Another screenwriter has left the Sandman movie adaptation, after coming “to the conclusion that the best version of this property exists as an HBO series or limited series,” reports io9.

Eric Heisserer, who previously wrote the upcoming Arrival film and the remakes for Nightmare on Elm Street and The Thing, was brought on board earlier this year after the departure of Joseph Gordon-Levitt (see (Joseph Gordon-Levitt Off 'Sandman' Movie”). “I came to realize that the folks at New Line and I just don’t see eye to eye on what makes Sandman special, and what a film adaptation could/should be,” Gordon-Levitt said in a Facebook statement about his departure.

Heisserer seemingly came to the same conclusion that led to Gordon-Levitt’s departure. In a statement to io9, Heisserer said Sandman wouldn’t work as a feature film or even as a trilogy. “This isn’t where it should be. It needs to go to TV,” he said.

Sandman creator Neil Gaiman agrees, sending the following tweet to his followers after the announcement (see below).

Heisserer responded via Twitter, wishing Gaiman “the best in finding the right adoptive family for Morpheus.” But Gaiman himself alluded to the lack of control he has over such decisions regarding the project, responding, “I wish the family were mine to find…”

New Line didn’t respond to io9’s request for comment.