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Topic	Spider-Geek: Homecoming
ParanoidObsessive 05/02/17 8:53:29 PM #187:	WhiskeyDisk posted... its strange to me that at this point he's more or less gotten everything he's written that wasn't a short story made into a show or a movie except Sandman. not sure if its a DC rights issue or the sheer difficulty budget-wise of doing a live action Sandman. My assumption would be a rights issue - technically, while at least some Vertigo titles were explicitly creator-owned, it seems like DC has free rein over the Sandman rights (at least in the sense that multiple Sandman characters have shown up in other, mainstream DC comics without Gaiman being directly involved). And if DC has the rights, they would also have right-of-refusal on anyone other than Warner Bros. doing a Sandman movie or TV show. Which would mean if Warner Bros doesn't want to do it, it isn't getting done, period. That being said, DC's already demonstrated a willingness to go "out-of-house" for TV shows (or, at the very least, to handle them as co-productions with other companies) with shows like Gotham and Lucifer, so there's at least the possibility that a deal could get done eventually if they find an outside studio willing to work with them (or just do it all in-house if they prefer), but I suspect the real sticking point is that the execs don't really see it as a viable property. Like it or not, Sandman tends to appeal to a very specific sort of audience, and that audience really doesn't fit into the mainstream demo studios are usually courting (the middling response to Stardust probably only reinforces that idea, since it's probably the Gaiman work that feels closest to the tone of Sandman). The other problem might be that the execs DO think it can appeal to a mainstream audience... only with a number of tweaks and changes that Gaiman is unwilling to let them do to his baby. I could easily see the higher ups wanting to turn it into a more traditional super-hero story or tying it in to the Justice League or whatever. But honestly, if DC didn't manage to capitalize on the success of Harry Potter by pushing a Books of Magic show/movie, and if they couldn't get Fables off the ground (regardless of Disney blatantly stealing the idea for Once Upon a Time) I feel like Sandman's pretty much fucked. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:878360787] in Spider-Gee... [t:75167540]...</cite> <quote><cite>WhiskeyDisk posted...</cite> <quote>its strange to me that at this point he's more or less gotten everything he's written that wasn't a short story made into a show or a movie except Sandman. not sure if its a DC rights issue or the sheer difficulty budget-wise of doing a live action Sandman.</quote> My assumption would be a rights issue - technically, while at least some Vertigo titles were explicitly creator-owned, it seems like DC has free rein over the Sandman rights (at least in the sense that multiple Sandman characters have shown up in other, mainstream DC comics without Gaiman being directly involved). And if DC has the rights, they would also have right-of-refusal on anyone other than Warner Bros. doing a Sandman movie or TV show. Which would mean if Warner Bros doesn't want to do it, it isn't getting done, period. That being said, DC's already demonstrated a willingness to go "out-of-house" for TV shows (or, at the very least, to handle them as co-productions with other companies) with shows like Gotham and Lucifer, so there's at least the possibility that a deal could get done eventually if they find an outside studio willing to work with them (or just do it all in-house if they prefer), but I suspect the real sticking point is that the execs don't really see it as a viable property. Like it or not, Sandman tends to appeal to a very specific sort of audience, and that audience really doesn't fit into the mainstream demo studios are usually courting (the middling response to Stardust probably only reinforces that idea, since it's probably the Gaiman work that feels closest to the tone of Sandman). The other problem might be that the execs DO think it can appeal to a mainstream audience... only with a number of tweaks and changes that Gaiman is unwilling to let them do to his baby. I could easily see the higher ups wanting to turn it into a more traditional super-hero story or tying it in to the Justice League or whatever. But honestly, if DC didn't manage to capitalize on the success of Harry Potter by pushing a Books of Magic show/movie, and if they couldn't get Fables off the ground (regardless of Disney blatantly stealing the idea for Once Upon a Time) I feel like Sandman's pretty much fucked. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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