JGL And Goyer Talk "Sandman"

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt recently took part in a Reddit AMA session and gave a status update on  the big screen version of author Neil Gaiman's popular comic book series Sandman over at Warner Bros

 
At last report, Jack Thorne ("A Long Way Down") had signed on to write the adapted screenplay with Gaiman, JGL and David S. Goyer are producing the project.

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 was said to be high on Goyer's take.

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

JGL says that the script is still being worked on:

"Been doing a lot of work with David Goyer and Jack Thorne, working on the screenplay. We've been doing our meetings at the DC office, which is a frickin rad place to work. Also just had a great conversation last week with David and Mr. Gaiman. Neil has been extremely big hearted with me, and he's the one I want to please most."

Meantime Goyer told Deadline that a draft of the script has already been turned in:

"I hesitate to definitively say when it might go before the cameras, but the one thing different between other iterations and ours is that Neil Gaiman has been in the room with us and is a vital part of the team. We have a draft Warners is very happy with and we're moving forward, knock on wood."

It's expected a potential release date for"Sandman" will be announced as part of a separate slate of DC/Vertigo film adaptations unveiled by Warner Brothers sometime in the next few months.