the sandman

January 02, 2014

Oh, wait. 
I'm a certified crazy, therefore there's nothing strange about this behaviour whatsoever. 
...
Sweet.

I know JGL has only signed on as a producer but the mere possibility of him playing Dream is enough to make me catatonic.
I may actually need some hard liquor to calm me down at this point.
...and i don't drink, so this could end...face-planty.

One qualm however.
This should be a tv series.
Not a film.
There is nowhere near enough scope in an hour and a half+ to deal with The Sandman.
There just isn't.
It's 75 issues long for Gaiman's sake.

And who should be in charge of this bad boy?
I'd pin my hopes on a collaboration between Daniel Knauf as screenwriter and Guillermo Del Toro as director.
Now that...would be a thing of beauty.
And i know, i know, Del Toro's my choice for most fantasy-based things but there's no way to overlook that even though his movies' content may be a little sketchy, they are still some of the most iconic looking fantasy films of contemporary cinema.
Pan's Labyrinth alone makes him an unshakeable contender for the king of quixotic escapism.

So...suck it, haters.
This isn't happening anyway.
Let me dream!




ps. I want these.
I want these so much it hurts...

Paul Watson said...

Del Toro would be excellent as the director - he would really get it looking appropriately dreamlike and textured.

Louise Boyd said...

Exactly! I knew i wasn't just being a Del Toro fangirl. Or are we just fanning out together? Hmm.

Paul Watson said...

Have you got his "Cabinet of Curiosities" book, that has many scans of his notebooks? I got a copy a few weeks ago, and it's great!

Louise Boyd said...

I've yet to get my mitts on a copy. It had 'potential Christmas present' stamped all over it so i've had to stop myself but the season's over and now it shall be mine!

I don't why i get so creepy-sounding sometimes...

Please tell me there are sketches and whatnot for his earlier work like Cronos and The Devil's Backbone?

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