The Sandman TV Series is Off the Cards for this Season
Last September, we reported that Warner Bros. TV was in the midst of acquiring television rights to Neil Gaman’s The Sandman, from sister company DC Entertainment, with the aim of developing it as a TV series.
Well, THR are now reporting that Eric Kripke, creator of Supernatural and the person who was attached to develop the project, has informed them that it is no longer happening.
“Unfortunately, for a lot of varying reasons, Sandman is not in the works, at least for this season,” Kripke told The Hollywood Reporter, going on to say that the project “just didn’t quite happen this season through nobody’s fault, and hopefully we can do it again in the future.”
Apparently, Kripke spoke with Neil Gaiman, to discuss a possible adaptation, mentioning that the series “is without a doubt my all-time favorite comic.”
“I’m such a fan of Neil, and he’s every bit as smart as promised and every bit as cool and down-to-earth, and I just loved my conversations with him,” he said.
Kripke shared that Gaiman appeared to be familiar with Supernatural, which he said in the past is heavily inspired by Gaiman’s work. (Yesterday, he told THR that Supernatural is “Sandman meets American Gods”).
“When I saw [Gaiman], I said, ‘Just so you know, I rip you off all the time for the show,’ and he said, ‘I really appreciate that because you and Kevin Smith have both been very public about ripping me off, and I don’t mind if people rip me off, I just want them to be public and admit it,’ ” Kripke said.
Frankly, I’m kind of glad to hear that the project is not going ahead. I honestly can’t imagine how Sandman would work as a TV show, its ideas just seem to grand to be adapted properly, and I’d rather read the comics again than watch a bad attempt to bring the story to life with the limited budget of a TV show.
Read the full story here.
Related posts:
- Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman to Be Adapted as a TV Show?
- Vertigo to Release the Absolute Sandman Volume 5
- Viz Media Debuts Second Season of Vampire Knight Anime Series
- Robert Kirkman Answers Fan Questions About The Walking Dead Season 1
- BOOM! Town Announces R. Crumb Trading Cards
Comments
One Response to “The Sandman TV Series is Off the Cards for this Season”Trackbacks
Check out what others are saying about this post...[...] Recently, we shared the news that The Hollywood Reporter had spoken to Eric Kripke, creator of Supernatural and the person who was attached to develop Neil Gaiman‘s The Sandman for TV. Kripke told THR that “Unfortunately, for a lot of varying reasons, Sandman is not in the works, at least for this season,” going on to say that the project “just didn’t quite happen this season through nobody’s fault, and hopefully we can do it again in the future.” [...]