The anthology episode ran an hour long and followed two one-shot stories from The Sandman comics. And Lucifer is waiting for Morpheus to return to Hell.' What Happened in The Sandman Bonus Episode?

'There are some astonishing stories waiting for Morpheus & the rest of them… Now it’s time to get back to work.

Neil Gaiman confirmed that 'The rumours are true' on Twitter. If we had to guess, now that Netflix has given fans the green light for a second season, they should begin production shortly. We’d love to make it for as long as they’ll have us.” When Will The Sandman Return for Season Two?įingers crossed that The Sandman Season Two doesn't sit in development hell for another 30 years before we see more episodes. We want to do all of it, we want a spin-off miniseries. 'If enough viewers show up, we can go for quite a long while. 'We’ve got as many as they’ll let us have,' Heinberg told NMEat the show's premiere in London. The dark fantasy series, over 30 years in the making, ended with several characters plotting to destroy the King of Dreams, and there's still a massive amount of source material from Neil Gaiman's work to explore, after all. While the fans waited, showrunner Allan Heinberg confirmed to EW that he was already holding writers' rooms to work on scripts for a subsequent batch of episodes. Netflix has certainly renewed far less-watched shows than The Sandman before, even putting the series' higher budget aside. The delay to renew what seemed like a very popular show perplexed fans for months. The Sandman creator responded with a succinct ' You are not alone in watching it slowly.' The writer's comments arrived at the same time as rumors that Netflix wanted to abandon its binge model and switch to weekly releases. The Sandman is also full of pretty dense lore, or 'rich fare' as one commenter put it, especially for anyone experiencing it for the first time.

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