Neil Gaiman is Working on The First Two Seasons of Netflix's THE SANDMAN Series
A few months ago we learned that Neil Gaiman was teaming up with David Goyer (Man of Steel, Dark Knight Trilogy) to produce a series adaptation of The Sandman for Netflix. A lot of fans were excited about this, especially after New Line Cinema failed to get a film adaptation into production.
Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman, The Catch, Grey's Anatomy) is writing the show and will also serve as showrunner. It’s said that this is a massive financial deal with Warner Bros. Television. It was also explained that the deal is “the most expensive TV series that DC Entertainment has ever done.”
We haven’t really heard any news since that initial announcement but during a recent interview with Radio Times Gaiman offered an update and revealed that he’s working on the first two seasons of the series:
“There are three of us, showrunner Heinberg, Goyer and me, and we’ve just finished writing the first episode, and plotting and breaking down the first two seasons, so we’ll see what happens next.”
We already knew that the first season would consist of eleven episodes, but we didn’t know that they were working on a second season! I guess they’re excited about what they’ve got so far and have the hopes of keeping the series going past a single season.
The Sandman comic series was originally created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. But it wasn't until Gaiman came along and gave us his version of the comic that it really exploded. The 75+ issue comic arc ran from January of 1989 to March of 1996.
The story focuses on Morpheus, the Lord of the Dreaming, a deity who personifies dreams. Gaiman also introduced the Endless, a group of powerful brothers and sisters named Destiny, Death, Destruction, Despair, Desire, and Delirium (as well as Dream).
Are you looking forward to The Sandman series?