

Heinberg ( Wonder Woman) serves as showrunner and executive produces with Gaiman and Goyer. Netflix’s announcement notes that the coming episodes will be “adapted from multiple The Sandman graphic novels.” 5 release of the season.Īn episode count and story details for season two are being kept under wraps for now. A surprise 11th episode, based on the issues “Calliope” and “Dream of a Thousand Cats,” followed two weeks after the Aug. The 10-episode first season was based on the first 16 issues of the comic (there are 75 in all), following Morpheus’ (Tom Sturridge) efforts to restore order to his realm, the Dreaming, after more than a century of being held prisoner following an occult ritual. Netflix Releases First Trailer for Sarah Snook Thriller 'Run Rabbit Run' And Lucifer is waiting for Morpheus to return to Hell ….” Nobody is going to be happier about this than the Sandman cast and crew: they are the biggest Sandman fans there are. There are some astonishing stories waiting for Morpheus and the rest of them (not to mention more members of the Endless Family to meet). “It gives me unbelievable pleasure to say that, working with Netflix and Warner Bros., Allan Heinberg, David Goyer and I will be bringing even more of The Sandman stories to life. “Millions upon millions of people have welcomed and watched and loved The Sandman on Netflix, from established Sandman fans to people who were simply curious, and then became obsessed with the Lord of Dreams, his family and their goings-on,” Gaiman said in a statement. News of the renewal leaked earlier Wednesday via a since-deleted tweet from Sandman publisher DC Comics the formal announcement came in the evening.

The streamer has renewed the series based on Neil Gaiman’s beloved comic for a second season.
