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Neil Gaiman Calls Critics Of Casting For Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ Series Racists, Sexists, Homophobes, And Anti-Vaxxers

January 17, 2023

Writer and creator of The Sandman Neil Gaiman has been ardent in defending the casting choices for the Netflix series adapting his work that has met with harsh criticism for breaking with the source material. Q...

George R.R. Martin And Neil Gaiman Claim They “Hate” Hollywood’s Tendency To Alter Source Material

Spencer Baculi

November 1, 2022

Television

Despite the numerous such changes seen in the recent live-action adaptations of their respective works, Game of Thrones scribe George R.R. Martin and The Sandman creator Neil Gaiman have claimed they despise Ho...

‘The Sandman’ Creator Neil Gaiman Misses The Point While Responding To Accusations He Went “Woke” With Netflix Series

Spencer Baculi

October 7, 2022

Comic Books, Television

Missing the point of fans' various criticisms against Netflix's live-action adaptation of his seminal comic book series, Neil Gaiman has responded to accusations that he went 'woke' with its production by point...

Neil Gaiman Admits To Sabotaging First Attempt At ‘The Sandman’ Live-Action Adaptation: “It Was the Worst Script That I’ve Ever Read”

JB Augustine

September 12, 2022

Movies

Creator of The Sandman Neil Gaiman had chances to adapt the spooky comic before Netflix came calling but he was very choosy about the hands he'd allow to touch his characters. The Sandman. (L to R) To...

‘The Sandman’ Creator Neil Gaiman Says Anyone Who Criticizes Race-Swapping In ‘The Rings of Power’ Is “Either Racist Or Hasn’t Read Their Tolkien”

Spencer Baculi

September 6, 2022

Books, Television

In the latest trotting out of what is arguably the most tired and transparent defense of corporate pop-culture slop, The Sandman creator Neil Gaiman recently cited a disingenuous misinterpretation of J.R.R. Tol...

‘The Sandman’ Producer Says John Constantine Gender-Swapped For Netflix Series Because Neil Gaiman Wanted It To Be “As Inclusive As Possible”

JB Augustine

August 15, 2022

Television

Though he didn't create the character, Neil Gaiman is standing by his decision to gender-swap the curmudgeon wizard John Constantine for his appearance in Netflix's live-action adaptation of The Sandman. So...

Neil Gaiman Shares Clip From ‘The Sandman’ To Illustrate Why He Chose Kirby Howell-Baptiste To Play Death In Netflix’s Adaptation

JB Augustine

August 8, 2022

Comic Books, Television

Neil Gaiman used a scene from the newly released Netflix series adapting his celebrated Sandman comics to demonstrate why Kirby Howell-Baptiste plays the usually white-as-snow Death of the Endless and why he ap...

Sandman Creator Neil Gaiman Explains Why Tom Sturridge Won’t Be A “Snow-White” Dream In Live-Action Netflix Series

JB Augustine

July 25, 2022

Comic Books, Television

With Netflix's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Sandman confirmed to be race and gender-flipping certain characters, there are a lot of changes being made to the series in its jump from the page to the screen - and ...

Promo For Netflix’s Geeked Week Shows First Footage Of Gwendoline Christie As Lucifer In Sandman

JB Augustine

May 26, 2022

Television

Netflix has released the first footage of the Star Wars sequel trilogy actress Gwendoline Christie as the Sandman streaming series’ less masculine Lucifer Morningstar. Source: Netflix Geeked Week 2022 promo...

Neil Gaiman Says Sandman Has Always Been Woke

JB Augustine

May 19, 2022

Comic Books, Television

As wokeness grows as a sticking point with fans and consumers of most well-known properties, as well as an overt agenda in media, the concern, and disgust over how the material is adapted for screens also incre...

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