Schumacher Wants to Take on The Sandman
Filed under: Drama, RumorMonger, Fandom, Comic/Superhero/Geek
I just got a message from a friend that said: "NOOO!" (with many more O's than that). Why? It seems that Neil Gaiman's beloved comic book series, The Sandman, could fall into the hands of nipply film director, Joel Schumacher. That's right, the man who made Batman one of the biggest jokes in showbiz wants to take on what is one of the most sophisticated and successful comic series out there, or so he told IESB during a junket for The Number 23. It's been over 10 years since The Sandman series ended, and a movie still hasn't been officially attempted. This could be due to the 75 issues of material to choose from, which makes a miniseries or at least a trilogy seem more managable. However, hopeful filmmakers also have to deal with Gaiman himself, who told fans last year at San Diego's Comic Con: "I'd rather no Sandman movie got made than [to have] a bad Sandman movie."To give Schumacher credit, he has put out some good films like The Lost Boys and Phone Booth, and I enjoyed Falling Down. But they weren't coming from material that has already garnered a large cult following. Even the Potter films, which are in no way nipply failures, get criticized for the directorial choices. I can only imagine the uproar that Schumacher would create. He has enough sense to not be thrilled with the thought of Lost Boys 2, but does he have enough to appease Gaiman and his army of fans?
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2-07-2007 @ 3:54PM
JTS said...
If I were to make a list of the directors I'd want to see attached to a Sandman film, I think Schumacher would come in right above Brett Ratner and right below Mark Steven Jackson--which is to say about as close to the bottom as one can get.
I'm just glad to hear that Gaiman has his head in the right place on this. Just reading this post made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.
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2-07-2007 @ 3:59PM
Sean said...
http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2007/02/random-ponders.html
From Neil Gaiman's blog:
"I remember about eight years ago the then Warner Brothers co-studio head Billy Gerber told me that he got weekly calls from people who wanted to make, direct or star in a Sandman film. "On Wednesday," he said, "Michael Jackson called about it." Given the comments some months ago from Alan Horn and Jeff Robinoff, who now run Warner Brothers, I don't believe the calls from people who want to make Sandman have decreased in the last eight years -- quite the reverse. Which I mention because I got a small deluge of letters from people asking me what I thought about Joel Shumacher saying in an interview that he'd love to direct a Sandman film and wondering if that meant that it was now about to happen, and of course it doesn't and it isn't. It simply puts Mr Schumacher in a very long line of people who want to make Sandman, some way ahead of Michael Jackson."
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2-08-2007 @ 9:36AM
Mike said...
No.
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2-08-2007 @ 10:50PM
cinemaphile said...
I gotta say, schumacher, for all his talents, really misses big sometimes. From what I've seen the new one - the #23 - looks like it might be one of his better efforts. But I look at it this way, Gaiman has complete control - and all you need on your resume to rule you out is one Batman&Robin. Which doesn't say anything about Schumacher, but it says enough for someone as protective as Gaiman. Maybe if Schumacher is the 23rd director to interview for the gig...
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