CBS greenlights two new “family” comedies, FX develops one with David O. Russell, and NBC adds a western, a Brit-import, and a career comedy. Meanwhile 8 new pilots add powerhouse directors, and two add new EPs!
James Mangold
3:10 to Yuma helmer and True Grit star eye the 2009 Black List script THE GUNSLINGER for Warners!
Warner Bros. Television has snatched up the TV rights to Neil Gaiman’s comic book series “SANDMAN.” The series, has firmly established itself as one of the most renowned works in the medium, having been in some form of film development for almost 20 years (the series first began in 1989).
But, now WB, alongside DC Comics (who published the book via their “Vertigo” imprint and will produce the TV series) sees a very bright future in the series, and is in talks with Eric Kripke, the creator of the CW’s “Supernatural,†to possibly take a stab at adapting. While “Supernatural” and “Sandman” in my opinion are at opposite ends of the spectrum, I think the type of show I’d love Sandman to be, isn’t necessarily one that would rake in viewers, so I’ll wait to pass any judgement until we’re much farther down the road.
Prior to WB’s involvement on the TV side, DC was in talks with HBO and James Mangold to develop a show, with Mangold even meeting with Gaiman to discuss the series as a whole, but after a long dormant hiatus due to scheduling issues, that never came to be.
The story of “Sandman†began with Morpheus, the Lord of the Dreaming realm, a deity who personifies dreams, and could work and alter your dreams as he see fit. As he series continued we met the rest of his family, a group who were the bearers of a majority of humanity’s darker emotions; Destiny, Death, Destruction, Despair, Desire and Delirium, and Morpheus’ real name – Dream.
Logline: A cool aristocratic thief and an escaped murderer join forces in a jewel heist but must contend with a wily police superintendent determined to catch the duo.
Logline: Story centers on a Florida salvage expert (Travis McGee), searching for his ex, goes to Grenada where he tangles with a sinister real estate developer, and falls for a mysterious woman hired to impersonate the missing girlfriend.
Logline: Story centers on a photographer who pretends to be the boyfriend of a woman with amnesia and then must elude the woman’s real boyfriend who is bent on revenge.
Logline: When a Texas Ranger is horrifically tortured and killed, his sharp-shooter older brother plots revenge against those who killed him. It will become a quest for vengeance, that will cost him seven years in prison, his right hand and one eye, and will not stop until they are all dead.
Logline: Following the loss of his memory, Wolverine (James Logan) drifts through life until he finds himself in Japan, where he finds a chance at a new life, a new love, and a new calling.
TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE made a play to get James Mangold to direct today.
Logline: A woman discovers she might be descended from the people who inspired the most popular love story of all time.
Logline: Pitched as the origin of Captain Nemo and his warship the Nautilus. After being betrayed by Captain Redgrave, who raised and trained him throughout his child, Nemo is sent to a slave family, where he recruits a crew, escapes, and swears an oath of vengeance against Redgrave.
