We're still waiting on a trailer for Netflix's upcoming take on Neil Gaiman's The Sandman (keep an eye on CBM this weekend!), but in the meantime, "Act II" of Audible's superb adaptation is now available (click here to purchase or start your free trial).
Joining returning voice actors James McAvoy (Dream), Kat Dennings (Death), Michael Sheen (Lucifer) and Andy Serkis (Matthew the Raven) will be Jeffrey Wright as Destiny, Regé-Jean Page as Orpheus, Brian Cox as Augustus, Emma Corrin as Thessaly, John Lithgow as Emperor Joshua Norton, David Tennant as Loki (no, not that Loki), Bill Nighy as Odin, Kristen Schaal as Delirium, Kevin Smith as Merv Pumpkinhead, Bebe Neuwirth as Bast, Miriam Margolyes as Despair, Joanna Lumley as Lady Johanna Constantine, Niamh Walsh as Nuala and Arthur Darvill as William Shakespeare.
This second part will cover Season of Mists and A Game of You, along with Distant Mirrors and Convergence from the sixth volume, Fables & Reflections. The first instalment was released in July of last year, and was reportedly the Amazon-owned company’s best-selling original to date.
Dirk Maggs will return as director, while Gaiman will also be back on board as narrator, creative director and co-executive producer.
Audible has sent us over three clips for you guys to have a listen to, the first of which features Jeffrey Wright as Destiny and Kristen Schaal as Delirium.
In the absolutely packed Act II, the dark fantasy resumes and the Sandman expands into the French Revolution, Ancient Rome, 19th-Century San Francisco, 8th-century Baghdad, and beyond. The Sandman: Act II adapts collected volumes 4 (Season of Mists) and 5 (A Game of You) of the comics in their entirety, and most of volume 6 (Fables & Reflections).
If you're a Sandman fan and haven't listened to Act 1 yet, we highly recommend it.
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