Blogosphere Abuzz with Sandman News @hitRECordjoe @neilhimself #prelude

I took a couple of days away from the wired world in order to visit the ol' Rugg Ranch up in Montana, but just before I left, the blogs were abuzz with news about Joseph Gordon-Levitt working with David Goyer, Warner Brothers and Neil Gaiman to bring Gaiman's Sandman to the silver screen.

Early reports indicated that Gordon-Levitt would be both producing and acting in the the movie, but a subsequent tweet from him noted, "Just to clarify, folks. I've signed on as a producer on Sandman. The rest remains to be seen. Delighted you guys are excited. I am too!"

Now that I'm back home with my nose to the virtual grindstone, I haven't seen any reports to the contrary, so I'm hoping that the news is the real deal.

I've mentioned before in the Sales and Science Fiction blog that although Neil Gaiman doesn't make an appearance in The Handbook, I do enjoy his work.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, however, DOES show up in The Handbook.  Lesson 17 is drawn from the movie Inception, which stars Gordon-Levitt, and in the Sci-Fi Skinny section of the lesson, I make note of Gordon-Levitt as a contemporary actor making an impact in the field of science-fiction film.
 
So, it's good to hear the news of his involvement with Sandman.  And it makes me feel warm and fuzzy about pegging him as a mover and shaker in the genre.  (Okay, I'll admit, it probably didn't take much of a leap to see that he is a go-to guy in the field, and getting more go-to-er by the day.  Gordon-Levitt has to his credit a long list of spec-fic acting gigs, including Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, and Looper, of which he was also executive producer.)

Here's what a couple of my favorite blogs have to say about it:

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/12/joseph-gordon-levitt-sandman-movie

http://www.themarysue.com/goyer-gaiman-gordon-levitt-sandman/