Following the success of “The Sandman”, another Neil Gaiman comic will be adapted into a movie

Neil Gaiman is one of those writers who, like Stephen King, have had the opportunity to take their stories from the pages to the big and small screen. “The Sandman” is just the author’s most recent hit on Netflix, another of his biggest comics is set to become a movie.

So far Netflix hasn’t confirmed the second season ofThe man of sand’, which infuriated fans and even himself Neil Gaman It details that everything was the fault of the company’s success system. But things did not stop there for the English author, because now he is already working on what will be the next comic that will be adapted to the big screen.

According to Scary Monster, Lakesville Productions and Foton Pictures have announced that “Violent cases’, Comics by Neil Gaiman, it will be adapted into a movie, and will see Ben Kingsley as the protagonist of the story. This comic was written in 1987 and illustrated by Dave McKean, with whom he had previously worked on “The Sandman”, “Stardust” and other more famous works of him.

The story of ‘Violent cases’ will play Ben Kingsley, which will give birth to the old osteopath, and which will be written by Mike Carey and Colm McCarthy as director of the entire project. No premiere date has been announced so far, so there’s still some time to get to know the rest of the cast and the first official plot details.

“Violent Cases” is Neil Gaiman’s first masterpiece before “The Sandman”

In the words of the writer of the adaptation of ‘Violent Cases’: “Neil Gaiman redefined serialized comics with The Sandman, but Violent Cases was his first masterpiece and that of Dave McKean. It’s exciting to introduce him to a new audience and bring his visual lyricism to a new medium, ”said Mike Carey of the film’s announcement.

Violent Cases is a wild, shocking, yet challenging and thrilling comic, ”McCarthy commented.

“It’s so exciting to build a film about this incredible work that it defined the genre.” The story of ‘Violent Cases’ is told by someone who looks like Neil Gaiman, who remembers the time when, as a child, he was taken by an osteopath who worked for the criminal, Al Capone. The novel tells the boy’s memories, his relationship with his father and some stories told by the osteopath himself.

This Neil Gaiman story won the 1988 Mekon Award for Best British Theater Play and was nominated for a Harvey. It is worth mentioning that Mike Carey was also responsible for the Lucifer story, DC Comics, not the Netflix adaptation, as well as other spin-offs in the “The Sandman” universe. It remains to wait to know more details about it.