Despite still working on his sixth novel in the series, " The Winds of Winter" which does not have a release date yet, the writer had to find time to listen to several pitches in the past as regards to a befitting spinoff. Martin, who authored A Song of Ice and Fire novels which inspired the original series also spoke about the process behind settling on a plan of action for a spinoff to the original. Weiss would end after eight seasons while amassing a significant fanbase and pulling in multiple awards. Ultimately, the series produced by co-creators, David Benioff and D. I believe I have more influence now than I did on the original show." I had no contribution to the later seasons except, you know, inventing the world, the story and all the characters. Indeed, Gaiman made his awareness of this fact known in a recent interview, in which he - tangentially referencing The Sandman's casting of Game of Thrones alumni in Christie and Charles Dance - confesses, "I explained to Gwendoline the other day, while we were walking around the car, I said, 'Of course, George has never let me forget that I owe Sandman to him."I was saying it needs to be 10 seasons at least and maybe 12, 13. Additionally, the property's eventual live-action debut seemed to depend on the rise of so-called peak television, a revolution in cinematic-style quality for small screen offerings that owes a large part to the success of Game of Thrones, which debuted on HBO back in 2011. ![]() ![]() Dream of the Endless, played by Tom Sturridge. While The Sandman does not take place in the same continuity as the show centered on Lucifer - who is played here by Gwendoline Christie - the concluded series proved to be an important step toward the long-sought adaptation for the REM-weaving exploits of Gaiman's Lord Morpheus, a.k.a. That series, which started life in 2016 as a network-run murder-mystery procedural series on Fox, was cancelled after three seasons, which led to a rescue by Netflix (fortuitously enough), which carried the series to a Season 6 finish line in 2021. In fact, the franchise plans would be backlogged in lieu of a spinoff of sorts in the form of the TV series Lucifer, which centered on the playful Los Angeles-residing version of the devilish fallen angel from Gaiman's Sandman comic lore, as played by Tom Ellis. The arrival of The Sandman marks the long-awaited live-action manifestation of Gaiman's landmark comic series after decades of mooted plans - for both films and television projects - over at Warner Bros. Related: Sandman Fans Are Voting to Rename Goldie 'Irving' There are, after all, many more issues of the comic to adapt." It’s a fabulous fantasy, and I hope it will run for many more seasons. And if you never read the comic, don’t worry, not required, the TV series stands on its own. If you loved the comics, well, this is a VERY faithful adaptation, Neil saw to that. "Neil had been kind enough to send up an advance copy. ![]() "Oh, and while in quarantine, Sid and I watched Neil Gaiman’s new show, THE SANDMAN," Martin said. ![]() It seems that, while recovering from a positive COVID diagnosis shortly after San Diego Comic-Con, the famed writer had time to watch The Sandman, which left him more than impressed. The series, which premiered all 10 episodes of its inaugural season on Netflix on August 5, gained a valued proponent in Martin, as evidenced by a post made on his Not a Blog website. Martin will be considered a prominent feather in the proverbial cap of the showrunners, who count themselves as his fans. Netflix's The Sandman is conjuring rave reviews for its stylistic approach to Neil Gaiman's classic DC Comic, but it's a safe bet that the recently posted reaction of Game of Thrones author George R.R.
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