The Sandman, the live-action tv sequence based mostly on Neil Gaiman’s darkish fantasy DC Comics sequence of the identical title, premiered on Netflix on Friday. The ten-episode first season takes viewers on a journey throughout the far corners of the land of desires, by way of the gates of hell, and the waking world of the mortal realm as Dream (Tom Sturridge) rebuilds his area after greater than a century of imprisonment on Earth.
Followers of the sequence have been handled to a shock with the reveal of an eleventh episode comprising variations of two beloved standalone tales from The Sandman comedian. The primary is an animated tackle “A Dream of a Thousand Cats,” the 18th concern of the unique comedian sequence. Collected within the third quantity of The Sandman, “Dream Nation,” the difficulty follows the story of a small white cat who is known as to sneak away one evening to attend a secret assembly in a graveyard the place a Siamese cat relates the story of how she met the Dream Lord (within the type of a cat) who tells her the key historical past and feud between cats and people.
The animated story may even carry a bevy of visitor stars lending their vocal skills to The Sandman, together with James McAvoy (who notably performs Dream within the audio adaptation), Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), and Neil Gaiman himself.
The second story within the bonus episode is a live-action adaptation of “Calliope,” which within the comics, instantly precedes “A Dream of A Thousand Cats” in concern #17. Taking its title from one of many 9 muses in Greek mythology, it tells the story of Richard Madoc (performed by Physician Who’s Arthur Darville), a author who cruelly enslaves Calliope so as to gas his personal inventive ambition and write nice work.
Though the bonus episode was beforehand unannounced and a shock to most, Neil Gaiman did suggest that the present had tailored “A Dream of A Thousand Cats” in a single kind or one other when requested about what his favourite problems with The Sandman have been throughout an interview for Netflix’s Geeked Week occasion. “Calliope,” nonetheless, is a little bit bit extra of a (unsettling) shock.
