Netflix Geeked Week 2022 runs June 6-10. It's the week Netflix gives you new looks at genre content faves like The Umbrella Academy, Sweet Tooth, Locke & Key and the new DC/Vertigo Comics-based series The Sandman. The newest footage from The Sandman arrives in this sizzle reel at the 56 second mark and continues throughout, right up until the reveal of Gwendoline Christie's winged take on Lucifer. The series is set to debut this summer, and the exact date will presumably be announced during Geeked Week.
The Sandman is a 2022 TV series based on the critically-acclaimed DC Comics/Vertigo comic book series of the same name.
Reports from July 2019 saw Netflix ordering the 11-episode series from Warner Bros. TV. Allan Heinberg is serving as writer and showrunner of what would be a direct adaptation of the comics written by Neil Gaiman. Gaiman is on board as an executive producer along with David S. Goyer.
The Sandman details the intricate world of an elemental being called Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), the master of dreams, and his interactions with humanity over centuries. The character is one of a family of seven such entities called The Endless, each representing a different aspect of existence. Morpheus is often referred to as "Dream" with his siblings being Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), Destiny, Destruction, Desire (Mason Alexander Park), Despair (Donna Preston) and Delirium.
Also cast are Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, Boyd Holbrook as The Corinthian, Charles Dance as Roderick Burgess, Asim Chaudhry as Abel, Sanjeev Bhaskar as Cain, Razane Jammal as Lyta Hall, Joely Richardson as Ethel Cripps, Niamh Walsh as young Ethel Cripps, David Thewlis as John Dees, Kyo Ra as Rose Walker, Patton Oswalt as Matthew the Raven, Stephen Fry as Gilbert, Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine and Sandra James-Young as Unity Kincaid.
