![]() Hopes are that the new adaptation will be dream-like - comfortable and reassuring to fans and newcomers, but also fresh and surprising. ![]() Times have changed in the Dreaming, just as some attitudes have on Earth. It will be a thematic and contemporary updating, bringing Morpheus to our time. But The Sandman series will not be a direct adaptation of the three-decades-old story. The story is tangential to The Sandman comic book series, and can be read without prior knowledge of the main sequence. At the same time, Gaiman developed his tale for the new high-profile Netflix series. The Sandman: The Dream Hunters is a novella by English author Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano, and published by DC Comics under its Vertigo imprint. ![]() The audio series was intended as a direct adaptation of the original comic series, giving those who haven’t or are unable to read the story in its original format the chance to experience it. In 2021, Gaiman and writer-producer Dirk Maggs brought the story to life on audio in the first of three volumes of adaptations with a suitably starry cast. That could be the future of Sandman, as befits “such stuff as dreams are made on.” ![]() That provided a rich and lasting narrative and lots for fevered fans to pore over. ![]() Adams modified his sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for different media, ensuring a slightly different story experience on the page, radio, and TV. The Sandman is a rare comic property that could emulate the work of Gaiman’s friend and inspiration Douglas Adams. ![]()
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