In the third part of what has been a fantastic interview by Hero Complex with comics legend, novelist, screenwriter, and my favorite contemporary creator Neil Gaiman he reveals that he believes a feature film based on his Sandman stories is "an inevitability". The stories of Morpheus, the god of dreams, have been fascinating audiences for twenty years, primarily in DC Comics Vertigo series The Sandman which ran from 1989 through 1996.
In my mind there is no better writer out there today than Neil Gaiman. I wasn't the biggest fan of The Sandman while it was out but I've come to like it reading it in trade format over the last few years. It's Gaiman's other work that has fascinated me most: American Gods, Ananasi Boys, and my favorite book of all-time Neverwhere. While I'd prefer to see a big screen adapatation of Neverwhere, the fact that Gaiman is gaining such a strong foothold in the movie business has me psyched. Perhaps, if it ever comes to pass, they will do a better job with Sandman than they did with Gaiman's Stardust, which was disappointing to say the least.
