Though Netflix ’s upcoming adaption of Neil Gaiman’sThe Sandmanmay fare as a surprisal to people unfamiliar with the strip , the story’slong journeyto the screen has almost become part of its lore .
Few people get laid just how many developmental kink and turns The Sandman see beforelanding on Netflixthan administrator manufacturer David S. Goyer , whose retiring writing citation include little - make love films like Marvel’sBlade trilogy , Batman Begins , andBatman v. Supermanto name a few . With so many bombastic cinematic spectacles under his belt , one might get the impression that variety of energy ’s a part of Goyer ’s approach to The Sandman , but judging from a recent consultation withthe Hollywood Reporter , that does n’t seem to be the compositor’s case . Because Goyer does n’t quite consider The Sandman to be part of DC ’s larger comics universe , he reckon himself having displace away somewhat from working on laughable Christian Bible adaptation in being involved with it . The Sandman , Goyer explain , was always something he feltneeded episodic storytelling , and a big part of Netflix ’s series coming into pattern get from a Sandman motion picture script simply not working .
“ Neil and I work on a feature , and through the various loop , it just kept subtly aim more and more deformed , and shifting more and more away from the true Union , ” Goyer said . “ Finally , we just said , ‘ guy , please let ’s blockade , please kill it , allow ’s do it as a cyclosis show . ’ finally , they did . ”
David S. Goyer at the the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour in 2018.Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
While Goyer may have step aside from big screen door capes for the time being , he has been taking in the projects that studios like Warner Bros. and Marvel have been place out in recent year , and thread some conclusions about what ’s process and what is n’t . On the subject of DC ’s chronicle of slip up with its films and flirt cinematic universe get up with Marvel , Goyer reason that one of the fully grown challenges boil down to leadership .
“ I recall one of the yield is that Marvel ’s had ordered leaders for the last 15 days or more , whereas DC has n’t , ” Goyer said . “ There have been all of these changes in terminus of who is running DC . That is essentially very hard . It ’s hard to make any headway when leadership is change . ”
Beyond Marvel ’s more flowing vision for its movies and series , Goyer also luff to films like Ant - Man and “ The Hulk ” ( presumably Louis Leterrier ’s The Incredible Hulk ) as examples of the dedication to getting at the spirit of its character and respecting the comics source material . But while Goyer prize a certain degree of paying tribute to the established canyon , he also delineate how he was very much on board with the idea of Bridgerton ’s Regé - Jean Page portraying Superman ’s father on Krypton , which Goyer also compose on . Page reportedly did not down the line of work due to DC Comics ’ chief originative officerGeoff Johns insist that a ignominious man could not be Superman ’s male parent . Goyer , plain , felt otherwise .
“ All I will say on this is that I was the one who wanted to roam Page , ” Goyer say . “ I think he was amazing . I thought his audition was awe-inspiring . I advocated very firmly to throw up him in that use . I thought he was a fantastic actor back then and he continue to be a fantastic histrion . I desire him to play Superman ’s grandfather . ”
As tends to be the subject , Krypton has come and gone , and new shows based on comic books , like The Sandman , are coming to sate the void that it left . Whether or not those shows will resonate with audience ca n’t be said for sure , but from Goyer ’s perspective what ’s going to define much of their success is knowing what they actually are .
“ [ I]f I ’m adapting an IP , like a risible book , I do n’t seek to turn it into something it ’s not , ” Goyer said . “ Because if you do , no matter what , even if you have the unspoilt of intent , it will definitely not form out . ”
The Sandman is set to hit Netflix sometime in the near future .
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