CBR: "Sandman" TV Show Stalls Out

[CBR News]

A proposed TV series based on the classic Neil Gaiman Vertigo book has stalled as producer and "Supernatural" creator Erik Kripke explains that he hopes to return to the Endless some day in the future.


Full article here.

[StoneGold]

Yay?

Seriously, there's not a huge narrative to Sandman, and what was there always seemed like more of an excuse for Gaiman to wrap his fairy tales around.

[jayce77]

Not really familar with the Sandman comic series?

[comicsmetal]

Yay?

Seriously, there's not a huge narrative to Sandman, and what was there always seemed like more of an excuse for Gaiman to wrap his fairy tales around.

Huh?what do you mean there is no narrative.

[Zagreus]

Yay?

Seriously, there's not a huge narrative to Sandman, and what was there always seemed like more of an excuse for Gaiman to wrap his fairy tales around.

I take it you didn't actually read the series.

[comicsmetal]

I take it you didn't actually read the series.

yeah I think so.

[Meadow]

I'm relieved, to be honest.

[Shellhead]

Narrative might not be the best word for it, but Sandman eventually devolved into a framework for Gaiman to tell random stories with the slightest of connections to each other. Some of those stories were great, but they weren't particularly Sandman stories.

[ducklife187]

it would be an easy series to film you just have it divided into different storylines and have different crews assemble each piece neil could do a great bbc version of it

[silverbolt77]

Ever stop to think what a ratings nightmare this would be? People would actually watch Preludes and Nocturnes, and possibly Death's High Cost of Living. Anything else, especially the shakespeare stuff would be perceived as boring for regular tv and would be canceled within weeks.

[Tazirai]

The show would work on a channel like AMC or A&E easily.

[comicsmetal]

I'm relieved, to be honest.

Of course you are ,not me.I thought it would work wonders.

[comicsmetal]

The show would work on a channel like AMC or A&E easily.

QFT,I agree but also do not forget showtime and HBO.

[Alex]

Narrative might not be the best word for it, but Sandman eventually devolved into a framework for Gaiman to tell random stories with the slightest of connections to each other. Some of those stories were great, but they weren't particularly Sandman stories.

The first bit, Season of Mists, Brief Lives, Kindly Ones, and The Wake are most definetly a defined narrative.
Unfortunetly you miss out on a lot by skipping the other bits.
Technically, if they were going to do it, they could cut out the majority of side stories, work in the bits they need to move the plot forward from them, or simplify it so they don't need too, and you have a story.

But fans would raise hell over it.

[Shellhead]

To really capture the feel of the comic, they should use different actors for the same characters on all the later episodes.