Could Season 2 Of ‘Sandman’ Bring Us A Dream?
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In the world of streaming services, when you get a popular product, you never really know if it will make it beyond a one-off event, or if those platforms will continue to devote resources into additional seasons. With all the trial and tribulations DC/WB has faced this year, a bright spot can be found in The Sandman on Netflix; the show has been both a success with both fans and critics, thanks to its incredible storytelling and visuals.
The first season of The Sandman did a masterful job giving both the uninitiated and the seasoned experts a little bit of everything to keep high interest in the show. A notable budget went to the visuals, there were multiple arcs to follow, which did lead to some complaints; as noted before, however, you never really know whether a new season will be supported, so you might as well put it all on the table. Season 1 focused on the first two arcs of the comic, “Preludes & Nocturnes” and “The Doll’s House”. But where could season 2 take us?
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The biggest question is whether a second season is still a go. Through the end of August and into this month of September, The Sandman was the number one show on the streaming platform in roughly 93 countries, but that may not be enough to save it. The issues of Netflix’s slumping membership, along with the aforementioned WB/DC internal struggles, means that a second season is yet assured, Gaiman himself said on a Twitter Q&A (when asked why the second season wasn’t announced yet).
During a recent interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast with Josh Horowitz, Neil Gaiman was discussing the possibility of a second season, and seems to have most of it ready with the writing and potential casting of the new characters, saying: “It is the worst thing about knowing that we have season two coming up because I’ll go to the theatre, and I’ll go ‘Oh’, looking up their biography. Send a little text to Allan Heinberg. ‘What about so-and-so for such-and-such part?’. Get a thing back saying ‘noted’.”
Allan Heinberg is the screenwriter for the show, and even he seems to want to keep Gaiman in check and keep his expectations low to avoid disappointment. We do learn from watching the first season that the story of Morpheus has more to it, thanks to Lyt’s baby and his run-ins with Lucifer and Desire. Should Netflix decide that doing all of the next season live-action is a little too much, perhaps full animation could be the way. Neil stated:
“We’re already talking about things like, places that you could use different kinds of animation. Would we want to use animation again? It’s really expensive. I mean, it cost us a lot of money for that sixteen minutes. People are coming to me and saying, ‘Woah! Could you do the whole thing animated?’ And it’s like, ‘Yes, I could! If somebody wanted to give half a billion dollars, we could absolutely do the whole thing animated!’”
Hopefully we will hear some news soon, as people are very much still watching and engaging in this world created by Neil Gaiman. And hopefully they can strike while the iron is hot.
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Source(s): Variety, Den of Geek, Small Screen, YouTube