Neil Gaiman's Hansel and Gretel Coming to the Screen

Neil Gaiman's version of the classic Brothers Grimm tale Hansel & Gretel will become a feature film, Variety reports. Juliet Blake, producer on The Hundred-Foot Journey, is behind the project.

"For me, retelling Hansel and Gretel was a way of telling an old tale in a way that made it immediate and true, and about us, now," Gaiman said. "It reminds us of how paper thin civilization really is. It's about hunger, and about families."

Gaiman's books Coraline and Stardust have been made into feature films. The Graveyard Book is in development as a feature film, while American Gods is coming to Starz as  TV series that will also incorporate elements of his connected novel Anansi Boys.

This is of course the second film adaptation of Hansel and Gretelto hit in th elast couple of years. Paramount's Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton, made about $225 million worldwide last year. There has been buzz about a sequel, but nothing concrete has taken shape.