{"id":12596,"date":"2016-03-07T11:02:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T19:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=12596"},"modified":"2016-03-07T11:02:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T19:02:55","slug":"gordon-levitt-departs-sandman-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/gordon-levitt-departs-sandman-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon-Levitt Departs “Sandman” Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt has dropped out of the “Sandman” film, the announcement coming just after the project hired a new writer. Taking to\u00a0Facebook<\/a> to post the news, Gordon-Levitt has given a lengthy statement regarding his reasons for departing the project which is based on Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed 75-issue comic book series. Here’s the statement:<\/p>\n

“So, as you might know if you like to follow these sorts of things, a while back, David Goyer and I made a producing deal with Warner Brothers to develop a movie adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s SANDMAN. Neil himself came on as an executive producer, we hired the excellent screenwriter, Jack Thorne, and we started in on the ambitious task of adapting one of the most beloved and boundary-pushing titles in the world of comics. I was pleased with the progress we were making, even though we still had quite a ways to go.<\/p>\n

Recently, as you also might know if you like to follow these sorts of things, the sorta ‘ownership’ (for lack of a better term) of the Sandman material changed hands when Warner Brothers shifted the entire catalogue of Vertigo comics (an imprint of DC) to their subsidiary, New Line. And a few months ago, I came to realize that the folks at New Line and I just don’t see eye to eye on what makes Sandman special, and what a film adaptation could\/should be. So unfortunately, I decided to remove myself from the project. I wish nothing but the best for the team moving forward.<\/p>\n

I’d like to thank all the great people I’ve had the opportunity to work with on this one. I’ve had a blast with and learned a ton from David and Jack. Niija Kuykendall, Greg Silverman, and everyone at Warner Brothers have been fantastic, as have Geoff Johns and everyone at DC. And it’s been a particular privilege as well as a rocking good time getting to know Mr. Gaiman, whose generous insights and masterful work have certainly convinced me that the Lord of Dreams and the Prince of Stories are one and the same Endless pattern.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Sandman” at present still does not have a release date set. The departure follows in the wake of a similar departure a few months ago of filmmaker Cary Fukunaga from the two-film adaptation of Stephen King’s “It”. Fukunaga left the project over creative differences after it got shifted to New Line. That film adaptation is still going ahead though in different hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has dropped out of the “Sandman” film, the announcement coming just after the project hired a new writer. Taking to\u00a0Facebook to post the news, Gordon-Levitt has given a lengthy statement regarding his reasons for departing the project which is based on Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed 75-issue comic book series. 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