Neil Gaiman Explains Why SANDMAN Wasn't in the DC Movie Line-up
When Warner Bros. announced their DC superhero line-up, some fans, including myself, wondered why there were a couple titles missing. Those titles included Neil Gaiman and Joseph Gordon Levitt's Sandman project, and Guillermo del Toro's Justice League Dark. We know both of these properties have been in development, so why were they absent from the announcement? Gaiman was asked on Tumblr what the deal was in regards to Sandman, and this is the answer he gave:
"It’s not a DC Comics film. It’s a Vertigo film. That’s a different slate of films, and a different announcement."
Vertigo Comics is a branch-off of DC, and it features comic series that are specifically creator-oriented, and are mature in theme and content. They also deal more with supernatural type stories. What Gaiman's statement tells me is that Sandman is going to be a standalone film that will not cross over with the rest of the DC cinematic universe. Del Toro's Justice League Dark would also fall into this category, so there's still a chance that movie will happen, it just will fall under that Vertigo banner that Gaiman mentioned.
I would love for both of these projects to pan out, because chances are they will actually end up being better movies than the full slate of DC film that have been officially announced.
Via: io9