'The Sandman' finally fulfills the dream of adapting Neil Gaiman's acclaimed comic
CNN
After years of failed attempts to bring Neil Gaiman's acclaimed and surreal comic to the screen, Netflix finally creates a home for "The Sandman," armed with enough top-notch British guest stars to populate a Harry Potter movie. The resulting series is visually striking but dramatically listless, made for those -- and maybe only those -- who already possess degrees in Sandman 101.
Gaiman joined in the adaptation process with Allan Heinberg ("Wonder Woman") and veteran comic-book-to-film writer David S. Goyer, who between this and Apple TV+'s confounding "Foundation" has carved out a niche shepherding projects deemed unadaptable to fruition in series form.
In this case, the much-anticipated series follows a proposed movie that was to have starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt and an Audible podcast version introduced in 2020, so kudos, in a way, just for getting this far.