Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been quietly working with writer David Goyer and creator Neil Gaiman for the big screen adaptation of the 'Sandman' comic book, and while the three have been very good with keeping things under-wraps for the past few months, Gordon has decided to keep fans in the loop in a recent interview.

In a recent interview with MTV, Gordon speaks on why this particular adaptation is a complicated project:

"It's really good, man. It's slow but steady. It's a really complicated adaptation because those comics, they're brilliant. But they're not written as a whole. It's not like 'Watchmen,' which is a graphic novel that has a beginning, middle, and end. 'Sandman' was written over the course of whatever - I forget exactly, six or seven years. One at a time. One little 20-page issue at a time. And to try to take that and make it into something that's a feature film - a movie that has a beginning, middle, and end - is complicated. I'm feeling really good about it, but it is a process, so please be patient."

Gordon has recently been rumored to star in the live-action adaptation. He goes on to speak on how they'll be taking another spin on the comic book movie genre:

"Big spectacular action movies are generally about crime fighters fighting crime and blowing s**t up. This has nothing to do with that and it was actually one of the things that Neil Gaiman said to me, he said 'Don't have him punch anybody.' Because he never does. If you read the comics, Morpheus doesn't punch anybody. That's not what he does. It's going to be like a grand spectacular action film, but that relies on none of those same old ordinary cliches. So, that's why it's taking a lot time to write, but it's going to be really good."

As it stands, 'Sandman' does not have a projected release date.