John Cameron Mitchell, who recently starred in Netflix’s The Sandman adaption that received rave reviews, wants to star in another adaptation of a classic comic book series. The actor has expressed interest in a live-action film version of Grant Morrison’s comic book series The Invisibles. Mitchell portrays Hal, the innkeeper of the Sandman B&B where Rose Walker stays, in the pilot episode. Though Mitchell’s hopes for a live-action adaptation of The Invisibles are not yet a reality, they are not out of the question, as the adaptation in which he presently stars was the subject of multiple bids to adapt it prior to Netflix making it happen.
Mitchell praised Neil Gaiman, creator of the Sandman, in an interview with ComicBook.com before the launch of the series. He also praised Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen, Alan Grant, and Neil Gaiman, creator of the Sandman. “They reimagine familiar elements in novel ways while remaining distinctive. He discussed how the groundbreaking works of The Sandman, Watchmen, and The Invisibles altered the comic book industry as a whole. Then he gave his opinion on Gaiman’s work, and it seemed positive: “Neil went on to develop into something of his own Joseph Campbell. He fashioned stories from these legends. He didn’t have a background like George Martin’s, where hardware is often privileged above software. Whereas George Martin is a bit more like Beowulf, Neil has always been intrigued by the tale because of its connection to someone’s very personal and current mythologies.
Mitchell said he’d love to write an Invisibles series if given the chance to work on any of the aforementioned projects. Although Mitchell thinks it would be a fantastic idea, he has some doubts about whether or not to pursue it because of the high financial investment it would require.
However, Apocalipstick is certainly the most well-known and striking title among The Invisibles. Lord Fanny, a transgender member of the superhero team, is a Brazilian boy raised in the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, which has its roots in the shamanic practises of West Africa. In a word, the book is fantastic. That, by itself, would be worthy of a full film on its own, and there are unmistakable echoes of [Hedwig and the Angry Itch] in there, but this time coming from a more profound shamanistic background, which I find utterly intriguing. Perhaps my strong Catholic upbringing his left some vestige of the importance of ritual in my mind.”
Although the future of The Invisibles is uncertain, Mitchell’s present role with the Gaiman adaptation of The Sandman has been successful in giving us nightmares. Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie, Vivienne Acheampong, Charles Dance, Asim Chaudhry, David Thewlis, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jenna Coleman, Niamh Walsh, Kyo Ra, Joely Richardson, Stephen Fry, Razane Jammal, Sandra James Young, and Patton Oswalt all star in The Sandman. Gaiman, David S. Goyer, and Allan Heinberg serve as executive producers for the show.
There’s a Netflix streaming version of The Sandman.