{"id":131941,"date":"2016-11-06T17:45:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T17:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/06\/the-screenwriter-for-the-sandman-movie-says-it-really-needs-to-be-a-tv-series.html"},"modified":"2016-11-06T17:45:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T17:45:52","slug":"the-screenwriter-for-the-sandman-movie-says-it-really-needs-to-be-a-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/06\/the-screenwriter-for-the-sandman-movie-says-it-really-needs-to-be-a-tv-series.html","title":{"rendered":"The screenwriter for the "Sandman" movie says it really needs to be a TV series"},"content":{"rendered":"

And so has left the production.<\/p>\n

And, honestly, I can't blame him. Let's hope American Gods<\/i> goes well, and that leads to a change of heart about the direction Sandman<\/i> really needs to go.<\/p>\n

Aside from the episodic nature of the original material, the other great challenge I see is that its tone shifts radically between installments. How you would choose what element to do for a limited 2-1\/2 hour movie, and have it make sense, is indeed a hurdle that any movie would have problems with — and any TV series would have to overcome as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nAnother Screenwriter Leaves the Sandman Movie, Saying It Has to Be a TV Show<\/a><\/span>
\nThe dream of seeing Neil Gaiman’s Sandman on the big screen remains just that—a dream, and one that’s having a load of trouble getting realized. Eric Heisserer, the latest screenwriter hired to adapt the celebrated comic book series, has departed the project.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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And so has left the production. And, honestly, I can't blame him. Let's hope American Gods goes well, and that leads to a change of heart about the direction Sandman really needs to go. Aside from the episodic nature of the original material, the other great challenge I see is that its tone shifts radically … Continue reading “The screenwriter for the "Sandman" movie says it really needs to be a TV series”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45308,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/17\/in-case-you-ever-thought-fox-was-league-with-the-devil.html","url_meta":{"origin":131941,"position":0},"title":"In case you ever thought Fox was league with the Devil","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 17-Sep-14 10:24am","format":false,"excerpt":"They're bringing him to TV.Actually, the Lucifer comic (written by Mike Carey) was an excellent one, especially early days. 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