Netflix’s The Sandman Is Renewed For A Second Season

The Dream Continues

It was the most viewed series on Netflix when it was on and now it seems The Sandman has been confirmed for a second season on the streamer…

This came from Neil Gaiman this morning on twitter

The rumours are true. Netflix is thrilled that so many of you have been watching Sandman, and the thing we were all hoping would happen… has indeed happened… pic.twitter.com/zc5CrhsdZK

— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) November 3, 2022

Here’s a few more details courtesy of our friends over at Variety

Netflix is calling the forthcoming installment “a continuation of ‘The Sandman’ world” which will expand in the next episodes. Episode count and story details are still being kept under wraps.

“Millions upon millions of people have welcomed and watched and loved ‘The Sandman’ on Netflix, from established Sandman fans to people who were simply curious, and then became obsessed with the Lord of Dreams, his family and their goings-on,” said Gaiman in a statement. “It gives me unbelievable pleasure to say that, working with Netflix and Warner Bros., Allan Heinberg, David Goyer and I will be bringing even more of ‘The Sandman’ stories to life. There are some astonishing stories waiting for Morpheus and the rest of them (not to mention more members of the Endless Family to meet). Nobody is going to be happier about this than the Sandman cast and crew: they are the biggest Sandman fans there are. And now it’s time to get back to work. There’s a family meal ahead, after all. And Lucifer is waiting for Morpheus to return to Hell…”

“The Sandman” — which stars Tom Sturridge as the titular god of dreams, along with Vivienne Acheampong, Patton Oswalt, Gwendoline Christie, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Kyo Ra, Boyd Holbrook, Jenna Coleman, and Mason Alexander — was an instant hit when it debuted most of its first season on Netflix on 5 August, sticking around the streamer’s global Top 10 list for seven weeks after its premiere and topping the streamer’s fellow mega-smash “Stranger Things” from Nielsen’s No. 1 streaming spot. A surprise additional episode of “The Sandman” was later released on 19 August, further boosting the series’ popularity.

Even so, Gaiman had previously expressed trepidation regarding the idea of a second season, saying that the show’s hefty viewership numbers “may not be enough” for Netflix to justify more episodes. “‘Sandman’ is a really expensive show,” the author wrote.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-sandman-renewed-season-2-netflix-1235386205/