The Sandman (TV series)

The Sandman is an upcoming dark fantasy series to be produced on loosely based on Neil Gaiman's DC Comic series of the same name. will serve as showrunner. Gaiman will be executive producer along with. The series will premiere on August 5, 2022.

Synopsis
There is another world that waits for all of us when we close our eyes and sleep — a place called the Dreaming, where The Sandman, Master of Dreams (Tom Sturridge), gives shape to all of our deepest fears and fantasies. But when Dream is unexpectedly captured and held prisoner for a century, his absence sets off a series of events that will change both the dreaming and waking worlds forever. To restore order, Dream must journey across different worlds and timelines to mend the mistakes he's made during his vast existence, revisiting old friends and foes, and meeting new entities — both cosmic and human — along the way.

Cast

 * Tom Sturridge as Dream
 * Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer Morningstar
 * Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne
 * Boyd Holbrook as The Corinthian
 * Charles Dance as Roderick Burgess
 * Asim Chaudry as Abel
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar as Cain
 * TBA as John Hathaway
 * Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death
 * Mason Alexander Park as Desire
 * Donna Preston as Despair
 * Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine and Joanna Constantine
 * Joely Richardson as Ethel Cripps
 * Niamh Walsh as young Ethel Cripps
 * David Thewlis as John Dee
 * Kyo Ra as Rose Walker
 * Stephen Fry as Gilbert
 * Razane Jammal as Lyta Hall
 * Sandra James Young as Unity Kinkaid
 * Patton Oswalt as Matthew The Raven
 * Mark Hamill as Mervyn Pumpkinhead
 * Ferdinand Kingsley as Hob Gadling
 * TBA as Mad Hettie

Crew

 * (showrunner)
 * Neil Gaiman (executive producer)
 * (executive producer)

Development

 * On July 1, 2019, The Sandman received an 11-episode series order from Netflix.
 * The series was slated to start filming at the end of May 2020 but production was delayed amid the Covid-19 pandemic, during which time Audible released an audiobook version of The Sandman voiced by Riz Ahmed and James McAvoy among others with Neil Gaiman narrating almost every single chapter (with "Tales in the Sand" as the exception since it's a standalone story where no one from the regular cast performs, save for the announcer).
 * The series was set resumed production around October 2020. Following this, it was announced that filming for the series began on October 15, 2020.

Trivia

 * Unlike the graphic novels, the series will be set in modern day, in the year 2021.
 * When it was first announced, Gaiman stated the gender of The Sandman could also be up for debate.
 * Niamh Walsh, the actress for the younger Ethel Cripps, also portrayed Nuala in the Sandman Audible series.