THE SANDMAN Has Been Renewed For A Second Season At Netflix

THE SANDMAN Has Been Renewed For A Second Season At Netflix

We were starting to get a bit worried there for a while, but Netflix has finally announced that its acclaimed adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman will return for a second season...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 02, 2022 07:11 PM EST
Filed Under: The Sandman

The DC Twitter account seemingly jumped the gun a little earlier this evening with a since-deleted Tweet, but Deadline has now made it official: The Sandman will return for a second season.

Though The Sandman was a hit for Netflix, fans of Neil Gaiman's seminal comic series were growing increasingly concerned that the streamer would decide to cancel the show (not like it hasn't happened before) when we still hadn't heard anything over a month after it premiered.

The series launched at the start of August, was watched for 69.5M hours in its first week, 127.5M in its second, scored 77.2M in its third, and dropped to 53.8M in its fourth. These are solid numbers, but as Gaiman was frequently required to remind his legions of Twitter followers, various other factors contribute to the decision to give one of Netflix's shows another run (the number of people who binge-watch the entire season, for example).

Since Calliope and A Dream of a Thousands Cats were covered in the bonus episode, the second season will most likley adapt Season of Mists, which focuses on Lucifer seeking revenge against Morpheus, and A Game of You.

Have you guys finished The Sandman yet? You can check out our review here.

"There is another world that waits for all of us when we close our eyes and sleep — a place called the Dreaming, where The Sandman, Master of Dreams (Tom Sturridge), gives shape to all of our deepest fears and fantasies. But when Dream is unexpectedly captured and held prisoner for a century, his absence sets off a series of events that will change both the dreaming and waking worlds forever. To restore order, Dream must journey across different worlds and timelines to mend the mistakes he’s made during his vast existence, revisiting old friends and foes, and meeting new entities — both cosmic and human — along the way."

The Sandman stars Tom Sturridge as Morpheus, Kirby Howell Baptiste as Death, Boyd Holbrook as The Corinthian, Donna Preston as Despair, Stephen Fry as Gilbert, Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Charles Dance as black magician Roderick Burgess, and Sanjeeve Bhaskar as Cain. Joely Richardson will play Ethel Cripps, while David Thewlis will take on the role of her son John Dee, aka the deranged Dr. Destiny.

The 10-episode first season of The Sandman adapts the first two arcs of the Vertigo comics series, "Preludes and Nocturnes" and "The Doll's House."

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ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/2/2022, 7:16 PM
Despite dragging towards the end this was a great adaption IMO. Really liked the cinematography.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/2/2022, 7:17 PM
"And canceled right after it airs"
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 11/2/2022, 7:19 PM
GalactusEatsALL
GalactusEatsALL - 11/2/2022, 7:22 PM
Loved episode 6
EZBeast
EZBeast - 11/2/2022, 7:24 PM
This makes me so pissed off that they could make an obscure property work and they canned Grendel after it was nearly complete…damn you netflix!

Still need to check this out and I’m eager after everything I heard!
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 11/2/2022, 7:24 PM
Awesome!
DetectiveCinema
DetectiveCinema - 11/2/2022, 7:24 PM
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 11/2/2022, 7:25 PM
Congrats.
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/2/2022, 7:28 PM
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 11/2/2022, 7:29 PM
Off-topic: It appears Aubrey Plaza will appear in Agatha: Coven of Chaos.

https://www.theilluminerdi.com/2022/11/02/coven-of-chaos-aubrey-plaza/

@KingPatel @JoshWilding @RorMachine
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 11/2/2022, 7:37 PM
Bout time. Season 1 was exceptional.
dracula
dracula - 11/2/2022, 7:40 PM


2 seasons down
3 more to go
dracula
dracula - 11/2/2022, 7:41 PM
Loved the episode with the immortal guy
MrDandy
MrDandy - 11/2/2022, 8:08 PM
@dracula - that may have been my favorite as well.
Kadara
Kadara - 11/2/2022, 9:14 PM
@dracula - Same for me.
Godzilla2000Zer
Godzilla2000Zer - 11/2/2022, 8:01 PM
Robert Meyer Burnett will certainly be happy
MrDandy
MrDandy - 11/2/2022, 8:07 PM
I enjoyed this show quite a bit. I’m down for another season!
RuffianForever
RuffianForever - 11/2/2022, 8:26 PM
great news. i wonder why it took so long.
Reginator
Reginator - 11/2/2022, 8:30 PM
Good, I liked the first season.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 11/2/2022, 8:31 PM
If you didn't like season one for it's slower pace, you'll love Seasons of Mist.

I'm mostly here for Delirium.
MovieMonster
MovieMonster - 11/2/2022, 8:33 PM
This is good news. I enjoyed the first season but I was almost certain that this wasn't getting renewed. What a relief. This show has a lot of potential given the rich source material.
TocharianMonk
TocharianMonk - 11/2/2022, 8:54 PM
Oh God no.... look what they did to my boy. The sandman comic was a 3 Michelin star bistro, this show was Macdonalds. Whatever if some people liked it that's fine, im happy for you. But I will not be acknowledging this exists. Just like Obi-Wan.
willyburz
willyburz - 11/2/2022, 10:36 PM
I went into it not thnking anything other than, it'll be ok. I WAS WRONG, it's an AMAZING season/series!
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 11/2/2022, 10:39 PM
Just don’t end in a cliffhanger please.
2050
2050 - 11/3/2022, 12:05 AM
Glad we’ll (presumably) get to Seasons of Mist. Hopefully season 2 and future seasons will do well enough that we’ll eventually get to Brief Lives.
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 11/3/2022, 3:09 AM
Why does it feel like Netflix had no intention of renewing this and only did it so no one else could pick it up? Haha not that I’m complaining
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/3/2022, 3:53 AM
I hope they get an overarching villain and plot for a whole season then. As great as episode 6 was, I lost all investment when there wasn't anything for Morpheus to do anymore and he became a side character in his own show.
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