After a few years of
working on the script, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has announced his departure from
the feature film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's acclaimed comic book series,
Sandman.
Levitt, who attached to star and direct the project, broke
the news himself yesterday via a Facebook post, where he shared his loved for the
material and those he had an opportunity to work with while developing the
project, including Gaiman, who had become attached as an executive producer. In the end, creative
differences were cited as the reason for his departure.
"So, as you
might know if you like to follow these sorts of things, a while back, David
Goyer and I made a producing deal with Warner Brothers to develop a movie
adaptation of Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN. Neil himself came on as an executive
producer, we hired the excellent screenwriter, Jack Thorne, and we started in
on the ambitious task of adapting one of the most beloved and boundary-pushing
titles in the world of comics. I was pleased with the progress we were making,
even though we still had quite a ways to go.
Recently, as you also
might know if you like to follow these sorts of things, the sorta
"ownership" (for lack of a better term) of the Sandman material
changed hands when Warner Brothers shifted the entire catalogue of Vertigo
comics (an imprint of DC) to their subsidiary, New Line. And a few months ago,
I came to realize that the folks at New Line and I just don't see eye to eye on
what makes Sandman special, and what a film adaptation could/should be. So
unfortunately, I decided to remove myself from the project. I wish nothing but
the best for the team moving forward.
I'd like to thank all
the great people I've had the opportunity to work with on this one. I've had a
blast with and learned a ton from David and Jack. Niija Kuykendall, Greg
Silverman, and everyone at Warner Brothers have been fantastic, as have Geoff
Johns and everyone at DC. And it's been a particular privilege as well as a
rocking good time getting to know Mr. Gaiman, whose generous insights and
masterful work have certainly convinced me that the Lord of Dreams and the
Prince of Stories are one and the same Endless pattern."
2010's A Nightmare on
Elm Street and 2011's The Thing screenwriter Eric Heisserer was brought in recently
to work on a new version of the script.
Source - Facebook
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