It’s ‘No Dream’ Netflix Announce The Cast For The Sandman Series!

Neil Gaiman‘s cult dark fantasy comic book The Sandman live action series has taken a step closer to reality. Today Netflix  have announced their official cast and Tom Sturridge  will be your Dream!

For decades fans of this 76 issue comic book series have ‘dreamed’ that they will see their heroes on the big screen. In 2013 the work started on a film with Gordon Joseph-Levitt playing Dream, that ended in 2016 when the actor pulled out. In 2019 Netflix  started work to re-create the book as a series, today The Dreaming took a step closer  to reality with the cast announcement.

The streaming giants have sent us the news on who will play the lead cast along with an image and basic info on the cast. The Game Of Thrones stars Gwendoline Christie is set to be Lucifer, a role in the comic book is male. As we know with the best story in place any good actor regardless of gender can play the role, we’re so  excited to see her play  old Nick!

TOM STURRIDGE is DREAM, Lord of the Dreaming
GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE is LUCIFER, Ruler of Hell
VIVIENNE ACHEAMPONG is LUCIENNE, chief librarian and trusted guardian of Dream’s realm
BOYD HOLBROOK is THE CORINTHIAN, an escaped nightmare who wishes to taste all that the world has in store
CHARLES DANCE is RODERICK BURGESS, Charlatan, blackmailer and magician
ASIM CHAUDHRY is ABEL and SANJEEV BHASKAR is CAIN, the first victim and the first predator, residents and loyal subjects of the Dream Realm.

For those who don’t know about the DC-Vertigo Comic book, it’s a rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy. With contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven. The Sandman follows 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

Gaiman is also an Executive Producer and Co-Writer. “For the last thirty-three years, the Sandman characters have breathed and walked around and talked in my head. I’m unbelievably happy that now finally,” said Gaiman. “They get to step out of my head and into reality. I can’t wait until the people out there get to see what we’ve been seeing as Dream and the rest of them take flesh, and the flesh belongs to some of the finest actors out there. This is astonishing, and I’m so grateful to the actors and to all of The Sandman collaborators — Netflix, Warner Bros., DC, to Allan Heinberg and David Goyer, and the legions of crafters and geniuses on the show — for making the wildest of all my dreams into reality.”

The series is produced by Warner Bros. Television, with Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman, Grey’s Anatomy) serves as Executive Producer and Showrunner. David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Terminator: Dark Fate, Foundation) serves as Executive Producer and Goyer and Heinberg are also Co-Writers on the project.

The series will consist of 11 Episodes, but at this stage The Sandman doesn’t have a release date.