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David S. Goyer: ‘I'd Be Crazy to Say It Wasn't Weird' to Work on ‘The Sandman' Amid Neil Gaiman Allegations
David S. Goyer understands: it was 'weird' to work on 'The Sandman' Season 2 after various allegations against author and co-creator Neil Gaiman were made public. Goyer, created the series alongside Gaiman, told Variety that while Gaiman 'wasn't as involved in Season 2 as he was in Season 1,' the accusations against him still impacted the rollout of the Netflix show. Gaiman was accused by multiple women of engaging in nonconsensual 'rough and degrading sex' and coercion during Tortoise Media's four-part podcast 'Master: The Allegations Against Neil Gaiman.' Gaiman denied the sexual assault and rape allegations in July 2024. Amid the claims against Gaiman, his 'Good Omens' series debuted a third season that consisted solely of a 90-minute finale episode; an animated project was also shelved. More from IndieWire IndieWire Wins Four Southern California Journalism Awards, Including Best Website Apple TV+ Signs First-Look Film Deal with North Road's Chernin Entertainment 'The Sandman' Season 2, which starts streaming on July 3, will be the final season of the DC Comics series. At the time when the allegations against Gaiman were released, Season 2 was in the midst of filming. (Season 2 had been announced in 2022, with Tom Sturridge, Boyd Holbrook, Patton Oswalt, Gwendoline Christie, Charles Dance, Jenna Coleman, Stephen Fry, John Cameron Mitchell, and more stars returning.) 'When the accusations first came out, I think we were three weeks from finishing filming Season 2 — so we were very, very far down the path,' Goyer said of how production weathered the claims against Gaiman. 'Neil wasn't as involved in Season 2 as he was in Season 1. Obviously, it's complicated. I have tremendous respect for women that come forward in those situations. It's really concerning, but I know that Netflix, at the time, felt, 'God, we spent two years making this thing. There's all these actors and writers and directors involved that, if we didn't air it, wouldn't be fully compensated for it.' And so we just decided, we're going to let this work speak for itself. But I'd be crazy to say it wasn't weird.' Goyer added of the accusations, 'I can say, personally, I had never glimpsed any of this.' The screenwriter further shared that 'The Sandman' was set to wrap with Season 2 regardless of the allegations against Gaiman. '[The ending] was planned more than two years ago. And we had a lot of discussions, [showrunner] Allan [Heinberg] and I, with Netflix,' Goyer said. 'And obviously we love the books, but one of the concerns about some of the story arcs is that Dream [Sturridge] isn't in them very much. And so when we were discussing, everyone's concern was like, are we really going to sort of deviate and do six episodes that Dream's not in at all, except for the very end? And the other thing was even though the original comic book run, I think, was 75 issues, we just ended up burning through story faster than we thought we would, because the individual issues, a lot of them, when they were first being published, are only 17 pages.' He continued, 'So in many cases, the source material to make an episode was four or even sometimes five issues. So when we first went into it, we thought it would be possibly four 10 episode seasons. Now, the first season had 11, the second season is 12. When we talked through it, we felt, let's make a slightly bigger Season 2 and take it through to the end. There's always the possibility that we could do some of the other spinoff material, if you will. But it was just a question of, like, do we do it as three seasons? Do we do it as four? And again, we just decided, let's just go for it and take it all the way through 'The Wake.'' Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films: 37 Movies the Director Wants You to See
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Blade Trilogy Writer Was ‘Confused' By Wesley Snipes Being In Deadpool And Wolverine, But I Like His Theory About Why The Appearance Happened
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Last summer's Deadpool & Wolverine was packed with special cameos, most of whom were tied to Fox's X-Men franchise and other superhero movies the film studio, which is now merged with Disney, released back in the day. One of the exceptions, however, was Wesley Snipes reprising Blade, as the Daywalker's movies from the late '90s and early 2000s hailed from New Line Cinema. David S. Goyer, who penned the Blade trilogy, recently admitted that he was confused by Snipes being in the MCU movie, but he did share an interesting theory about why it happened that's tied to the long-awaited Blade reboot. Goyer addressed this topic while appearing on Happy Sad Confused to talk about the 20th anniversary of Batman Begins, which he co-wrote. Towards the end of his conversation with host Josh Horowitz, he briefly talked about how he doesn't understand why Marvel Studios is having such a hard time cracking Blade, especially with Mahershala Ali attached to play the vampire slayer. Then when Horowitz speculated about if the positive reception to Snipes' appearance in Deadpool & Wolverine might have complicated development of the reboot even more, Goyer said: I thought that was cool too, but it's confusing if you're trying to do another one. It may have been as just an acknowledgment that, 'Yeah, we can't crack it right now.' I have no idea. I haven't been involved in the conversations. I don't necessarily agree that it didn't make sense for Wesley Snipes' Blade to appear in Deadpool & Wolverine if Marvel is trying to introduce Mahershala Ali's version. After all, Chris Evans reprised Johnny Storm, a.k.a. The Human Torch, and we'll soon meet Joseph Quinn's version of that character in next month's The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Besides, given how poorly Blade: Trinity was received, with David S. Goyer once calling it the 'worst experience' of his career, I'd say Snipes deserve to reprise Eric Brooks and leave him in a better place than where he was left. As for Goyer theorizing that Wesley Snipes was included in Deadpool & Wolverine as a way to indirectly acknowledge the Blade reboot's troubles, I'd buy that as a possibility. It would certainly make Snipes saying, 'There's only been one Blade. There's only ever going to be one Blade' even funnier, as that line prompted Deadpool to knowingly look at the camera. In that sense, the Merc with the Mouth is silently confirming Snipes is correct, but the joke still works the other way if we get to meet Mahershala Ali's Blade someday, thus proving his predecessor wrong. The Blade reboot remains undated on the upcoming Marvel movies schedule, and development on it was reportedly paused in March. While we await any significant update on its status, remember that Deadpool & Wolverine can be revisited at your convenience with a Disney+ subscription.
