Enter "Sandman": Lord Of Dreams

According to reports, actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("The Dark Knight Rises") is in negotiations to produce, direct and star in an adaptation of DC Comics superhero/super-villain property "Sandman":

With David Goyer, Gordon-Levitt will develop creator Neil Gaiman's "Sandman", the DC Comics/Vertigo series focusing on the character 'Dream', the 'Lord of Dreams' (aka 'Morpheus', 'Oneiros', the 'Shaper', the 'Shaper of Form', 'Lord of the Dreaming', the 'Dream King', 'Dream-Sneak', 'Dream Cat', 'Murphy', 'Kai'ckul' and 'Lord L'Zoril'), who is essentially the anthropomorphic personification of dreams. 

During the prelude of the dark horror comic series, Morpheus is captured by an occult ritual and held prisoner for 70 years, but he escapes in the modern day.

Avenging himself upon his captors, he sets about rebuilding his kingdom, which has fallen into disrepair in his absence.

The character's initial haughty and often cruel manner begins to soften after his years of imprisonment, but the challenge of undoing past sins and changing old ways is an enormous one for a being who has been set in his ways for billions of years. 

Storylines, set in modern times, as well as the past, occur in the 'Dreaming', Morpheus' realm, as well as the waking world, with visits to other domains including 'Hell', 'Faerie', 'Asgard' and the domains of the other 'Endless'.

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