![]() ![]() Goyer, Neil GaimanĪs in the books, Netflix’s The Sandman begins with a capture. By prioritizing fidelity over creativity, The Sandman makes for a decent echo of the comics - but it stops well short of becoming a classic in its own right.Ĭast: Tom Sturridge, Boyd Holbrook, Patton Oswalt, Vivienne Acheampong, Gwendoline Christie, Charles Dance, Jenna Coleman, David Thewlis, Stephen Fry, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mason Alexander Park, Donna Preston, Vanesu Samunyai, John Cameron Mitchell, Asim Chaudhry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Joely Richardson, Niamh Walsh, Sandra James Young, Razane JammalĮxecutive producers: Allan Heinberg, David S. What the exchange about King Lear misses, however, is the way updated versions of great stories can be what keep them feeling fresh and relevant in the first place. Goyer), the fantasy drama is nothing if not respectful of its source material. Executive produced by the comics’ creator, Neil Gaiman (alongside Allan Heinberg and David S. The Sandman will require no such dramatic reversion to form. “The great stories will always return to their original forms.” “That will not last,” he predicts sagely. His conversation partner, Dream (Tom Sturridge) - as in, the physical manifestation of the concept of dreaming, and ruler of the impossible realm we travel to when we drift off to sleep - is less bothered. “The idiots had given it a happy ending,” he scoffs. ![]() ![]() At one point in The Sandman, a 400-year-old Englishman (Ferdinand Kingsley) casually eviscerates a recent production of King Lear. ![]()
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