'The Sandman' is a planned big-screen adaptation of author Neil Gaiman's popular graphic novel series. It is scheduled to enter production next year under director Joseph Gordon-Levitt as it is currently undergoing a script rewrite. Producer David Goyer expressed his optimism over the project.
According to Ace Showbiz, actor-turned-filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt was tapped to helm the film based on the comic book series written by Neil Gaiman. The 34-year old has also been tasked to pen the script together with producer David Goyer and Gaiman. Gordon-Levitt made his feature film and screenwriting debut in the comedy film 'Don Jon'.
Another article by Comic Book Resources reported that Gordon-Levitt revealed the process of bringing the film to life to be slow but steady. He said, "It's a really complicated adaptation because those comics, they're brilliant, but they're not written as a whole. It's not like 'Watchmen,' which is a graphic novel that has a beginning, middle, and end. 'Sandman' was written over the course of whatever -- I forget exactly, six or seven years." The original comic book series ran from January 1989 well into March 1996 and consisted of 75 issues.
Meanwhile, Goyer explained that although pre-production for the 'The Sandman' posed some challenges he remained optimistic over the way things are running so far. An article from Sciencefiction.com quoted him saying, "I feel confident that film will go into production hopefully next year." He revealed that the screenplay is currently being re-written by a yet-announced new member of the writing crew.
'The Sandman' is a planned live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman's popular comic book series published by DC Comics. The dark fantasy series follows a character named Dream as well as other godlike beings including Destiny, Desire, Death, Despair, Delirium and Destruction. It is famous for the use of anthropomorphic personification.
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