Netflix Sandman Series Produced by Neil Gaiman
 

No, you’re not dreaming. A TV series based on the groundbreaking Vertigo comic series Sandman is headed to Netflix from executive-producers Neil Gaiman and David Goyer, according to THR. Wonder Woman screenwriter Allen Heinberg is set to pen the series and serve as showrunner. Gaiman created the monthly comic for Vertigo in 1989, and artists on the book included Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, Shawn McManus, Marc Hempel, and Michael Zulli.

The report notes that Netflix paid a massive price tag for the series, the most expensive TV deal that Warner Bros. has ever conducted. Attempts to turn Sandman into a feature film have been going on since the 1990s at Warner Bros., with Eric Heisserer (Arrival)being attached to write the script as recently as 2016.

Sandman, which ran for 75 issues, tells the story of Morpheus, an immortal being who controls the world of dreams. The character is one of the Endless, an omnipotent set of siblings that include Destiny, Death, Destruction, Despair, Desire, and Delirium. (In keeping with the “D” motif, Morpheus is also known as Dream.) The series won 26 Eisner Awards over its run, and together with books like Swamp Thing and Hellblazer, put Vertigo on the map as a darker, more literary alternative to mainstream capes and tights comics.

Gaiman’s work has been a hot property for TV in recent years. His novel American Gods was adapted into a series by Starz that is still set for a third season despite a downturn in critical favor in season 2. Good Omens, which Gaiman co-wrote with the late Terry Pratchett in 1990, was adapted by Gaiman himself into a ten-episode mini-series for Amazon directed by Douglas Mackinnon.

Stay tuned for more news and updates on the Netflix Sandman series as it rolls in, and let the literal dream casting commence!

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Netflix announced the cast today which reminded me this Netflix show was actually a thing. Apparently this has been filming for a few months - typically they announce the cast prior to shooting.

https://collider.com/the-sandman-cas...boyd-holbrook/

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I was hoping a cute skinny goth girl for death but I always knew it was too good to happen. Will the black girl be edited so she's completely white? I think if they do that it won't be that bad, she'll still look like the character somewhat.

Why hire Black girl to play part of the stark White girl, just to "whiting" her later?
I don't think they would do that.

Obvious "Troll The Fans" Casting Choice is Obvious.

I mean, it doesn't get any more blatant than "We'll hire a black actress to play literally the whitest-ever character; that'll get us some buzz."

Well even a "white" girl would've needed "whitening" for her to look like death since literal white is not an actual skin color no matter how pale the girl is.

Still would have looked better, than whatever they want to do.

Gaiman, sadly is under control of his batshit insane wife, so no wonder he does this ****. A case of talented, but, alas, spineless, writer.

Don't get me wrong I wanted someone differently cast as Death, I'm just saying her look is still salvageable and I doubt they will do it, it's more of a being hopeful kind of case. Even if the casting is messed up, I still hope the show is good.
Gaiman is definitely a douche, I still can't believe he went through all the trouble of claiming Angela was his only for him and trying to get sympathy all those years only to sell her to Marvel once the decision became final. Spawn will never be the same because of that, then again that was also because McFarlane acted like a little greedy cocky douche the entire time.

Did anyone watch this? Saw the first 3 episodes, there's two gays in the first episode and two lesbians in the third. They didn't waste any time at all.

I watched it. It was weird & boring AF... I ended up just leaving it on and passively listening... Not even whats her face from Dr Who helped my attention at all. Lol.

Then you both gave it money to complain about it.

There was a series of fan films several years ago that were adapting issues of the Sandman comic into short films. Low-budget of course but they were direct panel-for-panel and word-for-word adaptations of the comics. The one where they did the issue with Dr. Destiny at the diner was fantastic.

I'm not sure how far they got with it, or if they're still easy to find online or whatever, but since those already exist I don't think the world needs whatever this show is and will be. Some of the series has already been adapted into live-action as faithfully as it ever can be by people who were huge fans and intimately familiar with the books; a "real" adaptation might be shinier and more expensive but there's no chance it can be "better" since it's not interested in staying faithful to the books.

As for the first episodes gays, they were there in the book as well. They did give other one darker skintone tho, in original they were both white. (I had to check this as well, been a while since I read it last, and it felt like added stuff, even when it wasn't)

I've seen 5 episodes so far, it's been better than I expected despite the changes I knew would be there.

