Octopus Overlords

Chaosraven wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2016 1:49 am how hard can it be for them to do a series?

After various attempts at a film version collapsed at New Line, Netflix and Warner Bros. Television have reportedly come to a deal to adapt Gaiman’s “Sandman” graphic novel into a live-action TV series for the streamer reports The Live Feed.

Sources for the trade say this will be, by far, the most expensive TV series that DC Entertainment has ever done. Allan Heinberg (“Wonder Woman,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) is set to write and serve as showrunner on the straight-to-series project which will go exclusively to Netflix and not the upcoming WarnerMedia streaming service. Gaiman will executive produce alongside David Goyer.

hentzau wrote:So why aren't they going to put this on their streaming service instead of Netflix? Is this another nail in the coffin for the DC Universe service?

Isgrimnur wrote:Well, if you'd quit spending money on avatar bling...

$iljanus wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:37 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:Well, if you'd quit spending money on avatar bling...

Hey, you're not the boss of me!

hentzau wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:27 pm So why aren't they going to put this on their streaming service instead of Netflix? Is this another nail in the coffin for the DC Universe service?

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 3:28 pm I'm guessing it's a numbers game - and that Netflix has orders of magnitude more subscribers than DC network. If this is going to cost buckets of money, they're going to need to tap into that sweet, sweet revenue stream that the Sandman might provide - particularly now that Marvel has left them.

Sources say Warners, which controls the IP, took the Sandman TV pitch to multiple outlets, including corporate sibling HBO. The premium cable network did not make a play for the series, given the massive price tag attached (and likely number of other big world shows in the works), and Netflix snapped it up as the streamer continues to make an active play for massive IP that could be turned into subscriber-friendly franchises a la Amazon's Lord of the Rings and HBO's Game of Thrones.

Since parting ways with Marvel, Netflix has aggressively pursued big-name IP — like Magic: The Gathering, The Chronicles of Narnia and the works of Roald Dahl — as the streamer courts new subscribers with exclusive new takes on beloved franchises.

The Sandman deal will provide a financial windfall to Warners, which is in final negotiations for a new film and TV pact with J.J. Abrams that could be worth north of $500 million. Sources note that the studio opted to sell it to a third party in a bid to bring additional revenue to the company rather than placing it at its forthcoming streaming service. The studio will next look to re-sign prolific comedy producer Chuck Lorre as the Big Bang Theory co-creator's current deal expires in 2020.

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 3:43 pm I'm not saying anything that's not public knowledge here, and I have no personal insight into Sandman and why it's going to Netflix at this point (not my part of the business). I can say that WB is planning a streaming service, and given WB's vast TV and movie catalog, it's likely to be one the big players with Netflix and Disney. (Of course, maybe I'm just blinded by the internal corporate rah-rah stuff, so take it for what it's worth.)

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:17 am Yeah. I wish gas, electric and water companies would quit splitting up into different groups and forcing me to pay each of them individually!

But yeah, I can understand your point. But as long as they don’t charge a lot, I actually prefer the a la carte approach above the one huge, monthly cable bill that includes 89 channels I don’t watch.