Earlier this year it was revealed that Neil Gaiman (American Gods) and Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek: Discovery) had been tapped to develop a TV series based upon author Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast book series for Freemantle North America, and now it has been announced that Being Human creator Toby Whithouse has signed on as a writer and executive producer.
Deadline reports that Whithouse will work alongside Gaiman and Goldsman on the project, with the latter serving as non-writing executive producers along with Barry Spikings (The Deer Hunter) and David A. Stern (Howards End).
Peake’s book series follows the inhabitants of “Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, gothic-like structure with a raft of characters including Titus, the heir to the throne of the House of Groan, scheming kitchen boy Steerpike and twin sisters Cora and Clarice.”
The first two books in Peake’s series – Titus Groan and Gormenghast – were previously adapted for the small screen by the BBC in 2000, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Christopher Lee featuring in the cast.
