Wired has a nice little article about what’s unfilmable in Hollywood- which books or comics cannot be done correctly? The Neil Gaiman quote slaps you right on the face:
“It’s not film-shaped,” Gaiman said. “I went out to Hollywood with beautiful artwork and toys and did a presentation…. I got to the end, very proud of myself for encapsulating 2,000 pages of comics into a giant visual pitch, and what I got was, ‘Does The Sandman have a clearly defined bad guy?’ I said, ‘No it doesn’t,’ and they said, ‘Thanks for coming!’”
Trust me, I’m going through this slog in meetings right now. There’s a reason all films feel vaguely the same: they’re designed that way. It’s actually a miracle that both Stardust and Coraline got even past the pitch stage.
[Fan-art illustration of Death and the Sandman by UMINGA. Art here]
Kenwoode 
Ugh.. hollywood! This would be an EXCELLENT movie, mostly because Dream can not be defined. I hope if this series ever makes it to the big screen, it’s as well done as Stardust and Coraline (hopefully they’ll lose Terry Hatcher though…).