Those of you already tuned into the geek webs already know that TV’s Eric Kripke(SUPERNATURAL) is rumored to do a Sandman series for HBO.

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Now comes word that Warner Bros. TV is acquiring the rights to Neil Gaiman’s Sandman from sister company DC Comics.

A Little Back Story on the Graphic Novel
The much loved vertigo series The Sandman by Neil Gaiman revolves around Dream, Lord of all Dreams. He goes goes by many names: Morpheus, Oneiros, The Shaper, The Shaper of Form, Lord of the Dreaming, The Dream King, Dream-Sneak, Dream Cat, Murphy, Kai’ckul and Lord L’Zoril to name a few. Dream’s name and appearance varies according to the person, or being, observing him.

The neatest trick of The Sandman graphic novels is that Morpheus is the main character but he does not appear that often in his own book. We, the audience, get to follow a delightful cast of damaged, aka damn interesting, people as they encounter The Dream King at various stages of their lives. It’s worth noting that usually these stages are the worst moments of their lives. Such is the way of stories.

The Lord of Dreaming is not omnipotent and he is the only powerful anthropomorphic personification of an aspect lording over the lives of humans. Dream is a member of the family of seven called The Endless. His siblings are: Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair, Destruction(The Prodigal), and Delirium(formerly Delight).

A HBO series based off these books has the chance of raising the bar for television to unbelievable heights. It also has the chance to stink on ice. The Sandman has been in movie development hell for decades. Less creative minds have have been attached, written scripts and, thankfully, not succeeded in pulling a Shyamalan.

Seriously, we read those old scripts. They made Jon Peters Superman movie ideas look like Dostoevsky.

While we adore what Eric Kripke has done for SUPERNATURAL, the fanboy in us secretly hopes The Suits won’t get this TV series off the ground.

The Endless by Deviant Artist T-Head

l-r:Desire, Despair, Destruction(in back), Dream, Death, Delirium, Destiny

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