FireCaptain4
06-30-2009, 06:11 PM
Source: http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/06/26/neil-gaiman-explains-who-should-direct-sandman-movie/
I'm was hopeful that the director he mentions was Duncan Jones (who recently directed Moon), but he's in his 30s.
While the likelihood of “Sandman” being turned into a film is largely dependent on whether rights-holder DC Comics wants it made into a film, there’s been no shortage of fans arguing that both “Sandman” and some of its various spin-off titles (most notably, “Death“) deserve the big-screen treatment. But who could get behind the camera to bring “Sandman” to (figurative) life? The popular author recently offered his own answer to that very question.
“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.
In case you're unfamiliar with the Sandman universe created by Gaiman (Stardust, Coraline, Mirrormask), here's a brief synopsis provided by wiki:
The Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published in the United States by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo. It chronicles the adventures of Dream of The Endless, who rules over the world of dreams...
You can also check out the wiki-page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandman_(Vertigo)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/11/30/sandman_no_1.jpg
I'm was hopeful that the director he mentions was Duncan Jones (who recently directed Moon), but he's in his 30s.
While the likelihood of “Sandman” being turned into a film is largely dependent on whether rights-holder DC Comics wants it made into a film, there’s been no shortage of fans arguing that both “Sandman” and some of its various spin-off titles (most notably, “Death“) deserve the big-screen treatment. But who could get behind the camera to bring “Sandman” to (figurative) life? The popular author recently offered his own answer to that very question.
“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.
In case you're unfamiliar with the Sandman universe created by Gaiman (Stardust, Coraline, Mirrormask), here's a brief synopsis provided by wiki:
The Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published in the United States by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo. It chronicles the adventures of Dream of The Endless, who rules over the world of dreams...
You can also check out the wiki-page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandman_(Vertigo)
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/11/30/sandman_no_1.jpg