James McAvoy as Morpheus! Riz Ahmed as The Corinthian! Michael Sheen as Lucifer! Neil Gaiman has shared the complete cast of Audible and DC’s forthcoming adaptation of The Sandman, and the line-up is full of famous voices.
(You can also find a full-sized image of the complete cast-list here.)
You are going to be able to listen to the full cast #TheSandmanAudio at @audible from July 15th. This will be @DirkMaggs' adaptation of the first 3 Graphic Novels. They are stunning, with the cast of your dreams…
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The author also revealed that the adaptation will consist of the first three graphic novels: Preludes & Nocturnes, The Doll’s House, and Dream Country. As previously announced, his frequent collaborator Dirk Maggs (who’s also behind the radio play versions of Neverwhere, Anansi Boys, Good Omens, and Stardust), will adapt and direct. Meanwhile, Gaiman will serve as co-executive producer in addition to his duties as narrator, and award-winning composer James Hannigan (BBC’S Neverwhere and Good Omens) will write the score.
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Here’s the adaptation’s official synopsis, from Audible:
When The Sandman, also known as Lord Morpheus – the immortal king of dreams, stories and the imagination – is pulled from his realm and imprisoned on Earth by a nefarious cult, he languishes for decades before finally escaping. Once free, he must retrieve the three “tools” that will restore his power and help him to rebuild his dominion, which has deteriorated in his absence. As the multi-threaded story unspools, The Sandman descends into Hell to confront Lucifer (Michael Sheen), chases rogue nightmares who have escaped his realm, and crosses paths with an array of characters from DC comic books, ancient myths, and real-world history, including: Inmates of Gotham City’s Arkham Asylum, Doctor Destiny, the muse Calliope, the three Fates, William Shakespeare (Arthur Darvill), and many more.
The Sandman arrives on Audible July 15.
In other news, Netflix’s upcoming adaptation The Sandman is making a lot more progress than fans had previously thought. In April, Gaiman revealed that “everything was ready to go into production” prior to the lockdown, sharing that the first season’s scripts had been written, casting had begun, directors had been hired, and sets were being built. There’s no word yet on a release date.
I’ve been lucky enough to listen to an excerpt of this through one of those Audible member’s surveys a while back, and what I heard was really good and will be worth the wait.
Aziraphale as Lucifer? Pick a side, angel!
Dagnabit, someone beat me to the joke about Crowley’s boyfriend breaking BAD …. hmmm, should I go with Mr James McAvoy purportedly being Mr Gaiman’s vocal alter ego (he appears in at least one other adaptation of Mr Gaiman’s work that I vaguely recall reading about) or shall we descend to the level of wondering if Mr Andy Serkis will ever, ever be allowed to play your common or vanilla Human person?
In any case I took one look at this cast list (when it appeared on Tumblr) and thought “Holy Hannah, this looks so uniformly Awesome I mistook it for a Fan Cast!” … only the Best for Mr Neil Gaiman, it seems! (Now if only they’d rope in Mr Hemsworth & Mr Hiddleston for an adaptation of THOR IN DRAG from Norse Mythology).
On a much more serious note, I look forward to hearing more from this production – also, I would love to see Ms. Tilda Swinton play Morpheus. That is all!
@3: True for Andy Serkis: for Black Panther, they had to use motion capture to make him look like Andy Serkis.