Enter the dreaming –
It’s directed by Dirk Maggs, who also directed audio dramas for Good Omens , Anansi Boys
Jennifer Ouellette – Mar 5, (2:) am UTC
This is a rich audio adaptation of The Sandman graphic novels, brilliantly crafted by Dirk Maggs, with an all-star cast. I’ve loved being there to talk casting, there to read the scripts and offer occasional advice, and there in the studios, watching magic get made and recording the narration. I can’t wait until the world hears what we’ve done. ”
For the uninitiated, the titular “sandman” is Dream, also called Morpheus, among other names. He is one of seven entities known as the Endless, and he is seeking to set right his past mistakes. The other Endless are Destiny, Destruction, Despair, Desire, Delirium, and Death, portrayed as a perky punk / goth young woman — they became almost as popular as Dream himself and were featured in several spinoff comics.
The audio drama will cover the first of the series’ ten volumes, Preludes and Nocturnes . , in which Morpheus, the King of Dreams, escapes from a – year imprisonment by an occultist (who actually wanted to capture Dream’s sibling, Death , but trapped the Sandman by mistake). From there, per the official synopsis, “Morpheus goes on a quest to reclaim his lost objects of power and rebuild his realm.”
That should tide Lord Morpheus acolytes over until the Netflix series finally sees the light of day. Of course, there are still those who maintain The Sandman is essentially unfilmable, even given today’s cutting-edge technology. An earlier film adaptation was so bad that Gaiman deemed it “not only the worst Sandman script I’ve ever read, but quite easily the worst script I’ve ever read. ” But the Netflix project sounds more promising, since Gaiman will serve as an executive producer for the series, along with David Goyer, whose (filmography is nothing to sneeze at .
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