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Neil Gaiman screen adaptations halted after allegations of sexual misconduct (www.theguardian.com)
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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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[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Gaiman told Tortoise that the police did not pursue his offer to assist the investigation regarding the complaint, claiming that this showed the lack of substance of the complaint.

If the police won't even talk to him then it looks like this is bullshit.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

That's not the coming from the police though, they tell a different story - from the previous article:

Gaiman told Tortoise that the police did not pursue his offer to assist the investigation regarding the complaint, claiming that this showed the lack of substance of the complaint. But New Zealand police told the outlet it made a “number of attempts to speak to key people as part of this investigation and those efforts remain ongoing,” adding that there are “a number of factors to take into consideration with this case, including location of all parties.”

Gaiman, controversially left New Zealand rather abruptly during lockdown, going against the rules on nonessential travel, and the police say they are struggling to speak to "key people".