All I care about is Neil Gaiman having full creative control of the script, and no outside influences wanting to change this and that. I trust Gaiman’s writing, he’s never let me down👍😁

1:22 "Young Neil was a radio... Tuned to interesting stations." His metaphors are so simple, yet so on the nose. What a great reflection. Made me smile. :)

As long as the Netflix nails Death, the Corinthian, and Hob, I'll be happy.

I'm absolutely entralled by how the Aubible reading brings the book to life. I am listening with the books on the page and its soooooo good.

05:07 I'm from India and I wished for so long to read Sandman, but with our cost of living here, it's really costly, but now I can listen to it with my audible subscription. And now, I feel included in the discussions you brought up in the Sandman

I could listen to Neil talk for hours. In fact I have.

If you like Sandman, read his sister: Death: The High Cost of Living . It's dope.

I discovered Neil through "Sandman" in the 90's. Esp loved the character of "Death" & used to dress as her at Goth clubs.

I love the way he doesn't sound arrogant about his masteepiece, but he doesn't sound artificially modest either....thanks

I'd personally prefer some things to remain in their original medium. But I have faith in his judgement especially since Good Omens. I hope Netflix does Sandman justice.

This is something I've been dreaming of for so long, but I've also been afraid of for so long. I sincerely hope it turns out as brilliantly as it deserves too :) .

Gaiman's my guru, whether he likes it or not xx

Tori Amos got me into Neil Gaiman... “hanging out with the Dream King”.

it's weird to see Neil clean shaven. im used to seeing him with a beard these days

Im 48 and i became a fan because a friend showed me a comic book and i became enthralled with it this was 28 yrs ago

Neil Gaiman is the wholesome version of Alan Moore who didn’t go mad.

Sandman and Dark Tower, were a huge part of my adolescence. Hey, remember when Keanu was going to play him?

I love Sandman series legit I get the entire series. Read it years ago but want my own copy. The audiobook makes the books even better. What a stellar cast of actors. :D.

I want to see Fiddlers Green!

Great interview! Thanks =D

Sandman stands on its own and no changes should be made.

Love Gaiman's work. Really glad he invited Michael Sheen on board as I love Sheen's work as well and can't get enough of his performances. Wish I could time travel to see all his theater work.

I discovered this book because I've been a long-term fan and listen to ALL of your audiobooks. This one was one my favourites since there were SO many amazing voice artists on it and I felt like I was in the story

Thank you for this interview. I adore Neil Gaiman for ages.

I adore neil...as far as I know him, which I don't, but only see publicly, i mean.

I finished the audible series yesterday. I had never read the comics but I fell in love with the story straight away. I’m an aspiring writer and Sandman made Neil Gaiman my new inspiration and idol

I got introduced to Neil through American Gods, years before the show. Then Good Omens, and then about four or five years ago I got around to Sandman. I kicked myself for months for not finding it sooner. Neil is a master storyteller, and he's right, as you read through Sandman, you see not just the progression of story, but the evolution of his craftsmanship. Can't wait to see the evolution of one of his best stories on screen.

I love everything about Sandman! Bought the Audible audiobook and will definitely watch the Netflix series. Michael Sheen as Lucifer... I laughed so HARD at that. I was totally: "crap! They cast Aziraphale as Lucifer". It was the BEST! And James McAvoy as Sandman... oh man... he was AMAZING! I wonder if they will ever going to be able to cast a Death who I will find perfect. My expectations are always way to high. Kat Dennings was fantastic in the role! But also... she sounded too... American xD I'm just complaining for the sake of it... she was fantastic and would definitely be a great Death on the Netflix series. Not perfect, but definitely great! Fun fact: I was going through a minor panic crisis when I bumped into this interview, and Neil Gaiman's voice is so soothing and the things he was saying are so amazing that I got through it. THANKS!

As an old Gaiman fan, I was hopeful about this audio book and it is so far way better than I've hoped for. I've first read the Sandman graphic novels many years ago (around 2003-4) and was falling in love with it and its creator. Hearing this audio book is as colorful and amazing as the original graphic masterpiece, and it stands as a masterpiece of its own. The narration by Neil himself, the sound acting by the cast, the picturesque descriptions of the scenes - all are executed in such perfection that this is, in my eyes, an amazing introduction into the world of the Endless ones. Thank you Neil, again, for such a wonderful gift. Zvi

Its weird that one of my favorite part in sandman was the story about joshua norton.

Lucifer and Sandman are my favorite characters in the Neil G universe. I believe that a crossover between Lucifer and Sandman would be interesting (Unprejudiced). Even though the series have different styles. Lucifer is soft and fun, yet a drama. Sandman's adaptation will be a drama-drama-drama and dark (I believe). But Tom Ellis' Lucifer has his dark moments, and He does very well.

