The forthcoming adaptation of the Sandman comic-books has appointed a new writer, with How I Live Now scribe Jack Thorne on board to work on the script.
The new film will be co-produced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and David S. Goyer, with Thorne expected to write his script based upon a story pitch from Goyer.
Gordon-Levitt is also expected to star in the title role as Morpheus, the Lord Of Dreams, who finds himself exiled from the Dream Kingdom, only to return and find it a ruin of its former self.
Neal Gaiman’s well-loved book is certainly not the most straightforward of comics to adapt, but Goyer has plenty of previous with this kind of material, and has hopefully isolated a particular element of the story for Thorne to work with.
Warner Bros. is also harbouring hopes that JGL will complete his hat-trick and direct the project, but nothing has been officially confirmed on that score as yet.
