Neil Gaiman Could Take 'THE SANDMAN' To Other Platforms If Netflix Doesn't Greenlight Second Season
Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” came out gangbusters style on Netflix and is still the top watched show on the streaming giants platform so one would think that a second season would be a lock. Not so much.
Fortunately, Neil Gaiman, Allan Heinberg and co. do have options available to them should the streamer decide not to continue the story for whatever reason.
When asked why season 2 wasn't a foregone conclusion after the show's success, Gaiman explained why nothing is set in stone at this point.
"Because Sandman is a really expensive show," the author responded. "And for Netflix to release the money to let us make another season we have to perform incredibly well. So yes, we've been the top show in the world for the last two weeks. That still may not be enough."
It would be a massive blow to the fans of the show and Gaiman if Netflix, for whatever reason, doesn’t move forward with a second season but all is not lost for the show as a whole. Gaiman confirmed that they can take the show to other platforms should the need arise.
Hopefully this does not happen and we get that second season but Netflix has been known to make some baffling cancelations in the past so the ball is still in their court.
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.
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