I’d never really read Sandman before the audiobook, now I’ve listened to it twice I can’t stop listening to it and I’m completely enthralled. I can’t recommend this audiobook enough, all star cast, absorbing story. And all around Neil Gaiman awesomeness. Plus I love that he says the doll house will be in the show

Two comics I desperately want to see adapted and yet desperately fear the adaptation will diminish them in any number of ways: Love & Rockets, and Sandman. I don't think Los Bros will ever allow L&R to be made into a film. But perhaps I'm far enough removed from Sandman to not be too precious about it now. Meanwhile the cast of this Audible adaptation is...stunning! James McAvoy! Andy Serkis! Michael Sheen! How can they even afford this cast?

I grew up reading sandman and his sister since I was 11 years old growing up with comics from MARVEL and DC universe all those years I wished for a movie from this character trust me this guy deserves more

I love the Audible version!

Loved the comics, love the audio drama, looking forwards to the rest of that and to the show (knock on wood that it'll make it all the way to our screens in this uncertain world). Maybe it's the Shakespeare-fan in me, but I've always felt that the more adaptions the merrier! Both faithful ones and wildly different ones.

i'm excited for sandman on Netflix i just listen to the audible edition and will be rereading the graphic novel

“... No, there’s no occasion where this character’s penis has to stir tea or something.” Buaaahahaha!! I wasn’t ready! That has me dying! xD

Gaiman is god, whatever he wants I want it too

I don't care. I'm follow Gaiman to the end of the world. A long time ago I stopped even trying to question anything he says he's going to do, if something goes wrong, it's probably the director's fault so.... My hype is going SO high that I could be flying already.

Started with the endless on accident and worked back to volume 1 and death very star wars approach but these novels are pure gold.

This interview ends funny and fast... I wanted more...

As long as Gaiman involved I am not worried 👍🏽

Just bought the first Sandman omnibos and started reading it, so far it’s really solid

Oh, Neil is working with Allan Heinberg! That's good news.

Vividly beautiful and fun metaphors even in this little interview. His work may play with some alarming and difficult psychological themes and phobias, but only as much as it works around life and it’s lessons in really valuable ways. Initially the casting of American Gods seemed strange but it’s one of those things you acknowledge and applaud the deeper you get. I expect this version of Sandman will be no different. Very interested to see what they do. Only just realized this existed. Pleasant surprise.

I'm so glad he spoke of casting. Often it's overlooked and so interesting to hear professionals talk of how it really is. There are always hopes and expectations but sometimes it not going the way you wanted ends up giving a unique dynamic. Tarantino talked about casting woes in a Joe Rogan podcast and it was awesome to hear as well. In the end I think Neil will make it great and I know he will have fun with it along the way

Please keep an eye on Goyer for us, Neil. Hearing his name on a project is like hearing Alex Kurtzman's name.

Will it be a part 2? (for the audiobook)

Dirk Maggs!

I need to buy and read Sandman again.

Neil is my spirit animal.

One of the main things I want the Netflix version to borrow from the Audible version: Kat Dennings as Death. Wouldn't have considered her before. but hearing her in the Audible version... WOW. So good.

Now, I enjoy lucifer the series, but is so far apart from the graphic novel which is one of my favourites. I will be very disappointed if they do not keep sandman true to comics. Audible did an amazing job with bringing the comics to life audibly. Please dont mess it up 🙏

I am excited for this, I love The Sandman and all the series in the Sandman universe. I wonder if they will do a Books Of Magic series as well.

Check out the alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins’ film called Jimmy’s end

I'm so glad this is coming to Netflix. Its too big a story for a film and the film producers have made such a mess of their earlier proposals for the Sandman. TV is the best place nowadays for fantasy anyway.

Would be amazingly fantastic if they had most (if not all) of the cast from the audible series. But would really like to see McAvoy and dennings reprise their roles

THE MANS A MAD GENIUS

Just PLEASE don't try to please all of the people who don't really care about anything to do with the love of the book. They only want to be catered to or to find something to throw a fit about...

I love "Sandman"!

Having wanda not die in a game of you, that would be something wonderful. Love the comics, but I always wished that she had made it to the end of the whole story.

I liked the series. I was looking forward to seeing a live action version of the 'Susie and banshie' look for Death as seen in the comics though. Oh well, maybe we will get to see that in the future.

I revisit the comics every year. As I age I find more relevance, more truth. So great full my Neighbour at the YMCA I WAS LIVING IN WHEN I WAS 18 Introduced me to it. Much love always for this story.

Neil, you might not have WANTED to create something "for the ages," but guess what? YOU. DID. ;)

I think they will definetly change a lot due to the novel being old and set a decades ago. But if they modernize it, I think it will also work too just because the Sandman is set in all imagination. So I expect some Netflix cameos in the Dreaming lol.

I am kinda interested to know why in the Audible adaptation the reason for Morpheus' escape is not described like in the comic? The moment where Alex's wheelchair breaks the circle and gives Morpheus the chance to work his magic.

When is sandman coming to netflix???

oops! crossover Lucifer x Sandman is coming.

Maybe it's just me, but Neil is giving off some real strong professor snape vibes and should be cast as the character in any future projects that might feature him.

