The Sandman
Neil Gaiman and Joseph Gordon - Levitt work out on a celluloid adaptation ofThe Sandman , but the project finally fell aside in pre - production . It was far from the first endeavor to adapt Gaiman ’s revere risible book either , following the abandoned motion-picture show and TV iterations develop in the nineties and tardy 2000s .
Launched in 1989 , the originalSandmancomics bleed for 75 issues and evidence the story of Morpheus , Lord of Dreams , and his siblings The Endless . Gaiman ’s graphical novel have long been fete for their gorgeously surreal visuals and rich blend of genres , literary influence , and run aground storytelling . A motion picture adaptation entered development in the mid-1990s , withPulp Fictionco - writer Roger Avary attached to direct from a script by futurePirates of the Caribbeanwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio . It fell apart after Avary was dropped over originative differences , and subsequent endeavor to develop aSandmanmovie in the ' 90s and ' 00s similarly failed to get off the ground ( as did the proposed boob tube show by Eric Kripke in 2010 ) .
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Finally , in 2013 , Gordon - Levitt entered talks to direct and maven in a moving-picture show adaptation ofThe Sandman . Jack Thorne ( Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ) was hire to write the film soon after , and Gaiman was actively involved in plotting the project ’s originative direction from the very beginning . Things seemed to be go along steady for the next two years , with product expected to lead off in 2016 . rather , Gordon - Levitt tread away in March 2016 and the movie break down all by the destruction of that year .
It ’s long been report that Gordon - Levitt leftThe Sandmanmovie over creative differences with the Warner Bros.-owned New Line Cinema . Gaiman tweeted his public supportfor Gordon - Levitt justly after his release , calling him"smart , true & really nice"and say that he would gladly work with the doer - film producer on another task . New Line hired Eric Heisserer ( Arrival , Bird Box ) to work onThe Sandmanscript just before Gordon - Levitt stepped down , buthe ended up formally leaving the projectby the be November . In an consultation at the time , Heisserer enjoin that after having multiple conversations with Gaiman he"came to the conclusion that the best version of this property exists as an HBO series or limited series " , and recommended that WB take it to idiot box instead .
While there could be more to the story than what ’s been bring out , it seems that Gaiman and Gordon - Levitt merely did n’t see eye to eye onThe Sandmanmovie with New Line . Gordon - Levitt ofttimes talked about name a film thathonored the spirit of Gaiman ’s comic strip , but made some major change to the story and story social organisation , so it ’s potential that New Line and WB desire something more faithful to the root material . A TV series would make more sense for an adaptation like that , seeing as its layout is an inherently better match for the original graphic novel ' occasional formatting . Amazon has enjoyed winner with a similarly farsighted - form version of Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’sGood Omensnovel , as has Starz withAmerican Gods(a TV show version of Gaiman ’s book ) , and Fox withLucifer(a serial based onSandman ’s version of the title character ) , before Netflix picked it up .
talk of Netflix : the company is nowmoving onward with aSandmanTV showthat has Gaiman serving as an executive manufacturer alongside David S. Goyer ( who was also a manufacturer on the desert film ) . It ’s dependable to say that Gordon - Levitt ’s movie will never be revisited at this point , leave devotee to wonder what might ’ve been , had the thespian - film maker actually start out to convey his sight of Morpheus ' tale to the big screen .
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