'The Sandman' Movie: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Talks About Progress, Says "It's Slow But Steady"

Even though it has been over a year since American actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt gave an update about his movie adaptation for Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman," the actor is still quite busy working on it.

According to Empire Online, the project is still very much alive. It's just that Gordon-Levitt is busy working on the vision for how he wants the film to work. He has been collaborating with David Goyer, Warner Bros., and the author himself - Gaiman to create the best movie possible.

Gordon-Levitt has assured fans of the comic book series, as well as the soon-to-be movie fans that their work is "slow but steady," and for good reason.

"It's really good, man. It's slow but steady," he told MTV. "It's a really complicated adaptation because those comics, they're brilliant. But they're not written as a whole. It's not like Watchmen, which is a graphic novel that has a beginning, middle, and end. Sandman was written over the course of whatever - I forget exactly, six or seven years. One at a time. One little 20-page issue at a time."

He added for them to and make it into something that's a feature film - a movie that has a beginning, middle, and end - is quite complicated.

At the same time, Gordon-Levitt has a pretty clear idea for how he does not want the movie to end up to be - a big action flick. "Big spectacular action movies are generally about crime fighters fighting crime and blowing shit up. This has nothing to do with that," he explained.

One thing Gaiman has requested from the actor was that there should not be any punching involved in the entire film. "It was actually one of the things that Neil Gaiman said to me, he said 'Don't have any punching.' Because he never does," he shared. "If you read the comics, Morpheus doesn't punch anybody. That's not what he does."

Given the time Gordon-Levitt and his team have dedicated to the creation of the film, there is no doubt that "The Sandman" would be one impressive and artistic movie. So fans have to wait just a little bit longer to see it materialize on the big screen. After all, true artistry takes time.

"It's going to be like a grand spectacular action film, but that relies on none of those same old ordinary clichés. So, that's why it's taking a lot time to write, but it's going to be really good," he said.Even though it has been over a year since American actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt gave an update about his movie adaptation for Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman," the actor is still quite busy working on it.

According to Empire Online, the project is still very much alive. It's just that Gordon-Levitt is busy working on the vision for how he wants the film to work. He has been collaborating with David Goyer, Warner Bros., and the author himself - Gaiman to create the best movie possible.

Gordon-Levitt has assured fans of the comic book series, as well as the soon-to-be movie fans that their work is "slow but steady," and for good reason.

"It's really good, man. It's slow but steady," he told MTV. "It's a really complicated adaptation because those comics, they're brilliant. But they're not written as a whole. It's not like Watchmen, which is a graphic novel that has a beginning, middle, and end. Sandman was written over the course of whatever - I forget exactly, six or seven years. One at a time. One little 20-page issue at a time."

He added for them to and make it into something that's a feature film - a movie that has a beginning, middle, and end - is quite complicated.

At the same time, Gordon-Levitt has a pretty clear idea for how he does not want the movie to end up to be - a big action flick. "Big spectacular action movies are generally about crime fighters fighting crime and blowing shit up. This has nothing to do with that," he explained.

One thing Gaiman has requested from the actor was that there should not be any punching involved in the entire film. "It was actually one of the things that Neil Gaiman said to me, he said 'Don't have any punching.' Because he never does," he shared. "If you read the comics, Morpheus doesn't punch anybody. That's not what he does."

Given the time Gordon-Levitt and his team have dedicated to the creation of the film, there is no doubt that "The Sandman" would be one impressive and artistic movie. So fans have to wait just a little bit longer to see it materialize on the big screen. After all, true artistry takes time.

"It's going to be like a grand spectacular action film, but that relies on none of those same old ordinary clichés. So, that's why it's taking a lot time to write, but it's going to be really good," he said.