Maybe it'll be another "Graveyard Book." Or maybe it'll be another "Anansi Boys." Gaiman is capable of both, and it'll be interesting to see which he leans toward with this.

There have been many, many "Journey to the West" adaptations from all corners of the world, and I've seen some really rotten ones, from the awful Robert Halmi miniseries "The Forbidden Kingdom" to that idiotic "Saiyuki" anime. Let Gaiman and Cameron have a shot. They won't be the first Westerners to try to adapt the story, and they won't be the last.