a new take on author Neil Gaiman's popular comic book series Sandman to Warner Bros. says Deadline and BadassDigest
"Man Of Steel" writer David S. Goyer is said to have pitched the treatment to the suits and will now pen the screenplay and co-produce
The 75-issue comic follows Dream (aka. Morpheus), the Lord of the dream world who is held captive for seven decades by an occult ritual. Having escaped, his kingdom has fallen into disrepair in his absence and he sets about changing his old ways - hard for a being who has been around for billions of years.
DC Entertainment's film guru Geoff Johns is high on Goyer's vision. Still, this is all said to be in very early stages, so take this news with a grain of sand.
Both big and small screen adaptations of Gaiman's comic have been in development, but none of them have ever really gotten anywhere despite some major names being mentioned. The story format would also be tricky to adapt - the elaborate story arcs too complicated and lengthy to play out on film, while the dense and rich visual world is too expensive to produce as a TV series.
The series features various elements of mythology, horror, historical events and absurdist humor. Characters include Dream's siblings such as his gothic punk rocker looking sister Death, his talking animal assistants, and The Corinthian who has two mouths for eyes and who is immortal.
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