Netflix\u2019s Sandman trailer shows off some of the cast including Tom Sturridge\u2019s Dream and Charles Dance. The series will also star Gwendoline Christie and Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death.<\/b>
\nAfter years of anguish in development hell, a live-action Sandman series if finally arriving to our mortal plane. Out of Netflix\u2019s Tudum fan event on Saturday, fans of Neil Gaiman\u2019s comic creation got a first look at actor Tom Sturridge ( Far From the Maddening Cry) as Dream of the Endless, the title character of the upcoming The Sandman TV series. Related Based on the legendary DC Comics series of the same name, created by Gaiman and the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of late \u201980s\/early \u201990s comics artists, Netflix\u2019s The Sandman has taken a long road to film adaptation. Previous attempts to bring the Sandman series to the big screen involved a 1990s film project, which fell apart in development hell. In 2013, Gaiman announced he would team up with Joseph Gordon-Levitt to bring the project to life as a feature film for New Line, but in 2018, Gordon-Levitt left the project, citing creative differences with the company. The new series is pegged as \u201cthe most expensive TV series that DC Entertainment has ever done.\u201d Joining Sturridge are Gwendoline Christie ( Game of Thrones) as the literal devil Lucifer Morningstar; Boyd Holbrook ( Logan) as the nightmare the Corinthian; Charles Dance ( Game of Thrones) as Roderick Burgess, a human magician; and Sanjeev Bhaskar ( Yesterday) and Asim Chaudhry ( Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) as Cain and Abel, respectively. Also Kirby Howell-Baptiste ( Killing Eve) as Death of the Endless, Jenna Coleman ( Doctor Who) as Johanna Constantine, David Thewlis ( Wonder Woman) as John Dee\/Doctor Destiny, Stephen Fry ( V for Vendetta) as Gilbert, and Patton Oswalt ( Agents of SHIELD) as the voice of Matthew the Raven. Along with the teaser came three cast posters featuring the main trio:<\/p>\n