If Neil Gaiman fans want to see some version of The Endless on their TV screens, then they’ll have to keep dreaming. It appears that plans for a television series based on Neil Gaiman’s highly regarded Sandman comic book series have fallen through.
Last September it was reported that Warner Bros. was acquiring the rights to Sandman from their sister company DC Entertainment. Supernatural creator Eric Kripke was said to be their choice to develop the project. However, Kripke broke some bad news to fans at last weekend’s PaleyFest Supernatural event in Los Angeles.
“Unfortunately, for a lot of varying reasons, Sandman is not in the works, at least for this season,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
Speaking before a panel at PaleyFest, Kripke offered that the Sandman adaptation “just didn’t quite happen this season through nobody’s fault, and hopefully we can do it again in the future.”
Reportedly, Kripke spoke with Gaiman, the writer behind Sandman, to discuss a possible adaptation, mentioning that the series “is without a doubt my all-time favorite comic. I’m such a fan of Neil, and he’s every bit as smart as promised and every bit as cool and down-to-earth, and I just loved my conversations with him,” he said.
Kripke has said in the past that Supernatural is inspired by Gaiman’s work. And he even told The Hollywood Reporter that Supernatural is “Sandman meets American Gods”.
“When I saw [Gaiman], I said, ‘Just so you know, I rip you off all the time for the show,’ and he said, ‘I really appreciate that because you and Kevin Smith have both been very public about ripping me off, and I don’t mind if people rip me off, I just want them to be public and admit it,’ ” Kripke said.
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