It sounded so good at the time: in early September, news surfaced that Warner Bros. TV was working with Supernatural creator Eric Kripke on a TV adaptation of Sandman, Neil Gaiman’s universally acclaimed DC Comics fantasy epic that inspired the creation of the mature readers Vertigo imprint. That initial surfacing was pretty much the only news to materialize about the series though, and with the TV biz in the deep throes of pilot season (and a well-publicized DC pilot in production starring Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman), it wasn’t a surprise to see today’s news on the Hollywood Reporter that a Sandman series is not happening — at least this coming season.
Kripke is quoted as saying that the project has stalled for “a lot of varying reasons,” without getting into specifics. Kripke’s a noted fan, and doesn’t seem to be giving up on the idea on a Sandman TV show happening somewhere at some point.
March 14th, 2011 at 7:16 pm
I’m not particularly sad it’s not happening, but I think it could’ve worked — at least somewhat (as in, make Rose Walker the lead character). With the right budget and right writers/producers, something could’ve come of this.
But then, I’m kind of over regarding The Sandman as some sort of sacred, untouchable text. I like it quite a bit, yeah, but I think the world is big enough to play in and I think there can be more than one interpretation.
Still, it’s not something the world particularly needs.