More Comic Books Coming to TV
09.02.10
There are a couple of popular comics making news in the world of television right now. First off, Fox has made a series commitment to “Locke & Key,” the supernatural series penned by Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King. The show will be executive produced by nerd darlings Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, so this has a fair to middling chance of not sucking.
More notably, Neil Gaiman’s epic and beloved Sandman series — starring Morpheus, the godlike being who controls dreams, and his six brothers and sisters who make up the Endless: Destiny, Destruction, Despair, Desire, Delirium, and sexy-ass Death – may be coming to the small screen:
Warner Bros. TV is in the midst of acquiring television rights from sister company DC Entertainment and is in talks with several writer-producers about adapting the 1990s series. At the top of the list is Eric Kripke, creator of the CW’s horror-tinged “Supernatural.” [THR]
Gamma Squad adds:
It also sounds like Warner won’t be moving forward with the project unless they can get Gaiman involved. Which… actually makes sense? Whoa. Mark your calenders. TV execs might make a good decision.
I don’t know whether to be excited for or fearful of a Sandman TV series. The comic was such a brilliantly imagined world, with characters that I became so attached to, that it would have to be perfectly executed just to prevent me from being disappointed. Or at least cast a really hot girl to play Death. I have exacting standards.
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Loved the dreams books. I agree with the other writer, I’d see it on Cable, but I’d love love to see it on TV, if it were well done.
Neil Gaiman is underwriting Scientology. The Scientologists list Neil Gaiman in the Cornerstone Newsletter along with Mary Gaiman, as contributing $35,000.00 in 2009. Being listed in the Cornerstone Newsletter means you are in good-standing with the cult.
In 2010, Mary Gaiman was awarded the “Gold Humanitarian Award” for her contribution of $500,000.00 to Scientology. This is significant because Mary Gaiman continues to be Neil Gaiman’s business partner in The Blank Corporation, which is now Neil Gaiman’s Scientology front and how he pays the cult.
Gaiman is also the “Vitamin Heir” of Scientology. The Gaiman family owns G&G Vitamins which reaps 6 million a year from selling The Purification Rundown Vitamins.
Gaiman’s two sisters, Claire Edwards and Lizzie Calciole are not just high-ranking Scientologists, they are the head of RECRUITING and the head of Wealden House, the Scientology stronghold in East Grinstead. These two cannot associate with Neil unless he is in good standing.
For whatever good it was when it ended (20 years ago), it doesn’t hold up. Dream is a pretentious dickbag even Gaiman acknowledged, and yet it inspired legions of the biggest fucking douche fans I thought could exist until anime became big. I’d rather watch people get flayed alive for 76 episodes.
Actually, that would be awesome.
Sandman would need to be on cable, preferably HBO or Showtime. Just imagine the first few books faithfully adapted to the screen. The timelines and underlying story arcs would be a challenge, but it would still be cool to see it.
Plus the Endless world would kick the shit out of the True Blood world.
Eric Kripke is known to be a huge fan of Gaiman, so that might mean he’ll do his best to stay true to the comic. Then again, this is hollywood, and that doesn’t mean shit.
i would think this one of those comic books that would be impossible to translate into film, so i’m skeptical, but on the other hand, i certainly wouldnt mind watching what millions of dollars of other people’s money can produce when it’s tried.
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Okay, I’ll say it: needs more squirrels.