Vertigo Films Headed To New Line!

Briefly: In an interesting (and unexpected move), Deadline has just learned that Warner Bros. is moving its DC/Vertigo titles to New Line Cinema while it keeps busy with the upcoming tentpole films from its main DC lineup.

The lesser-known Vertigo titles are far riskier than the main DC titles, so it’s a smart move on Warner Bros. part. If the films flop they can avoid blame, and if they do well they can still take credit.

Currently. the most anticipated Vertigo film is Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. This is Joseph Gordon-Levitt pet project, who has been attached this for the past two years. Other Vertigo titles include Constatine, Preacher, and Lucifer, though we’ve heard nothing of film projects for those titles (though we can’t wait for AMC’s Preacher series).

What do you think of the move? Are you more excited for DC’s tentpole pictures? Or the less traditional Vertigo stuff? Sound out below!