Toby Whithouse – Doctor Who writer and creator of comedy series Being Human – is teaming up with American Gods’ Neil Gaiman for a new fantasy drama.

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Called Gormenghast, the series is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Mervyn Peake which tells the story of the titular castle and its family of nobles.

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Gaiman and A Beautiful Mind’s Akiva Goldsman will serve as executive producers, while Whithouse will pen the series.

We don’t yet know how viewers will be able to watch the show; the series is being produced by Fremantle’s US division, with a UK broadcaster or streaming service yet to be attached to the platform.

The new Gormenghast show won’t be the first time the books are adapted, with the BBC producing a four-part series based on the story in 2000. It starred Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Master of Ritual Steerpike and Christopher Lee as servant Mr Flay.

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