Joseph Gordon-Levitt Exits SANDMAN Movie Due to Creative Differences

For the past couple years, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been attached to produce, direct and star in Warner Bros.’ Sandman adaptation. The movie, based on the iconic Neil Gaiman comic, has more recently moved over to New Line Cinema, along with other Vertigo adaptations. And just yesterday, we learned that a new screenwriter was tackling the script.

Unfortunately, it looks like Gordon-Levitt won’t be bringing this story to the big screen after all. In a lengthy Facebook post, the actor-director revealed that he has dropped out of Sandman. Essentially, he says that he does not see eye-to-eye with New Line on how to adapt the source material – aka, the classic “creative differences” citation.

You can check out the Facebook post in its entirety below. Overall, this is some disappointing news, as Gordon-Levitt seems to have a true passion for the Sandman comic. Oh well.

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Posted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Saturday, March 5, 2016