IndieWire: MJ once told Warner Bros. President that he wanted to play the lead role in "Sandman"

According to IndieWire's report today (August 30), Neil Gaiman, the author of "Sandman" comics, recently revealed that superstar Michael Jackson had shown great interest in the TV series adapted from the "Sandman" comics in the 1990s. MJ himself had personally spoken with the president of Warner Bros. hoping that he would agree to his request to play the leading role of "Sandman".

Neil Gaiman recently revealed to Rolling Stone that the script written by Iron Man producer Jon Peters was so bad that he shelved his attempt to adapt the Sandman comics in the 1990s. The first season of the Sandman series is now available on Netflix.

The series is adapted from the DC comic of the same name created by Neil Gaiman. It tells the story of the powerful Morpheus who made various mistakes in the universe and the human world during his existence. As the supreme king of dreams, he realized that the trouble was just about to begin after he broke free from the shackles and regained his freedom.