The Sandman has been canceled at Netflix. The upcoming second season of the collection will likely be its final.
The Sandman premiered on Netflix in August 2022. The collection is an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s comedian ebook of the identical identify, with Gaiman, David S. Goyer, and Allan Heinberg having developed the present.
Per Selection, The Sandman has now been canceled at Netflix following sexual misconduct accusations in opposition to Gaiman.
“This marks Gaiman’s newest undertaking to be impacted amid the allegations. He additionally departed Amazon’s upcoming ultimate season of the Good Omens TV adaptation, and growth paused on a film based mostly on his The Graveyard E-book at Disney,” Deadline’s article notes. “Most lately, Gaiman was dropped by his longtime comedian ebook writer Darkish Horse and had his Coraline musical scrapped.”
What did The Sandman showrunner say concerning the Netflix collection’ cancelation?
“The Sandman collection has all the time been targeted solely on Dream’s story, and again in 2022, after we regarded on the remaining Dream materials from the comics, we knew we solely had sufficient story for yet one more season,” Heinberg, who serves as The Sandman’s showrunner, stated. “We’re extraordinarily grateful to Netflix for bringing the workforce all again collectively and giving us the time and sources to make a devoted adaptation in a method that we hope will shock and delight the comics’ loyal readers in addition to followers of our present.”
Netflix didn’t return Vareity’s request for touch upon the accusations in opposition to Gaiman.
A premiere date for The Sandman Season 2 has not but been introduced, although they’re anticipated to reach in some unspecified time in the future in 2025. The brand new season will observe the “Season of Mists” storyline from the unique comics.
The solid of The Sandman Season 2 consists of Tom Sturridge as Dream, Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer, Esmé Creed-Miles as Delirium, Adrian Lester as Future, Barry Sloane as The Prodigal, Ruairi O’Connor as Orpheus, Freddie Fox as Loki, Clive Russell as Odin, Laurence O’Fuarain as Thor, Ann Skelly as Nuala, Douglas Sales space as Cluracan, Jack Gleeson as Puck, Indya Moore as Wanda, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine, Ferdinand Kingsley as Hob Gadling, Stephen Fry as Gilbert, Asim Chaudhry as Abel, Sanjeev Bhaskar as Cain, Vanesu Samunyai as Rose Stroll, Razane Jammal as Lyta Corridor, Steve Coogan because the voice of Barnabas, and Patton Oswalt because the voice of Matthew.
