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Neil Gaiman on Sandman/HOTD Comparisons, Eric Kripke's Adapt Efforts

We've said it before, and we'll say it again. You can have all of the interviews, previews, teasers, and deleted scenes you want- and they're great, don't get me wrong! But when it comes to covering Netflix's The Sandman as it continues its march towards a well-deserved second season, all of the "cool kids" are hanging out with Neil Gaiman on Twitter. Seriously, all jokes aside? Gaiman's been a wealth of news, views & more that's tough to find anywhere else. And this time around, Gaiman offers his thoughts on Eric Kripke's (Supernatural, The Boys) efforts to adapt the work for Warner Bros. TV for the networks (only for the efforts to be shuttered in 2011). But before that, a look at Gaiman's response to those comparing HBO's House of the Dragon getting a Season 2 after only one episode with The Sandman still waiting for a renewal decision.

In the following tweet, Gaiman shares that he's thrilled that HBO's "Game of Thrones" prequel spinoff received a second season after only one episode. Along with that came a reminder that you can't compare how HBO and Netflix operate since the latter likes to run on a 30-day evaluation process:

And in this tweet, Gaiman praises Kripke's effort to adapt The Sandman, referring to it as a "terrific network TV version" of the work but that it suffered from the limitations that come with network television:

And just in case you missed it the last time we passed it along, here's a deleted scene from S01E01, "Sleep of the Just," as Alex (Laurie Kynaston) confronts his father Roderick (Charles Dance) about the mysterious "Sleeping Sickness" that's spread ever since they captured Morpheus (Tom Sturridge):

The two-part Episode 11 is a mix of live-action and animation, adapting Gaiman's "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" & "Calliope" with a line-up of names that includes James McAvoy, David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Sandra Oh, Arthur Darvill, and more, from a teleplay by Catherine Smyth-McMullen. And to say it's been well-received would be an understatement. Here's a look back at the overview and trailer for Netflix's The Sandman S10E11 "A Dream of a Thousand Cats"/"Calliope":

There is another world that waits for all of us when we close our eyes and sleep — a place called the Dreaming, where The Sandman, Master of Dreams (Tom Sturridge), gives shape to all of our deepest fears and fantasies. But when Dream is unexpectedly captured and held prisoner for a century, his absence sets off a series of events that will change both the dreaming and waking worlds forever. To restore order, Dream must journey across different worlds and timelines to mend the mistakes he's made during his vast existence, revisiting old friends and foes, and meeting new entities — both cosmic and human — along the way.

Netflix's The Sandman stars Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie, Vivienne Acheampong, Boyd Holbrook, Charles Dance, Asim Chaudhry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mason Alexander Park, Donna Preston, Jenna Coleman, Niamh Walsh, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Kyo Ra, Stephen Fry, Razane Jammal, Sandra James Young, Patton Oswalt, and Mark Hamill. The series stems from Warner Bros. TV, EP & co-writer Neil Gaiman (Good Omens); EP, co-writer & showrunner Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman); and EP & co-writer David S. Goyer.

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