After years of trying to get a film adaptation of Sandman made, creator Neil Gaiman is set to produce a series adaptation of his classic comic for Netflix! David Goyer is also set to produce the series alongside Gaiman, and Allan Heinberg is set to write the show and serve as showrunner.
This series comes three years after New Line Cinema failed to bring the graphic novel to the big screen with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. While I would have loved to see that get made, Sandman will work great as a series! According to THR, “Netflix has signed what sources describe as a massive financial deal with Warner Bros. Television to adapt the best-seller into a live-action TV series.”
It also explained that the deal is “the most expensive TV series that DC Entertainment has ever done.” Eric Heisserer, the last screenwriter who worked on New Line's adaptation, said a...
This series comes three years after New Line Cinema failed to bring the graphic novel to the big screen with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. While I would have loved to see that get made, Sandman will work great as a series! According to THR, “Netflix has signed what sources describe as a massive financial deal with Warner Bros. Television to adapt the best-seller into a live-action TV series.”
It also explained that the deal is “the most expensive TV series that DC Entertainment has ever done.” Eric Heisserer, the last screenwriter who worked on New Line's adaptation, said a...
- 7/1/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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