It feels like forever, but the wait is about to end. The long-awaited Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s popular comic book series The Sandman is coming together. Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie, Vivienne Acheampong, Boyd Holbrook, Charles Dance, Asim Chaudhry and Sanjeev Bhaskar were chosen to star in the black fantasy series based on DC comics.
The series is described as a rich mix of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are perfectly intertwined ”. The Sandman follows the people and places affected by Morpheus, the King of Dreams, as he tries to fix all the cosmic and human mistakes he made during his vast existence.
Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman, Grey’s Anatomy) will act as a showrunner and executive producer alongside Gaiman and David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Terminator: Dark Fate, Foundation) Gaiman, Goyer and Heinberg are also co-writers on the project.
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“For the past thirty-three years, the Sandman characters have breathed, walked and talked in my head. I’m incredibly happy that now, finally, they can get out of my head and into reality, ”said Gaiman in a statement. “I can’t wait until people out there can see what we’ve seen as Dream and the rest of them win meat, and the meat belongs to some of the best actors out there.”
He added: “This is surprising, and I am very grateful to the actors and all collaborators with The Sandman – Netflix, Warner Bros., DC, Allan Heinberg and David Goyer and the legions of artisans and geniuses on the show – for transforming the craziest of all my dreams come true. “
The Sandman adds to the list of Gaiman’s fantasy series based on his work. He also created the comics for Amazon’s Good omens, Starz’s American gods and Lucifer which is now on Netflix.
Read the character descriptions below.
- Tom Sturridge is a dreamLord of dreams
- Gwendoline Christie is Lucifer, Ruler of hell
- Vivienne Acheampong is Lucienne, chief librarian and trusted guardian of the Dream realm
- Boyd Holbrook is the Corinthian, a runaway nightmare that wants to prove everything the world has in store
- Charles Dance is Roderick Burgess, Charlatan, blackmailer and magician
- Asim Chaudry is Abel and Sanjeev Bhaskar is Cain, the first victim and the first predator, residents and loyal subjects of Dream Realm
An adaptation of The Sandman has been in gestation for some time. Initially, it was planned to be a film directed and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He ended up leaving office after creative differences. Gaiman and Goyer were also involved in the film adaptation.