Man, this guy is all about movies about dreams.
Having not seen Don Jon, myself, whatās the group consensus re: JGLās directing abilities? Sandman is just such a hard left turn from what heās already directed, and Iām curious to see how heāll adapt.
Not loving the idea of him starring in it, personally, but thatās a rant for another day.
Interested in seeing how the adaptation comes along. Working myself through it for the first time and the first half dozen issues are heavy on DC universe stuff - wonder how much of that makes it through. Guess it depends on whether WB is going the Marvel/Disney world-building route.
I am so conflictedā¦ I want the movie made, and having JGL attached means moneyā¦ but starring? As Dream? I justā¦ uhā¦ no, cannot see itā¦
Also, Preludes is so much textā¦ so much, itās not an action filled bookā¦ gonna be a lot of narrationā¦
squee now, before you find out that heāll be playing Death.
I was always fond of Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, and Roger Averyās draft from 1996. I wonder what Mr. Gordon-Levitt brings to the table that these seasoned writing vets did not?
I think the fansā default response is usually āthis would work best as an animated filmā, and I donāt disagree with that. But Preludes being what it is, and Sandman being what it is, if weāre going to do live action then Iām confused as to why we donāt get a TV series of HBO/Showtime caliber. It doesnāt need to run indefinitely ā just long enough to tell the story.
JGL is great and all, but for all the wonderful things Iāve seen him in, Iāve never for a moment picked up on the sense of presence youād think one of the Endless ā especially Morpheus ā would require.
I admit Iām fearful (I always am regarding beloved books being made into film) yet Iām curious to know how theyāll deal with the fact that Preludes and Nocturnes has a quite different feel than the rest of the series, especially the ā24 hoursā chapter.
I also think it would probably work a lot better as a TV series, in order to adequately cover the sprawling narrative and all the characters that are at not focal to the main arc yet so fascinating (like Hob Gadling). There are people and things that are going to piss me off big time if theyāre cut out.
Oh, I donāt knowā¦ Iāve always thought Lee Pace would make an excellent dream.
And I know weāre almost at peak-Hiddlesā¦ but Tom Hiddleston would be good too. Or Ben Whishawā¦
I would love a seriesā¦ but unless it was BSG style budget/dedicationā¦ it would suck. Like I fear this movie will tooā¦ /sigh oh fandom, we so silly! 
Why didnāt Hob ever get his own mini series? Iād read that!
Are you me? I was just commiserating with a fellow nerd earlier today about how Hiddleston or Whishaw would be my ideals. Iām on the fence about Cumberbatch, who certainly has the presence, but Iāve never caught him in anything where he put on the kind of changeable vulnerability which balances out Morpheusās arrogance.
A friend suggested Cumberbatch as Destiny, which I almost like, so back to the Whishaw or Hiddleston-as-Morpheus train for me.
At the end of the day, though, I am really puzzled as to why this is going forward. Sandman is the only fandom Iāve ever known where most of us agree that the source material is almost too difficult to translate into film.
Heh, I dunnoā¦ maybe we hang out on the same boards? They also said LOTR could never be made into moviesā¦ soā¦ we know it can be done. Its just how much money they can get and the passion of the film maker behind it. We need a Ron Moore or a Peter Jacksonā¦ and I donāt see JGL as either of them. (Can we have Julie Taymor? Please please please?)
Cumberbatch is too young to be Destiny. Iād prefer ā¦ Hugo Weaving?
But Ezra Miller as Desireā¦ oh god yes please!
And Gaiman gives the impression that the tweet was the first heās heard of it. He also points out that there have been many false starts on Sandman over the years.
I think Hiddleston did such a good job in Thor and Avengers that if I saw him as Dream, Iād just think āwhy is Loki looking so bored and unamused?ā.
Hey it could be Shia LeBeoufā¦
I think Joseph Gordon-Levitt could make it work. We will have to see.
Somewhere out there, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are drunkenly consoling each other that theyāre really better off without this one, and that everyone who says theyāve jumped the shark or that their movies all look the same now can go fuck themselves.
Watch all the fangirls Squee even more when they find out heās playing Desireā¦
JGL as Dreamā¦sure, maybe. Butā¦DAVID F**KING GOYER??? This is like having Mark Steven Johnson direct. I guess to WB a comic is a comic.
Itās been a while since Iāve read Sandman, but I remember that while I recognized lots of DC stuff, it didnāt struck a chord with me. It was all material I missed because it was not printed in Germany when I was younger and because I read hardly any DC when Sandman came out. Sandman worked nonetheless and I think it would more or less trivial to eliminate these references by substitution and submission.
