Sandman is clearly no priority on DC's slate until 2020. In fact, the venture advances so slowly and news comes so infrequently that one might ask whether Neil Gaiman's work will ever be adapted for the big screen at all.
What's been established is Gaiman himself is on board with the production and that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will direct the movie. Rumor has it he will also star in Sandman.
After a period of complete blackness, JGL finally brings some news about his "ghostly" project. Hit the jump to learn why Sandman moves ahead so slowly and why it's not going to be a typical comic book movie.
So, there is no news about Sandman because there's little to no advancement to talk about. No, and it's not because they're just sitting around. JGL explains with amazing confidence:

