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Missing less and less for one of the first of Netflix most anticipated of the year. is approx Sandmanthe series based on the fantastic and ambitious graphic novel by the British Neil Gaiman, a story that promises to win fans as soon as it debuts on the platform, this Friday, August 5.
After thirty years of development rumors and several truncated attempts to adapt it to cinema, the streaming giant has decided to produce it in series format and has opted for Gaiman himself as showrunner.
The eleven episode first season is an adaptation of the first two volumes of the work and will explore how Sandman / Dream / Morpheus, one of the seven Eternals, immortal beings who are somehow more powerful than the gods, ends up in our world. .
“Sandman”, the fantasy series from Netflix.
The groundbreaking story will receive a temporary update, jumping from 1989 – the year the comic was released – to 2021. Like the comic, the series will feature the story of the Dream brothers: Destiny, Death, Destruction, Delirium and the twins. Desire and despair.
Neil Gaiman’s thumbs up
“For 30 years, my role in the Sandman adaptations has been to try to avoid the bad ones. And fortunately I have always been successful in this, “says Gaiman.” In 2020, Sandman It was the biggest DC comic that hadn’t yet been adapted: it was widely considered one of the crown jewels, the adult comic that changed everything. “
Gaiman confessed that this is the first adaptation that seduced him, as the advancement of technology and the increase in television budgets allowed him to build the universe he envisioned and designed in the late 1980s.
“For 30 years, my role in the adaptations of ‘Sandman’ has been to avoid the bad ones. And luckily I’ve always been successful, ”says Gaiman. Netflix photos
“Technologically, I really think we’re in a place where we can do Sandman in a way we couldn’t have dreamed of doing 15 years ago, not even 10 years ago,” says the British writer.
Dark fantasy and modern myth
“There is another world that awaits us all when we close our eyes and sleep, a place called Dreaming where The Sandman, Master of Dreams (Tom Sturridge), shapes all our deepest fears and fantasies,” states the synopsis. Netflix official.
But the plot of the comic and the series begins when Sueño is captured and held captive for a century. His absence triggers a series of events that will change both the dream world and the waking world forever.
The graphic novel series “The Sandman” ran for 75 issues.
To restore order, Dream must travel through different worlds and timelines to repair the mistakes made during his long absence, revisiting old friends and enemies, meeting new cosmic and human entities along the way.
Added to this is that during his kidnapping the three key objects that give him power were stolen: the ruby, his helmet and the sandbag. Depending on the platform, Sandman is a rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend intertwine seamlessly.
Who’s who in “Sandman”
To Tom Sturridge (The hollow crown, the pirates of rock) as the “Master of Dreams” is accompanied by a predominantly British cast with young figures such as Jenna Coleman (girlfriend of the protagonist of The snake), who plays Johanna Constantine.
Charles Dance (among other productions, “The Crown” and “Game of Thrones”) is Roderick Burgess.
Kirby Howell-Baptiste (eve of the killing) will play Death and Mason Alexander Park will play Desire, two of Sueño’s sisters. Boyd Holbrook will play The Corinthian and Vivienne Acheampong will play Lucienne.
Important names appear in more secondary roles, such as David Thewlis (Harry Potter) as John Dee, Stephen Fry (Gosford Park; Sherlock Holmes) and Charles Dance, the ruthless Tywin Lannister of game of Thrones. To them is added Marco Hamillthe iconic Luke Skywalker of Star Warsgiving voice to Mervyn the Pumpkinhead.
Sandman was developed and produced by Neil Gaiman, Allan Heinberg and David S. Goyer.
The influential graphic novel
graphic novel series The man of sand was released for 75 issues: the first was released in the United States in January 1989 and the last in March 1996. It was released on DC Comics’ Vertigo sub-label.
The graphic novel is one of the most original, sophisticated and artistically ambitious series in the genre.
Considered one of the most original, sophisticated and artistically ambitious series in the genre, as soon as it ceased to be published it became a popular and cult comic. And that’s not a superhero fairytale, like so many in DC. In fact, the first third of the series focuses on horror stories, and then evolves into the fantasy genre, incorporating elements of classical and contemporary mythology.
“The truth is, I had no experience with comics. I was aware of their cultural impact, but I hadn’t read them. The first thing I did was grab one and check it out, and I started diving into history, ”Sturridge said.
I am now an obsessive fan of Sandman: I seem to have read it from cover to cover several times, and I seem to know it intimately, “added the 36-year-old London-based actor. The man of sand It was one of the first comic novels to hit the bestseller list of New York Timesnext to Maus, Guardians Y Batman: Return of the Dark Knight.
The series has exerted a significant influence on the fantasy and comic genre since its first publication. That’s why it’s considered one of the best graphic novels of all time.
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Source: Clarin
