A Sense of Doubt blog post #1944 - Sandman audio book (and TV series)
Yes, today is COMIC BOOK SUNDAY, a day of self-care, EXCEPT I have to sort possessions bound for storage by phone, mow the lawn, vacuum, finish work that did not get finished yesterday, AND I see I have NINE messages from LCC students. So I will break my "day off" and attend to all these things. Plus, part of my work is preparing a teaching demo for an interview I have tomorrow morning.
But first and only, briefly, this very good comic book related news that I have been sitting on far too long.
See y'all tomorrow for some TUNES and Musical Monday.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/03/neil-gaiman-narrates-teaser-for-forthcoming-sandman-audio-drama/
Neil Gaiman narrates teaser for forthcoming Sandman audio drama
It's directed by Dirk Maggs, who also directed audio dramas for Good Omens, Anansi Boys.
Last summer, we reported that a TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's seminal graphic novel series, The Sandman, was in development at Netflix. Now comes news that we'll be getting a multi-part audio drama adaptation of the series in the interim, via Audible Original. Audio adaptations of beloved properties used to be a rare occurrence—NPR's 1981 radio drama of the original Star Wars trilogy springs to mind. But in an era where we're all plugging into podcasts on a regular basis, such adaptations make a new kind of sense.
The audio drama is being directed by Dirk Maggs, who also directed the audio drama adaptations of Good Omens—which Gaiman co-authored with the late Terry Pratchett, and Amazon adapted into a miniseries last year—and Gaiman's novel, Anansi Boys. The author himself will narrate, as well as serve as creative director and executive producer. No voice cast has been announced yet, but given Gaiman's bona fides, expect to see (erm, hear) a lot of big names in the mix. Here's Gaiman's official statement (via Nerdist) about the project:
"Almost 30 years ago, Dirk Maggs approached DC about adapting The Sandman into audio form. It didn’t happen (although it was how Dirk and I first crossed paths) and I’m glad it didn’t happen, because we are in a Golden Age of audio drama right now, and Dirk and I are much better at what we are doing.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 70-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.
https://www.comicsbeat.com/pinch-me-sandman-audible-cast-too-good/
Pinch me: Audible’s THE SANDMAN cast is dreamy
James McAvoy is Dream, and Michael Sheen is Lucifer.
The previously announced Audible adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman announced its almost too-good-to-be-true cast, headed up with James McAvoy as Dream, and rounded out with Riz Ahmed, Justin Vivian Bond, Arthur Darvill, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, William Hope, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Andy Serkis, and Michael Sheen as Lucifer.
Gaiman himself narrates the project, which will hit Amazon’s Audible exclusively on July 15, 2020 with the first of a multi-part audio drama. This pilot will follow the plot of volumes 1-3 of the series, including Preludes & Nocturnes, The Doll’s House, and Dream Country. In the Audible and DC PR, no mention is made of series artists Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcom Jones III, Robbie Busch, Dave McKean, or letterer Todd Klein.
Dirk Maggs, as well as acting as EP, adapts and directs The Sandman audio adaptation. He’s a longtime collaborator of Gaiman’s, as he’s previously adapted audio versions of Neverwhere, Stardust, Good Omens and Anansi Boys. And, if that’s not enough, Audible’s Sandman will also feature an original score from Academy Award-winning composer James Hannigan, who’s worked on everything from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, to the MMORPG Runescape, and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
Here’s the show’s official synopsis:
When an occultist attempts to capture the physical embodiment of Death (Dennings) in a bargain for eternal life, he instead mistakenly traps Death’s younger brother Dream (McAvoy), another of the seven god-like siblings known as The Endless who oversee aspects of human existence, including Desire (Bond) and Despair (Margolyes), Destiny, Destruction and Delirium. After seventy years of imprisonment Dream finally escapes, embarking on a quest to reclaim his lost objects of power and rebuild his kingdom, the world of sleep and imagination called The Dreaming. So begins one of the most acclaimed and successful series of graphic novels ever written.You can pre-order The Sandman now in English, while French, German, Italian, Castilian Spanish and Latin American Spanish versions will follow.
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