The Sandman
Along with Alan Moore’sWatchmenand Frank Miller’sThe Dark Knight Returns , Neil Gaiman’sThe Sandmanis often hold up as one of the large literary works to come out of comic books . It also cemented Gaiman as one of the most beloved fantasy / horror / sci - fi writers alive .
Throughout the years , various people have seek to bringThe Sandmanto both the heavy and small screen , none of whom deliver the goods . At one point , Warner Bros. request that Neil Gaiman pitch aSandmanmovie to them , so he had the talented Jill Thompson illustrate the pitch shot . Now , that art is on sale .
Gaimanrecently tweetedabout the flick pitch and the sale , sound out :
Some years ago , I had to pitch / explain SANDMAN to warner . @thejillthompson illustrate the delivery . That art ’s for sale
Check out the artistic creation below ( chatter to expound ):
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And make indisputable to go to theonline gallery to see the collecting in its entirety(or , if you ’ve dumbfound $ 800 + to spare , you could even buy a firearm and hang it on your wall ) .
For those not in the know , Neil Gaiman’sThe Sandmanfollows the adventures of Dream , A.K.A. the Lord of Dreams , A.K.A. the Dream King , and so forward , who is the literal personification of dreams . At the start of the series , Dream has accidentally been captured by a group of valet de chambre seeking immortality - the mean dupe was Dream ’s sister , Death - and carry captive for 70 years . Eventually , Dream escapes his supernatural trammel and hijinks , as ever , ensue .
As previously stated , there have been numerous attempts to adaptThe Sandmanas a celluloid and TV serial . The first attack sawPulp Fictionco - writer Roger Avary confiscate to aim , but he was soon fired by Jon " I want a giant wanderer inSuperman Lives ! " Peters .
In a 2005 interview , Neil Gaiman said of Jon Peters ' approach to draw theSandmanfilm :
" It was really strange . They started out hiring some really good the great unwashed and you got Elliott and Rossio and Roger Avary came in and did a draft . They were all self-colored scripts . And then Jon Peters fired all of them and got in some citizenry who take orders , and who wanted fistfights and all this material . It had no sensitivity and it was just … [the scripts ] were horrible . "
Basically , Peters wantedSandmanto be like every other comic book movie . Which means he did n’t wantSandmanat all .
Most late , Eric Kripke ( Supernatural)was in negotiation to bringThe Sandmanto television , but those design finally fell through , as well . Details are scarce as to why that was , but it was announced on Gaiman ’s blog that while he and DC liked Kripke and his approach , it nevertheless " did n’t feel quite right . "
Though Geoff Johns announced a yr agothat aSandmanTV series was still in the works , there seems to have been very little progress on that front in the many months since . That aver , a new Neil Gaiman - pennedSandmancomic book miniseries was denote at Comic - Con - to be let go of in 2013 - so perhaps the timing is better than ever for a picture show or idiot box adaption to come to fruition .
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informant : Neil Gaiman ’s Twitter&Cadence Comic Art Gallery