Are going to have problems with the DC comic links with Constantine, Lucifer, Gotham City and Arkam Asylum

I found sandman on audible and bought both the omnis and absolutes

🖤

What he says between 5:53 and 6:23 worries me. I would like to see a faithful adaptation of the comic, but it doesn't look like it. I wish HBO was doing this. Will see.

Is that Neil or an older version of professor Snape.

Love this guy! Never heard a more generous artist in all my life.

I'm expecting there to be change similar to other Netflix adaptions. If the writing and vision of the world are the same I'm there. Updates and redeuxs on characters etc I get but don't think they should even be a talking point (unless it was at the time) so I'm going to ignore the bandstanding on that.

Gaiman comes across as a really serious guy.

My hype still there for Netflix's Sandman, but it's because of the possibilities that Sandman brings into the DC TV/extended universe. Sandman's funeral for example is something that hypes me a damn lot. Not that much because of the chance of Neil making a George Lucas

Overall i fell that the show'll never live up to amazing literature that sandman was, and most likely neither will future attempts. It'll be like interpreting the amazing work of shakespeare to screen. In the end Gaimans work is best as comics, like how Shakepeare work is best as books.

Oh no!

From what I’ve seen in the little behind the scenes short I saw recently it did look pretty good so I will reserve judgment until my eyes are upon the first episode.BUT I would be remiss if I said I was not disappointed by some casting choices, I am a huge Sandman fan and have been reading it and analyzing it and re reading it for the better part of 20 years. It’s probably one of the few pieces of entertainment I return to once a year. With that being said I feel let down that death, rose, unity Constantine and Lucien and Lucifer are not being cast properly. Am I a racist? ( I hated how marvel cast a British white woman as the ancient one) no but I want to see a faithful adaptation, preacher was guilty of this too with the Tulip casting (preacher in general was just not good on any level and a horrible adaptation of a fantastic comic) and despite the swap it was a horrible misfire as she was nothing like the comic character whatsoever. I also do not like the fact that Gaiman has been utterly dismissive and negative toward fan back lash and frankly has been gaslighting when he says theses characters( specifically the Endless) can be any race. Yes they can, to a specific culture that looks upon them ( for instance the tales in sand issue where dream is african or another instance when dream appears to Martian Manhunter as a huge demonic-like skull on fire) but for the better part of 70 some odd issues dream as well as the endless have appeared in there own way as pale. That’s what I wanted to see with Death as she is the most iconic. I’d be frustrated on the same level if black panther was cast white, or if batwing was cast as Cuban, or John Stewart green lanter was cast as Asian. The conceit is always “what should race matter as its just a character and we are staying true to the core nature as such” ok great wel what if I decided to make roots with a jewish cast? It’s the same thing, they are an oppressed people and we are staying true to the core issue but the only change is the color. Why do we have to do such stunt type things for their own sake? Why can’t it just be a faithful adaptation without involving race? That’s just my two cents

neil has to be careful though changing to much can alienate the fans of the source material which they need to build the hype to get the casuals on board.

I subbed

I can see them changing Despair to a male, maybe Destiny female. I am picturing Dream, Death, Desire, Destruction and Delirium basically the same as the comic. Destiny could be a black male or female like Laurence Fishburne or Gina Torres, I can see Despair like Danny Devito in Batman Returns.

I'm scared for the Netflix series...

Netflix is Netflix it can go the way of Lusifer or the way of umbrella academy but It will be very different and probably a bit 2 much half naked. And doing "surprise" as they did in game of thrones might backfire.

G.O.A.T.

A genius yup

Normally, I read books before watching the adaption. But the sandman comics are so damn expensive.

12:25

I hope THE ENDLESS is in it .......stayHI family

Please don’t change much on the Netflix version, just add more.

What what what NETFLIX?!

I’m not sure who could play Morpheus better than James MacAvoy.....

Sandman has the same thing as Tolkien's "applicability," but not "allegory." Way woker applicability for the coming decades than J.R.R.'s "look back" to a golden age philosophy. Much better. Oh, and I love Dirk Maggs. He is a fan with amazing skills and his work on Adams and Gaiman's work is stand-alone proof.

If Tom Ellis is not Lucifer it will be a huge mistake. He's already under contract with Netflix, he's already playing the Character in-universe however different the story is.

ALEJANDRO DIAZ FRANCIA has a SPOILER in their comment so if anyone sees this and hasn't read THE ENTIRE Sandman comic, heed this warning.

I, for one, love period pieces. Can't understand why they're modernizing this. NO NEED TO.

Idon't think gaiman is wrong, he got good points on twitter. And he was even polite. The people who're complaining are people who only saw sandman comic pages on the internet but didn't even read the work. Or even read it, but read over the top either quickly or without being detailed. If it was Alan Moore (if defending a series) or Frank Miller they would have already told everyone to fuc# off. And it's a matter of tantrums and tantrums for this people. It still surprises me that Gaiman still has twitter. If it were me, I would have already abandoned twitter.