It might have taken over 30 years to make it happen, but Neil Gaiman\u2019s iconic graphic novel The Sandman is finally getting a live-action adaptation.<\/p>\n

The Sandman follows Morpheus as he\u2019s captured by an occult group in 1916 and imprisoned for decades before escaping and rebuilding his dream kingdom.<\/p>\n

Gaiman serves as one of the show\u2019s executive producers and writers along with showrunner Allan Heinberg and David Goyer, who recently revealed he\u00a0would not have done the project without Gaiman\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n

Goyer told IGN<\/a> during a preview event for Netflix\u2019s Geeked Week that he had previously collaborated with Gaiman on a different project a decade ago that never materialised but that the two remained friends \u2013 and that his participation was paramount.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Reluctance to do the series without Gaiman\u2019s involvement even extended to other members of the cast.\u00a0\u201cHaving Neil\u2019s blessing was paramount. Yeah, the most important thing and the reason why, certainly while I wanted in on with this,\u201d Sturridge told IGN at the Geeked Week event.<\/p>\n

The impressive cast <\/a>also includes\u00a0 Game of Thrones<\/a>\u2018 Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer, Gone Girl\u2019s Boyd Holbrook as The Corinthian and the likes of Charles Dance, Asim Chaudhry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Jenna Coleman, David Thewlis, Stephen Fry and a host of other actors.<\/p>\n

In exciting news,\u00a0Star Wars veteran Mark Hamill himself has been cast as the voice of wise-cracking, pumpkin-headed and fan-favourite character Merv Pumpkinhead.<\/p>\n

Gaiman had previously teased fans back in April 2022 that Pumpkinhead would feature in the series and that a voice actor had been cast.<\/p>\n

Prepare for a dream you won\u2019t want to wake up from \u2013 here\u2019s everything you need to know about Netflix\u2019s TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman\u2019s The Sandman.<\/p>\n