The Netflix collection “The Sandman,” an adaptation of the well-known fantasy comedian collection written by Neil Gaiman, will finish after the upcoming season 2. This may increasingly come as a shock to some followers, because the massive 10-volume comic series positive appeared prefer it’d want greater than two seasons to wrap all the pieces up. However according to Variety, who broke the information of the present’s cancellation, Netflix insiders are claiming they deliberate to finish the present with season 2 (airing later this 12 months) for awhile now:
“Sources near ‘The Sandman’ had been already telling Selection the dear collection, produced by Warner Bros. Tv for Netflix, was anticipated to finish with its second season when manufacturing was underway in summer season 2023. The reveal of Season 2 characters that had been solid in Might 2024 additional indicated the collection was leaping to the tip of the comics a lot prior to followers anticipated.”
There’s some reality to that: The news that season 2 would include characters like Ruby, who did not present up till quantity 7 within the comics, definitely did shock quite a lot of followers. It is also true that “The Sandman” is an expensive show to make. That could be why Netflix waited two months after season 1 to lastly greenlight season 2, regardless of the primary season receiving strong viewership numbers.
Nonetheless, given the unlikelihood that season 2 has the time to do justice to all of volumes 4 by 10 (and the way season 1 did not even end protecting the primary three volumes), it appears extra possible that the present’s cancellation is the results of Neil Gaiman’s real-life actions. Gaiman was accused of sexual assault by 5 girls in a July 2024 podcast series; in January 2025, New York Magazine published a extra in-depth and harrowing account of Gaiman’s alleged acts of violent sexual assault and misconduct, a few of which allegedly occurred whereas his son was within the room.
Most Neil Gaiman variations have been canceled or postponed
If the allegations towards Gaiman are the actual motive for Netflix canceling “The Sandman” earlier than season 2 even airs, it might not be the primary Gaiman-involved challenge to obtain related remedy. In October 2024, Amazon Prime Video announced that the deliberate “Good Omens” season 3 would now be condensed right into a single 90-minute film, with Gaiman not concerned creatively with the challenge. It was a serious change contemplating that Gaiman was billed as a creator, govt producer, and showrunner of the primary two seasons.
In September 2024, Disney paused production of a film adaptation for “The Graveyard Guide,” a child’s guide printed by Gaiman in 2008. On January 29 this 12 months, a U.Okay. stage manufacturing of “Coraline,” primarily based on Gaiman’s 2002 youngsters’ guide of the identical identify, was scrapped completely. The play’s manufacturing issued a statement alongside the announcement studying, “After cautious consideration, we really feel it might be unattainable to proceed within the context of the allegations towards its unique writer.”
“The Sandman” showrunner Allan Heinberg, in the meantime, has maintained that the upcoming second season was meant to be its final. “‘The Sandman’ collection has at all times been targeted completely on Dream’s story, and again in 2022, after we seemed on the remaining Dream materials from the comics, we knew we solely had sufficient story for yet one more season,” he informed Selection on Friday. “We’re extraordinarily grateful to Netflix for bringing the group all again collectively and giving us the time and sources to make a devoted adaptation in a approach that we hope will shock and delight the comics’ loyal readers in addition to followers of our present.”
The Netflix collection “The Sandman,” an adaptation of the well-known fantasy comedian collection written by Neil Gaiman, will finish after the upcoming season 2. This may increasingly come as a shock to some followers, because the massive 10-volume comic series positive appeared prefer it’d want greater than two seasons to wrap all the pieces up. However according to Variety, who broke the information of the present’s cancellation, Netflix insiders are claiming they deliberate to finish the present with season 2 (airing later this 12 months) for awhile now:
“Sources near ‘The Sandman’ had been already telling Selection the dear collection, produced by Warner Bros. Tv for Netflix, was anticipated to finish with its second season when manufacturing was underway in summer season 2023. The reveal of Season 2 characters that had been solid in Might 2024 additional indicated the collection was leaping to the tip of the comics a lot prior to followers anticipated.”
There’s some reality to that: The news that season 2 would include characters like Ruby, who did not present up till quantity 7 within the comics, definitely did shock quite a lot of followers. It is also true that “The Sandman” is an expensive show to make. That could be why Netflix waited two months after season 1 to lastly greenlight season 2, regardless of the primary season receiving strong viewership numbers.
Nonetheless, given the unlikelihood that season 2 has the time to do justice to all of volumes 4 by 10 (and the way season 1 did not even end protecting the primary three volumes), it appears extra possible that the present’s cancellation is the results of Neil Gaiman’s real-life actions. Gaiman was accused of sexual assault by 5 girls in a July 2024 podcast series; in January 2025, New York Magazine published a extra in-depth and harrowing account of Gaiman’s alleged acts of violent sexual assault and misconduct, a few of which allegedly occurred whereas his son was within the room.
Most Neil Gaiman variations have been canceled or postponed
If the allegations towards Gaiman are the actual motive for Netflix canceling “The Sandman” earlier than season 2 even airs, it might not be the primary Gaiman-involved challenge to obtain related remedy. In October 2024, Amazon Prime Video announced that the deliberate “Good Omens” season 3 would now be condensed right into a single 90-minute film, with Gaiman not concerned creatively with the challenge. It was a serious change contemplating that Gaiman was billed as a creator, govt producer, and showrunner of the primary two seasons.
In September 2024, Disney paused production of a film adaptation for “The Graveyard Guide,” a child’s guide printed by Gaiman in 2008. On January 29 this 12 months, a U.Okay. stage manufacturing of “Coraline,” primarily based on Gaiman’s 2002 youngsters’ guide of the identical identify, was scrapped completely. The play’s manufacturing issued a statement alongside the announcement studying, “After cautious consideration, we really feel it might be unattainable to proceed within the context of the allegations towards its unique writer.”
“The Sandman” showrunner Allan Heinberg, in the meantime, has maintained that the upcoming second season was meant to be its final. “‘The Sandman’ collection has at all times been targeted completely on Dream’s story, and again in 2022, after we seemed on the remaining Dream materials from the comics, we knew we solely had sufficient story for yet one more season,” he informed Selection on Friday. “We’re extraordinarily grateful to Netflix for bringing the group all again collectively and giving us the time and sources to make a devoted adaptation in a approach that we hope will shock and delight the comics’ loyal readers in addition to followers of our present.”
