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The success of Game of Thrones and the Marvel Cinematic Universe have thrown open the floodgates for adaptations of beloved geek properties. Netflix has bet big on a few, including the insanely popular Japanese comic One Piece , which they hope could be the next big thing considering the high profile of the property basically everywhere but North America. Netflix also laid out a huge sum of money to adapt the thing that 90s teens who shopped at Hot Topic didn’t shut up about until Invader Zim came along, Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman . This project is so massive that Warmer Brothers, who own the rights to it because it’s a DC comic book passed on it and let Netflix have it because they didn’t want to spend the absolute fortune the show will cost to produce. Netflix announced the cast of the show on Wednesday and it looks like they’re already not sparing any expense there, either. The most notable cast member is Stephen Fry as Gilbert, a character from the comic’s second story arc, and Charles Dance as Roderick Burgess, an occultist who imprisons the series’ protagonist Morpheus in the early 20th century. That’s not a spoiler, it will likely be the first scene in the show. A second Game of Thrones alum, Gwendolyn Christie, will play Lucifer, the same character portrayed by Tom Ellis in Lucifer . Jenna Coleman from Dr. Who will make an appearance as Johanna Constantine, an ancestor of Legends of Tomorrow’s John Constantine. This is the best chance we have of hearing Constantine pronounced correctly because Neil Gaiman himself wrote the correct pronunciation into an issue of The Sandman . Patton Oswalt will also appear as Matthew the Raven, Morpheus’s assistant and friend. I know what you’re thinking “how did they get Patton Oswalt in a comic book adaptation?” If you’ve come this far and you’re not a comic book nerd, I salute you. But you probably want to know what The Sandman is, why your formerly- goth coworkers won’t shut up about it, and if you should watch it. In the mid-to-late 1980s, DC comics just let avant-garde writers from the UK go nuts on comics featuring lesser-known DC characters. This included Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing and Watchmen , Grant Morrison’s Animal Man and Doom Patro l and Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman . While Morrison and Moore gave their takes on DC’s lesser-known heroes, Gaiman mostly built his cast out of characters from DC’s horror anthology comics. You’ve probably heard of Tales from the Crypt , the horror series hosted by the Cryptkeeper; that started out as a comic by Mad Magazine’s publisher EC Comics. DC had a number of comics in the same vein, such as Weird Mystery Tales, House of Secrets, House of Mysteries and Tales of Ghost Castle . All of these books had hosts like Destiny, Cain, Abel and Eve or Lucien the Librarian. Neil Gaiman took those characters and made them central to his story as denizens of The Dreaming, the realm of Dream, the titular Sandman. Dream, or Morpheus, or The Sandman, is a new character that is essentially an update to an old DC superhero called The Sandman, aka Hector Hall, who was the son of Hawkman and Hawkgirl. He has no real relation to that character, though the Hall family features prominently in various storylines. The Sandman itself is a lot like one of those horror anthology comics; there are a lot of stories where Morpheus is simply a secondary character while the main focus is on a story about human characters. The TV show sounds like it will be adapting the first of these, A Doll’s House , as part of its ten-episode first season. Morpheus is involved in the events, but the main character is Rose Walker, a girl whose grandmother was affected by the sleeping sickness caused by Morpheus’s imprisonment at the start of the series. Unlike Tales from the Crypt and modern horror anthologies like American Horror Story , The Sandman manages to connect its characters to each other and to the larger DC Universe in interesting and rewarding ways. Honestly, though, if you’re interested in The Sandman, which is great, just go out and buy the comics. Neil Gaiman gets all the credit for the book, and he deserves most of it, but he worked with a lot of really talented artists who all brought a good deal of nuance to the story through their art that will be impossible to replicate. And you saw what happened to Game of Thrones . The Sandman : Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Patton Oswalt Among Dozen Cast in Neil Gaiman's Netflix Adaptation. Death has landed on The Sandman ‘s doorstep. Neil Gaiman’s Netflix adaptation has announced the addition of 12 new cast members, including Kirby Howell-Baptiste ( The Good Place, Why Women Kill ) as the aforementioned Death, the wiser sister of Tom Sturridge’s Dream. She’ll be joined by Patton Oswalt ( The King of Queens, A.P. Bio ), who is set to lend his voice to Matthew the Raven, Dream’s most trusted emissary. The dozen castings — which Gaiman revealed in a blog post Wednesday — also include Doctor Who fave Jenna Coleman, Fargo and Harry Potter vet David Thewlis, Nip/Tuck ‘s Joely Richardson, and British comedian Stephen Fry. Read on for character details: * Coleman will play Johanna Constantine, haunted exorcist and occult adventuress for hire. * Richardson ( Nip/Tuck ) will play Ethel Cripps, a master thief and woman of a thousand identities. * Niamh Walsh ( Good Omens ) will play Young Ethel Cripps, a betrayed and determined young woman seeking to survive. * Thewlis ( Fargo ) will play John Dee, Ethel’s son, a dangerous, insane man on a quest for truth. * Kyo Ra will play Rose Walker, a young woman on a desperate search for her missing brother. She discovers a connection to Dream that neither of them can escape. * Fry will play Gilbert, debonair protector of Rose Walker. * Razane Jammal ( Paranormal ) will play Lyta Hall, Rose’s best friend and travel companion. * Sandra James-Young ( EastEnders ) will play Unity Kincaid, heiress and mysterious benefactor. * Mason Alexander Park ( iCarly ) will play Desire, Dream’s sibling and desire personified. * Donna Preston ( The Hitman’s Bodyguard ) will play Despair, Dream’s sister and the twin of Desire. The Sandman is based on the DC Comics series of the same name, which is described as “a rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven.” The TV adaptation, which is currently in production, will follow “the people and places affected by Morpheus, the Dream King, as he mends the cosmic (and human) mistakes he’s made during his vast existence.” As previously reported, the ensemble also features Game of Thrones alumni Gwendolyn Christie and Charles Dance, who will respectively embody Lucifer and Roderick Burgess. What do you think of The Sandman ‘s cast so far? Drop your thoughts in a comment below. Cool Stuff | Essays. Neil Gaiman's The Sandman was launched in 1989. This extremely popular series was bound into ten collections. Following Dream of the Endless, also known as Morpheus, Onieros and many other names, we explore a magical world filled with stories both horrific and beautiful. What do you need to know to enjoy the series? Only that there are seven brothers and sisters who have been since the beginning of time, the Endless. They are Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium who was once Delight, and Destruction who turned his back on his duties. Their names describe their function and the realms that they are in charge of. Several years ago, a coven of wizards attempted to end death by taking Death captive, but captured Dream instead. When he finally escapes he must face the changes that have gone on in his realm, and the changes in himself. Preludes and Nocturnes begins the series. In it, Dream, escapes his prison. He must go on a quest to find the tools of his office: his helm, pouch and ruby. The journey will take him - and us - through the gates of hell itself. It will also teach Dream an important lesson about relying on tools, and introduce us to the other star of the series, Death. The Doll's House shows us that the Dream King has not yet resolved all of the problems caused by his imprisonment. Three dreams have escaped The Dreaming, the villainous pair Brute and Glob, and the kindlier Fiddler's Green. This story is intertwined with another about a young woman named Rose Walker and her search for her little brother. As the characters are drawn together, a vortex is discovered, a force that could destroy all dreamers and, therefore, the world. Will Dream choose mercy over responsibility? Or is there another way? Dream Country is the first story arc made up entirely of different tales. We meet the mother of Morpheus's son, and find out what cats dream about. We also discover the origins of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream . (The latter issue, number 19, is the only comic book ever to have won a World Fantasy Award.) Death has her own bittersweet story, as she attempts to help out an agoraphobic ex-superhero. We return to the regular series with Season of Mists . In it, Lucifer has grown tired of being the lord of hell. He kicks everyone out and locks it up solid, then gives the key to Dream. Dream must decide who of the many supplicants will get the key. This is considered the most popular story arc, filled with a cast of thousands as beings from many pantheons and myths vie for this instrument of power. In A Game of You, old witchcraft and fantasy mix together to create an adventure featuring Barbie from The Doll's House . She discovers that her vivid dreams are truly a gate to another world, where she is a princess trying to save her subjects from the clutches of the Cuckoo. Her unlikely and wonderful cast of friends, both in the world of her dreams and in the real world, are