It's been a rollercoaster calendar week for Warner Brother's cinema adaptation of the cult classic Neil Gaiman comic-book, Sandman....
It's been a rollercoaster calendar week for Warner Brother's cinema adaptation of the cult classic Neil Gaiman comic-book, Sandman. On Fri quaternary March, it was announced that screenwriter Eric Heisserer (best known for his operate on the remakes of Nightmare on Elm Street and The Thing) had come upwardly on board amongst the project, in addition to was rewriting a script originally penned yesteryear Jack Thorne.
Whether or non this is adept tidings for the projection is tough to say, although it is difficult to ignore that neither of the remakes Heisserer is associated amongst were critical success stories. What came side yesteryear side however, was definitely a blow for Sandman as only 24-hour interval later on Joseph Gordon-Levitt abandoned the production that he'd been attached to for many years.
Gordon-Levitt was initially expected to both straight in addition to star inwards the film, but inwards a post on his Facebook page the thespian explained that since the projection had been passed downwardly to WB subsidiary New Line, he no longer felt comfortable fulfilling those duties.
...a few months ago, I came to realise that the folks at New Line in addition to I only don't meet oculus to oculus on what makes Sandman special, in addition to what a cinema adaptation could/should be. So unfortunately, I decided to take myself from the project. I want goose egg but the best for the squad moving forward.
Gordon-Levitt, who made his directorial debut amongst 2013's Don Jon, went on to give thank you lot the people he worked amongst on Sandman including David S. Goyer, Niija Kuykendall, Greg Silverman in addition to the aforementioned Jack Thorne.
The adaptation is silent moving forward, nevertheless the loss of perchance its strongest advocate is undoubtedly going to live on a set-back for this already long in-development production.
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