The StoryTeller (Neil Gaiman)

In February of 2019, Deadline reported that The Jim Henson Company was developing a "comeback" of Jim Henson's 1987 TV series The StoryTeller.Deadline "Storyteller Reimagining in Works by Neil Gaiman" by Nellie Andreeva, February 19, 2019 The report was circulated by the Henson Company on social media as well as genre author Neil Gaiman who was announced as a writer on the re-imagining.Twitter @neilhimself "A little news, about something I'm looking forward to writing. (No, not showrunning.) #TheStoryteller" February 19, 2019
Production studio Fremantle, who partnered with Henson to develop the series for TV, did not disclose distribution details (such as a network or platform), but stated that the company would be "making sure it reaches the broadest audience possible."
Fremantle's Dante Di Loreto was named as working closely with Lisa Henson who developed the original StoryTeller in the 1980s, and noted that the series would continue to adapt fairy tales. Gaiman added that the format would be updated "to work for the binging kind of viewer of today". He added that there was a wish to bring back actors from the original and expressed an interest in exploring the Storyteller's backstory.
The series was mentioned as still in-development in a 2020 press release for The Storyteller: The Seven Ravens, an augmented reality storybook narrated by Gaiman.Press release As of August 2022, the series was "still happening" according to Gaiman on Twitter.@neilhimself August 4, 2022
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