Neil Gaiman leaks the script for the controversial canceled adaptation of “The Sandman”

Now that ‘The Sandman’ series is one of the most popular in the Netflix catalog, Neil Gaiman took the opportunity to reveal many details and secrets that very few fans knew about Morpheus’ history. The British writer revealed one of the scripts for an adaptation of The Eternals that was highly controversial at the time.

Although for the moment Netflix hasn’t confirmed a second season of “The Sandman”, Neil Gaiman continues to share the details of the production, which led him to remember the many times he wanted to adapt the story of the comics to the screen. These include creatives like Erick Kripke of “The Boys” and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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On all occasions, the writer wanted to be involved in the creative control of his work, that’s why when he read William Farmerm’s script, Neil Gaiman decided to sabotage ‘The man of sand’, and that infamous adaptation he described as “the worst thing I’ve ever read”.

In an interview, the author revealed the details of when Warner Bros wanted to adapt ‘The man of sand’ in 2001, long before the controversial production with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. According to information, there have been many changes in history, which Neil Gaiman found strange ideas that bothered him.

How was the adaptation of William Farmer’s “The Sandman”?

The author, after reading William Farmer’s story, decided it was best to leak the script for “The Sandman” on the Internet, so that Warner Bros would back down on the project. Neil Gaiman himself states that the story was for an action movie in which there were giant mechanical spiders.

Also, the main storyline of this adaptation of “The Sandman” followed Lucifer, Morpheus and The Corinthian, who would be full backs, and would be in a race to get the Dream King’s ruby, helmet and sand from the ” final winner “. For Rolling Stone, Gaiman said: “It was the worst script I ever read. […] There was nothing about him that I loved, in fact, there wasn’t a single thing that I liked.

It was the worst script, not just for Sandman, but for any story I’ve ever read. ”

Recently, Gaiman claimed that Michael Jackson was also interested in playing Morpheus for an adaptation of “The Sandman” that was never made. The popularity of the Morpheus story has drawn many new fans to the work, and its author tells more details about what his creation has been for many years.