Eric Kripke had been attached to a tv series based on Neil Gaiman's acclaimed Sandman comic since September, although there had been no word on it since. Well, it seems as if it WAS finally going to become a reality, but once again the excellent comic which has been deemed "unfilmable" by many will not be gracing our tv screens, yet..
“Unfortunately, for a lot of varying reasons, Sandman is not in the works, at least for this season. [it] just didn’t quite happen this season through nobody’s fault, and hopefully we can do it again in the future.”
Kripke had even met with Gaiman to discuss plans for the show..
“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. 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,"
This is a real shame. And even though Kripke sounds optimistic that the show will happen at some point, I really can't imagine that it will. But the popularity of The Sandman can't be something that DC and WB are overlooking. Done right an adaptation, either tv series or movie, could be a huge success.
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