‘The Sandman’ Renewed For Season 2 At Netflix – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has greenlit a second season of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman.

Deadline understands that the streamer is bringing again the comedian guide adaptation after varied conflicting stories began to floor on-line.

The Sandman, which launched initially of August, was watched for 69.5M hours in its first week, doubling this in its second to 127.5M, scoring 77.2M in its third week and getting 53.8M in its fourth.

The renewal affirmation follows an unintentional leak on Wednesday by DC Comics’ official Twitter web page. The since deleted tweet learn, “The dream continues. [The Sandman] will return with new episodes based mostly on a number of volumes of the Neil Gaiman graphic novel to discover much more tales of the Limitless.”

It got here after cancelation rumors began circulating on social media with Gaiman calling out a faux Twitter account.

The ten-episode sequence, based mostly on Gaiman’s DC Comics sequence of the identical identify, follows Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), the personification of desires and one of many seven Limitless, is captured in an occult ritual in 1916. After being held captive for 106 years, Dream (additionally Sturridge) escapes and units out to revive order to his realm, the Dreaming.

Different sequence stars embody Boyd Holbrook as Corinthian, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, Patton Oswalt because the voice of Matthew the Raven, David Thewlis as John Dee, Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer Morningstar, Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Loss of life, amongst others.

A shock bonus episode was launched in August featured favourite tales from Neil Gaiman’s graphic novels, “A Dream of A Thousand Cats” and “Calliope,” that includes visitor appearances by Sandra Oh, James McAvoy, David Tennant, and Michael Sheen.

Netflix declined remark.