[NEWS] Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' ends with season 2

The attention-grabbing headline says "Canceled", but the showrunner says there isn't enough original material to make more than two seasons. Either way, two seasons is all you are going to get.
    Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' Canceled at Netflix,
    Will End With Season 2
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    Netflix's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman" will end
    with its upcoming second season.
    "The Sandman" Season 2 has been a long time coming. The first
    season debuted in August 2022, and it wasn't renewed at
    Netflix until November of that year. At that time, Netflix
    was also hesitant to label it as a second season at all,
    choosing instead to say it was "a continuation of
    'The Sandman' world," and wouldn't commit to an episode
    count.
    "'The Sandman' series has always been focused exclusively on
    Dream's story, and back in 2022, when we looked at the
    remaining Dream material from the comics, we knew we only had
    enough story for one more season," "The Sandman" showrunner
    Allan Heinberg said in a statement to Variety Friday. "We are
    extremely grateful to Netflix for bringing the team all back
    together and giving us the time and resources to make a
    faithful adaptation in a way that we hope will surprise and
    delight the comics' loyal readers as well as fans of our show."
    The release plan for Season 2 will not be impacted by the
    cancellation and the episodes are still set for a 2025 release.
    Confirmation of the show's cancellation comes on the heels of
    several sexual misconduct accusations leveled at Gaiman, who
    created "The Sandman" DC comics and developed the TV series.
    However, prior to the accusations first leveled against Gaiman
    in a Tortoise Media podcast in July 2024, sources close to
    "The Sandman" were already telling Variety the pricey series,
    produced by Warner Bros. Television for Netflix, was expected
    to end with its second season when production was underway in
    summer 2023. The reveal of Season 2 characters that were cast
    in May 2024 further indicated the series was jumping to the
    end of the comics much sooner than fans anticipated.
    Following the sexual misconduct accusations, Gaiman has
    departed Amazon's upcoming final season of the "Good Omens" TV
    adaptation, and development paused on a movie based on his
    "The Graveyard Book" at Disney. Most recently, Gaiman was
    dropped by his longtime comic book publisher Dark Horse and had
    his "Coraline" musical scrapped.
    The second season of "The Sandman" follows the "Season of Mists"
    storyline from Gaiman's comics, in which Lucifer (Gwendoline
    Christie) abdicates control of Hell and presents Morpheus, aka
    Dream (Tom Sturridge), with the key to its gates, causing many
    immortals to try to convince Morpheus to give the key to them.
    Joining for Season 2 are Esme Creed-Miles as Delirium, Adrian
    Lester as Destiny, Barry Sloane as "The Prodigal," Ruairi
    O'Connor as Orpheus, Freddie Fox as Loki, Clive Russell as Odin,
    Laurence O'Fuarain as Thor, Ann Skelly as Nuala, Douglas Booth
    as Cluracan and Jack Gleeson as Puck, Indya Moore as Wanda and
    Steve Coogan as the voice of Barnabas the dog.
    Among the Season 1 cast members returning for "The Sandman"
    Season 2 are Patton Oswalt as Matthew the Raven, Vivienne
    Acheampong as Lucienne, Christie as Lucifer Morningstar, Jenna
    Coleman as Johanna Constantine, Ferdinand Kingsley as Hob
    Gadling, Stephen Fry as Gilbert, Asim Chaudhry as Abel, Sanjeev
    Bhaskar as Cain, Vanesu Samunyai as Rose Walker and Razane
    Jammal as Lyta Hall.
    "The Sandman" was developed by Gaiman, showrunner Heinberg and
    David S. Goyer based on the DC comics of the same name by
    Gaiman, Sam Keith and Mike Dringenberg. All episodes of
    Season 2 were directed by Jamie Childs.
    Netflix has not responded to request for comment on the
    accusations against Gaiman.
    See the first-look at second and final season of "The Sandman"
    below.
    Season 2 Poster:
    <https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Sandman-Season-2.jpg>
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