Good thing I borrow a buddies netflix then... *shrug*

If I stopped giving money to every business who I disagree with in the world, I'd probably be dead already from lack of food.

Episode 5 had two lesbians and a gay guy sleeping with a 21 year old. Episode 7 has a drag queen.

What the hell is all of this? There's a new gay or lesbian character introduced every other episode. I had no idea this show was about homosexuals when I started watching it.

Even using a buddy's Netflix to watch it is still giving it "hits."

I just watched episode 7 in full and there was an on screen gay kiss and aftermath of a gay male sex scene. :ohwell:

Someone should of warned me about this. I did not know what I was getting into.

Did you read the comic? Haven't seen the ep 7 yet, but original had it's share of gays, including lesbians in the diner. I should think it was more controversial back in the day.

Edit: I mean, I don't really like so called "woke" changes that are far too common these days, but I don't think the original stuff should be changed either, even if it seems "woke", it was done in different times, these days it's just forcefeeding.

Exactly. Mindless consumerism. Not mindful consumerism.

Finished the show.

My expression during the near endless gay kissing, transgender, drag queen, and non-binary character scenes:

https://c.tenor.com/J18zD9uAFQYAAAAC...arrey-puke.gif

There was only 1 lesbian kissing scene, and instead I had to suffer through about 5 male gay scenes and non-binary characters.

If I knew this show would have this much "stuff" in it I probably would not have watched it. For the most part I did enjoy the actual story, liked the dream concept stuff and the main cast was good for the most part. I like Vortex (?) the black girl and her kid brother, I hope they return next series.

I enjoyed American Gods on Starz and Good Omens over on Amazon Prime, both of which being Neil Gaiman material but this... I'm not sure this appeals to me. I'd need to see a lot of reviews from people I trust before I start watching this.

And Death. I always was curious about the character. I'd never read any Sandman but I was aware of it and her especially in the pages of stuff like Wizard Magazine and Hero. One of the things I was the most curious about was who they'd cast as her. Then I see who and I'm immediately smdh. Like, "Oh, OK. We're doing this stuff here. OK."

Death: The High Cost of Living is a really cool mini-series. Very easy to find cheap and well-worth a read. It's very cool. I'm not really "up" on most of the Sandman stuff truthfully but I really love Gaiman's Death character. I only finally got around to picking up the mini-series a few years ago but she immediately became one of my favorite characters.

I've only read a few issues of Sandman so I can't speak much to that stuff but I highly recommend the Death mini-series. I don't own the other stuff she's appeared in but I've seen most of it and it's all pretty cool as well.

I found out Vortex was white in the comics yet in the show she is a black girl. I liked the actress so I don't mind but I wonder if this is something comic book fans dislike because white characters are constantly cast as black in shows yet they would never do this the other way around.

They refuse to see the hypocrisy. If you point it out, you'll just get some variation of "Sorry, sweetie, did this give you manbaby tears? Full stop!" or something like that. They all have, like, the same bag of fortune cookies full of the same catty little SJW phrases.

Cancelled.

https://www.theverge.com/news/604471...ed-neil-gaiman

But they claim they always knew they only had enough material for 2 seasons? Nothing to do with ANYTHING else currently going on... mmm-hmm.

Heh, 2022 me was something.

I'll probably finish this when it comes out, the only ep I really liked was the one where the guy he made immortal kept getting visited since like 1300 or something every 100 years till modern day. That was neat.

Damn. Been long enough I don't remember a whole lot, but found it watchable and had been hoping it would come back.

The show debuted in 2022 and it's now 2025. These 3 year waits between seasons is exactly what kills modern shows. Imagine if this was an old TV show we'd have had 5 seasons before it got canceled. :lol:

I wanted to check out the show but I couldn't get over death being black, I just wanted a pale white goth chick, was it that hard to give us that? It's like changing Superman's tights to Green, it just feels wrong.

HBO Watchmen also had great reviews, and it's not bad but it's just not quite Watchmen.

You and I have a rare bit of agreement on this. Death was iconic in the comics. I don't care about anybody else but she shouldn't have been messed with. She deserved better than to just be fodder for "pissing off the right people" or whatever it was behind the scenes.