More than a decade earlier than Netflix’s adaptation of The Sandman arrived on the scene, Warner Bros. TV employed The Boys‘ Eric Kripke to turn Neil Gaiman’s common comedian books right into a TV collection. The undertaking was in the end shelved and now, for the primary time, Kripke is explaining why.
“WB gave me a crack at The Sandman but said it had to be network,” Kripke defined on Twitter Saturday. “It was my favorite comic, inspired much of [Supernatural], so I tried. Neil was kind and patient but, ultimately, it would’ve been a bad show.”
Kripke went on to gush about Netflix’s model, calling the 10-episode first season (which dropped August 5) “lush” and gorgeous.”
Gaiman himself addressed the ill-fated Kripke-penned iteration in a Friday tweet, calling it a “terrific network TV version of Sandman,” earlier than including, “But when you make a network TV version of Sandman you lose an awful lot of what makes it Sandman. [Kripke] did a great job considering the limitations.”
Gaiman raised eyebrows final week when he warned fans that regardless of constructive critiques and excessive viewership, The Sandman was not a slam-dunk for renewal as a result of it “is a really expensive show. And for Netflix to release the money to let us make [a second season] we have to perform incredibly well. So yes, we’ve been the top show in the world for the last two weeks. That still may not be enough.”
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