Gaiman’s classic, Sandman coming to the small screens of television heaven…

Say hello to your new favourite show. After several failed attempts and start-ups, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman is heading to Netflix in a big-money debut.

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Netflix and Warner Bros. TV are working on bringing Sandman to life after a feature film attempt at New Line Cinema fell through over three years ago.

Sources close to the deal claim Warner Bros. and Netflix are ready to give the show a huge budget, and it will be DC Entertainment’s most expensive TV series to date.

The comic book series, which follows the lead character of Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams has gained a significant cult following over the years. But, for the longest time, it was thought un-filmable.

Gaiman’s horror and fantasy series Sandman was scheduled to get a film version back in the ’90s, although it went through development hell for over a decade. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was attached to star and direct a Sandman film just a few years back but ultimately left the project due to creative differences.

Eric Heisserer wrote the script treatment for the planned version after Gordon-Levitt departed, although he also left the project after he came to the conclusion it would work better as a series than a movie.

Culturedemandsgeeks has only one thing to say regarding this great news: that the shenanigans begin.