highlights of characterization, a group of people you can truly feel a connection to. Fables and Reflections is another story collection. We meet many extraordinary characters, including The Emperor of America, a director who must choose whether to fly or fall, a werewolf in search of his dreams, Joanna Constantine in search of Dream's son, Marco Polo, Caesar Augustus and many more. In Brief Lives , Dream's little sister Delirium convinces Morpheus to go on a quest for their missing brother, Destruction, but the price of finding the prodigal may be more than Dream can bear. In World's End , the characters are drawn together by a reality storm, caused by dramatic changes rippling across reality. They find shelter in a tavern, where they pass the time with their own tales, both wondrous and mysterious. We find ourselves in many places: in the dreams of a city, discovering the secrets of Necropolis where burial is a way of life, joining Cluracan on a swashbuckling adventure, running away to sea. The tales never focus on the Sandman himself, but tell us about the nature of tales and dreams just as keenly as the ones where he is in the center. In The Kindly Ones , Dream is faced with the repercussions from his actions in Brief Lives and The Doll's House . Lyta Hall's son is kidnapped and perhaps killed, and she blames Dream for his death. She goes insane, calling on The Kindly Ones, also known as The Furies, for revenge. They enter his realm and force Morpheus to make a sacrifice that will change The Dreaming forever. The Wake is the final chapter of this landmark series. Whenever someone we care about, as we learn to care about so many of these characters, dies, we must mourn, have a funeral and a wake. This final book ties up some loose ends, and leaves us with the message that dreams never really die. This description fails to describe the intricate twinings of story, the threads that run through each book as we revisit past characters, as past events blossom into new ones. It also does not give credit to the magnificent collection of artists that lent their talent, their own distinctive voices and styles, to Neil Gaiman's words. The scope of this series is broad, touching on aspects of our own brief lives. To read this series is not to curl up with a simple comic book, but to take a journey beyond the shores of reality and into a world we may only visit when we close our eyes. DC Comics and Netflix reveal The Sandman cast, pronouns and all. Neil Gaiman's classic comic series about the Lord of Dreams will awaken on Netflix. The Sandman comic was written by Neil Gaiman and told the tale of a lonely character who ruled the dream realm. DC Comics announced the cast of the Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman on Wednesday, complete with personal pronouns for all the actors. Based on the classic adult comic written by Neil Gaiman, the series is headlined by Tom Sturridge, Doctor Who's Jenna Coleman and Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer (yes, that Lucifer). Running from 1998 to 1996, with a few spin-offs since then, the genre-bending comic tells the story of the Lord of Dreams, Morpheus (aka Sandman and Dream). He's joined in the magical take by his family members Death, Destruction, Destiny, Despair, Desire and Delirium. The show's release date is yet to be announced. Entertain your brain with the coolest news from streaming to superheroes, memes to video games. Here's the new cast announcement: Kirby Howell-Baptiste (she/her) as Death. Mason Alexander Park (they/them) as Desire. Donna Preston (she/her) as Despair. Razane Jammal (she/her) as Lyta Hall. Joely Richardson (she/her) as Ethel Cripps. Niamh Walsh (she/her) as Young Ethel Cripps. David Thewlis (he/him) as John Dee. Kyo Ra (she/her) as Rose Walker. Patton Oswalt (he/him) as the voice of Matthew the Raven. Stephen Fry (he/him) as Gilbert. Jenna Coleman (she/her) as Johanna Constantine. Sandra James Young (she/her) as Unity Kincaid. They join the previously announced Sandman cast members of Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, Boyd Holbrook as the Corinthian, Charles Dance as Roderick Burgess, Asim Chaudhry as Abel and Sanjeev Bhaskar as Cain. The Sandman on Netflix will also be given a new modern-day setting , according to an interview Gaiman gave in 2019. "The idea is to stay faithful to Sandman, but to do it for now rather than making it a 1980s period piece," Gaiman said in November 2019. "In Sandman No. 1, there is a sleeping sickness that occurs because Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, is captured in 1916, and in 1988 he escapes . instead of him being a captive for about 80 years, he's going to be a captive for about 110 years and that will change things." Gaiman is executive producing the Netflix series of The Sandman . There's no release date yet, with filming delayed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic .