There has not been a peep in a long time about the rumored but never confirmed movie adaptation of Neil Gaimen's "Sandman". Although the likelyhood of ever seeing Morpheus grace the big screen is down to weather rights holders DC ever want it to, fans have been screaming for a Sandman movie and a Death movie for a long time now.
Even if a movie does go into production, who is the best person to bring the amazing world of Sandman to the screen?
Gaimen had this to say when he spoke to MTV...
“I think it’s probably some kid who, right now, is around 26-years-old,” Gaiman said in an interview with Jam! Showbiz. “He may or may not have directed his first movie, but he loves ‘Sandman’ and he has the same amount of dedication to the material that (director) Peter Jackson had to ‘Lord of the Rings’ and Sam Rami had to ‘Spider-Man.’”
“It’s somebody who knows that there’s this thing they love and they have a responsibility to the world get it right and not f— it up,” he added.
However, that doesn’t mean Gaiman isn’t understanding when it comes to certain changes necessary for a proper translation of literature to film.
“They’re also not scared of changing the things about it that are not cinematic into things that are cinema,” said Gaiman. “Otherwise you end up with something like the ‘Sin City’ movie, where you’d rather read the comic. I remember watching that and thinking, ‘I think I prefer these characters better when Frank [Miller] draws them.’”
Sandman is by far the best comic i have ever read so i really want to see a movie..done right! Gaimen has said before if a movie gets made he would be very hands on about it so lets hope sticks to that.