Neil Gaiman sabotaged “Sandman” movie: “Worst script I’ve ever read”

“Sandman” fans had to wait decades to see an adaptation of the cult comic. But the wait wouldn’t have been that long if a film adaptation project hadn’t been sabotaged by the comic book author himself, Neil Gaiman.

Who made the revelation was himself, Neil Gaiman, in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. He said he even got a script for the adaptation in 1998, which would be produced by Jon Peters, but he did his best to never film it. In his words, it was “the worst script he has ever read”.

“A guy in Jon Peters’ office called me and said, ‘So Neil, did you have a chance to read the script we sent you?’ And I said, “Well, yes. Yes i did it. I haven’t read everything, but I’ve read enough. “And he said, ‘So, pretty good, huh?’ And I said, “Well, no. It really isn’t. “He said,” There must be something there that you liked. “I said,” There was nothing there that I loved. “There was nothing there that I liked. script I’ve ever read. It wasn’t just the worst “Sandman” script. It was the worst script I’ve ever gotten. “

In short, the story implied that Lucifer, Sandman and Corinthian were identical triplets, competing in a race to see who could get the ruby, helmet, and sandbag before midnight 1999, because whoever got it before midnight. beginning of the new millennium would be the winner.

In order to jeopardize that production and prevent that from happening, Gaiman anonymously leaked the script to the Ain’t It Cool News website, which was once the largest movie news portal on the internet.

“I was wondering what Ain’t It Cool News would think of the script they would receive anonymously,” the writer said. “And they wrote a fabulous article about how that was the worst script they ever got. And suddenly, the prospect of that movie happening is gone.”

Gaiman’s action gave the expected result. After all, after countless ups and downs, “Sandman” has finally won an adaptation he considers worthy on Netflix, where he led the streaming audience.

Source: Terra

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