Neil Gaiman Archives

Neil Gaiman Says Sandman Has Always Been Woke

May 19, 2022

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...

Executive Producer David Goyer Thinks Netflix’s Live-Action Sandman Will Be “A Very Truthful Adaptation”

JB Augustine

September 26, 2021

Comic Books, Television

Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics are notorious for being considered so out-there that they would be unfilmable, but the series is hardly alone in that conversation - the same thing was said about such works as Watc...

HBO Max Orders Pilot for Doom Patrol Spinoff Based On Neil Gaiman’s Dead Boy Detectives

JB Augustine

September 10, 2021

Comic Books, Television

Doom Patrol season 3 isn’t even streaming yet, but yet-to-air one episode has already garnered the strange show a spinoff based on a similarly weird Neil Gaiman creation. Source: Doom Patrol, HBO Max Rel...

Neil Gaiman Confirms Episode 5 Of The Sandman Netflix Series Adapts The 24 Hours Story With Doctor Destiny

JB Augustine

June 18, 2021

Television

A major rumor about Netflix’s Sandman has been confirmed by the comics’ very author. Neil Gaiman tweets in the affirmative season one will adapt the infamous 24 Hours diner-of-horrors story that features the gr...

Neil Gaiman Responds To Criticisms Of ‘Race-Swapped’ Casting Of Death In Netflix Sandman Series

Spencer Baculi

June 2, 2021

Comic Books, Television

In response to the criticisms leveled against Netflix’s upcoming Sandman series regarding its casting of Death, which will see the second eldest Endless depicted as a black woman rather than as the white woman ...

Neil Gaiman Explains Casting Decisions For Netflix’s The Sandman

John F. Trent

May 26, 2021

Television

The Sandman creator Neil Gaiman provided explanations for a number of the casting decisions that were recently announced by DC Comics and Netflix for the upcoming live-action The Sandman series. Source: The...

DC Comics Announces Pronoun Filled Cast Of Netflix’s The Sandman, Features Rumored Female Ancestor Of John Constantine And Race Swapped Death

John F. Trent

May 26, 2021

Television

DC Comics officially revealed a pronoun filled cast list for Netflix's upcoming The Sandman series that features what appears to be a female ancestor of John Constantine and a race-swapped Death. The cast li...

Artist Imagines Avril Lavigne As The Sandman’s Death

John F. Trent

April 12, 2021

Art, Comic Books

Artist The Imaginative Hobbyist recently shared a mock-up of Avril Lavigne as The Sandman's Death. Source: The Sandman Vol. 2 #8 The Imaginative Hobbyist shared the mock up to Instagram. He wrote, "Qu...

Neil Gaiman Explains Why Lucifer Was Recast For The Sandman Netflix Series

JB Augustine

February 3, 2021

Television

The Sandman creator Neil Gaiman recently opened up as to why Welsh actor Tom Ellis, who portrayed Lucifer in the Fox and Netflix spin-off based on the same in-universe character, would not reprise his role as t...

Netflix Reveals The Devil Is A Woman In Upcoming Sandman Series

JB Augustine

January 29, 2021

Television

Just as speculation Taron Egerton is playing John Constantine in the series started to simmer, the main cast of Netflix's adaption of Neil Gaiman's Sandman, including the portrayers of Dream and Lucifer, have b...

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