Genre: Fantasy/Comic Book Adaptation.
Studio:
Warner Bros.
Production Company:
Unknown.
Project Phase: Development Hell.
Who's In It:
Unknown.
Who's Making It:
Neil Gaiman (Screenwriter, Director); Don Murphy (Producer);
based upon the DC/Vertigo comic book mini-series Death: The High Cost of Living by
Neil Gaiman.
Premise: Once every one hundred years the embodiment of Death assumes human guise and must spend a day existing as a human being.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: The sibling of Dream of the Endless, Death was first featured in issue 8 of Gaiman's The Sandman series (also under development) and soon became a beloved secondary character. When DC Comics asked their reading audience which background character they would most like to see in their own series, the character of Death received the most votes. Death: The High Cost of Living was published in 1993, and since then has returned in a second mini-series.
For this property to have started development before the Sandman feature is even greenlighted, it showcases the interest people have in Gaiman's character of Death. In the comics, Death appears as a young woman dressed in a 'Gothic' matter: white pancake makeup, toussled black hair, black tank top and jeans - but always wearing an ankh necklace, which is the Egyptian symbol for life. She has a pleasant, easy-going, down-to-earth demeanor, who simply accepts that what she does is simply another facet to life. We wouldn't want to get on her mean side, though.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
February 15, 1997... [Project info sent in by 'widgett'(who adds "Don't screw it up," for the record), 'jmcclure'.]
February 18, 1997... Wiser men than ourselves have spoken. The ankh is the Egyptian symbol for life, not death as previously reported. [Thanks to Mark D. Garbrick, 'Omni', 'gillease' and David Lebel.]
September 9, 1997... Just learned that the picture is being produced by Don Murphy (Natural Born Killers) for Sony Pictures. [Credit 'Mr. Clark'.]
January 25, 1998... Is Fairuza Balk (star of The Craft) ready to play Death? This scooper told us 'yes'. [From her sibling 'Morpheus3'.]
March 12, 1998... Director/screenwriter Neil Gaiman tells CA that's there's been "no news" concerning this project. "I handed in a treatment about a year ago. Haven't heard anything back yet. There are indications that things may restart on this, but we'll see." WB, c'mon -- the fans wanna see this happen. [Thanks to Neil Gaiman for the update and studio correction info.]
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