Netflix’s new series The Sandman is based around Neil Gaiman’s epic series of comic books which ran from 1989 to 1996, that follow the main character Morpheus, The Lord of Dreams, his anthropomorphised family of Death, Desire, Destruction, Delirium, Destiny and Despair.
At the start of the series, Dream, or Morpheus, has been imprisoned for 70 years and finds that things have changed while he’s been locked up after being caught in a ritual. The series stars Tom Sturridge as The Lord of Dreams, with a stellar line-up of Game of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie playing Lucifer, alongside Jenna Coleman who plays Johanna Constantine and Kirby Howell-Baptiste playing Dream’s older sister Death.
Given that the first 10 episodes in series one of The Sandman only deal with the first two books out of the 10 that make up Gaiman’s epic comic, there will be a lot that won’t be revealed for some time. However, we can give a brief outline below as to what to expect before you dive in.
