I'm a total Neil Gaiman fanboy, so I'm giddy with anticipation of the theatrical release of Stardust tomorrow. I just re-read the book and was delighted to find it as charming as when I first devoured it in 1999.
The film will obviously be a very different experience, but I have high hopes that it's going to be a corker. Is there any chance it will be a hit? John Scalzi parses that question and concludes that it might pleasantly surprise its studio, which is close enough.
Manwhile, over at The Huffington Post, Robert J. Elsiberg points out that a lot of "flops" really aren't.
