With the release of Kick-Ass on the horizon, director Matthew Vaughn is wondering why no one has tried to make a movie base on Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics yet. In an interview with Comic Book Resources, Vaughn praised his collaborations with Mark Millar on Kick-Ass and Neil Gaiman on Stardust and went on to say, “I think it’s weird that hardly any Neil Gaiman stuff has been made. The idea that no one has made ‘Sandman’ yet is weird.” Vaughn also said, “You know what, I would love to do ‘Sandman,’ but I think it’s stuck in development hell, but that could be like a ‘Lord of the Rings’ – just a huge movie.” Vaughn continued to express his love of comics by saying that working on The Avengers or Superman would be dream projects. Given Vaughn’s ability to translate comic book stories to film without butchering the property, I would applaud any project he gets. The impending success of Kick-Ass should allow him to land any project he wants for the next few years.

Would you like to see Neil Gaiman’s Sandman get made into a movie?