote a novel based on the tale – has attracted the interest of both Harvey Weinstein and the Henson team.

And British director David Slade, who is finishing up 30 Days Of Night, is apparently attached to direct. Gaiman, of course is staying neutral on the whole idea: “When it comes to movies, the dead certainties never happen and the things you think are dead come back to life,” he blabbed. “I have no predictions and absolutely no theories. I watch everything that goes on in Hollywood with amusement and occasional trepidation…but mostly amusement.”