As of this reporting, the series based on Gaiman’s 2005 novel Anansi Boys is still set to be released on Prime Video in 2025. Gaiman served as showrunner and executive producer on the series, and wrote the season’s first and last episodes. While the show has reportedly been in post-production for a few years now, Prime Video hasn’t yet announced a release date.
The Netflix show was canceled at the end of August 2024 after an initial season that premiered in April. In the announcement, Netflix didn’t acknowledge whether the move was made in light of the initial wave of sexual-assault allegations. Variety’s initial reporting instead highlighted the comparatively weak streaming numbers for the show, based on characters introduced in Gaiman’s comics series The Sandman, then picked up by many other comics creators.
Production on the show’s third season halted following the allegations, with Gaiman and his production company eventually stepping back from the show. Although Gaiman contributed to the writing of the show, Prime Video said a new writer would be taking over for him. As of the last report on the show in October 2024, no writer had been officially announced. Polygon has reached out to Amazon for comment.
Disney indefinitely paused its adaptation of Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book in Sept. 2024, per a report from IndieWire. According to the outlet, the film “has not been scrapped but multiple factors, including the allegations, contributed to putting it on hold.”