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 adaptation has been several years in the making and is finally making its small screen debut! The 10-episode series premieres on Netflix this Friday, and the long-awaited adaptation of Neil Gaiman's beloved comic series is packing serious heat for eager fans.Tackling the comic's story from the beginning, the series follows Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), known as Dream and the titular Sandman, as he breaks free from decades-long imprisonment by humans to return to his kingdom of the Dreaming. The anthropomorphic personification of dreams discovers that his home has fallen into disarray in his absence and, to restore order, he must journey across different worlds and timelines to mend the mistakes he’s made during his vast existence, revisiting old friends and foes, and meeting new entities — both cosmic and human — along the way.The series features a star-studded cast alongside Sturridge that includes Kirby Howell-Baptise, Gwendoline Christie, Vivienne Acheampong, Stephen Fry, Boyd Holbrook, Charles Dance, Asim Chaudhry, Jenna Coleman, David Thewlis, Joely Richardson, Mason Alexander Park, and voice work from Patton Oswalt and Mark Hamill. The show was originally pitched as a film adaptation by filmmaker David S.

Kirby Howell-Baptiste adds some drama with an accentuated Elizabethan-esque collar for the premiere of her new Netflix series, The Sandman, held at BFI Southbank on Wednesday (August 3) in London.

The Sandman is coming!

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“The Sandman” is almost here to wake you up. Netflix released a new trailer for the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s iconic graphic novel series during the show’s Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday.In the video, which comes just under two weeks out from the series’ Aug.

EXCLUSIVE: Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber have acquired North American rights to Eva Vitija’s documentary Loving Highsmith, which takes as its focus Carol and The Talented Mr. Ripley author Patricia Highsmith. Zeitgeist will release the film theatrically this September.

The new trailer for Netflix’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s beloved graphic novel has arrived along with a release date and the announcement that Mark Hamill has joined the ensemble cast.

teaser for Netflix and Tim Burton’s upcoming Addams family TV series, “Wednesday,” featuring Jenna Ortega in the eponymous role, dropped Monday.“Netflix woefully presents a twisted new series from the mind of Tim Burton,” text in the trailer reads, noting that the show would be “coming soon” to the streamer.Ortega’s take on the only daughter of the iconic macabre fam appears as a stern, cold-faced teen. However, her outfit is more pop-punk than goth and her dark makeup and braids both have a modern flair.Thing — the ominous severed hand in the Addams family mansion — also makes an appearance in the trailer alongside the 19-year-old “Scream 5” star.The footage features Wednesday snapping her fingers and twirling her jet-black hair into braids as the hand rests on her shoulder.She also sports ink-colored lipstick and a black polka-dot dress.

Netflix debuted its first teaser for “The Sandman” along with announcing an official global premiere date of Aug. 5 during the streamer’s annual Geeked Week event.In attendance was creator Neil Gaiman and executive producer, showrunner and writer Allan Heinberg, along with cast members.

The debut teaser for Netflix‘s anticipated new series The Sandman just debuted online!

the lazy girl's , and she'd probably be proud to carry that title, honestly.Now, with the help of Tim Burton and Netflix, Wednesday Addams is coming to the small screen later this year.Here's everything we know about Wednesday.The eight-episode series is a coming-of-age story, according to Netflix.“The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy," Netflix said in a release. We'll see “Wednesday's attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.”Can you think of a better fit for a director? Because I can't.The series is Burton's first live-action show, as well as his TV directing debut, per . If there's anyone to fill the shoes of , who played Wednesday Addams to perfection in the 1991 film adaptation of the comic, it's Jenna Ortega. The 19-year-old has had a series of star-making roles in the past few years: She appeared in the critically acclaimed film The Fallout and the A24 horror flick X, as well as more mainstream titles including 2022's Scream and Netflix's You. With Wednesday, Ortega is sure to become a household name.The OG Wednesday Addams, Christina Ricci, will be returning to familiar territory—but not as an older version of Wednesday, reports.

Wilson Chapman editor“The Sandman,” Netflix’s highly anticipated adaptation of the critically-acclaimed fantasy comic book series, will premiere Aug. 5.The news was announced out of a Netflix Geeked Week panel that featured the cast and producers of the series and was moderated by Felicia Day.

Netflix has unveiled the premiere date for its upcoming The Sandman series, starring Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie, Vivienne Acheampong and more.

Audiences are getting a glimpse of Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams.The actress’ transformation to the famed Addams family daughter is revealed in the first look for Netflix’s upcoming series “Wednesday,” which you can watch above. The short clip begins with a close up of Ortega braiding Wednesday’s signature long black hair.She then spins toward the camera and walks into the spotlight, where she’s joined by Thing, the family’s disembodied hand.Here’s the logline for the upcoming series: “The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.

Netflix has dropped the first footage of Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in Wednesday, Tim Burton’s live-action Addams Family series. The 28-second teaser clip was released Monday, the first day of Netflix’s Geeked Week.

She’s creepy and she’s kooky, mysterious and spooky — she’s Wednesday Addams, and fans of “The Addams Family” now have their first glimpse at the new Netflix spin-off series directed by Tim Burton.

We’re getting a first look at The Thing, the disembodied hand featured in Wednesday, Tim Burton’s live-action Addams Family series for Netflix. Netflix dropped the 27-second teaser Wednesday ahead of Geeked Week next week (captioned “Enjoy this marketing ploy.”) See it below.

and we also covered that this morning — right now I want to focus on something specific: The first footage of Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer Morningstar. (You know, the devil, Satan, ruler of hell, etc etc etc.)The clip comes hear the end as we see images of Lucifer standing in front of a crowd of demons in hell, then directly — and very friendly — addressing Dream of the Endless (Tom Sturridge) asking, “are you well?”You can skip directly to minute 1:35 if you want to watch it above right now, but for your convenience here are some screenshots:Very mild spoilers ahead.You don’t know if you haven’t read “The Sandman,” but for those who have, this is a pretty huge deal.

Geeked Week — a five-day virtual fan event which began last year to premiere exclusive news from the streamer — released a trailer for its upcoming content and announced a new set of hosts for this year’s festivities, taking place June 6-10.The trailer, narrated by David Harbour of “Stranger Things,” promises new footage and information about titles like “The Sandman,” based on the 1990s DC Comics of the same name and starring Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie and Kirby Howell-Baptiste. The streamer also teased updates on the highly anticipated third season of “The Umbrella Academy,” action-thriller “The Gray Man,” which features Regé-Jean Page, Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, and — of course — “Stranger Things.”“It’s time to admit that geeks are f—ing great,” Harbour says in the clip.

Zack Sharf One of the biggest Netflix original series set to arrive later this year is “The Sandman,” a fantasy epic based on the acclaimed comic book written by Neil Gaiman. The author recently told Empire magazine that his main goal with the Netflix adaptation is to constantly surprise the viewer, so much so that all episodes of “The Sandman” will feel wildly different from each other.

The first look at Gwendoline Christie in the upcoming Netflix series The Sandman has been revealed!

As comic books and fantasy have become more central to the culture, author Neil Gaiman has become one of its most popular and prolific figures. His novels “Stardust,” “Coraline,” “American Gods,” and “Good Omens” have all been adapted into successful film and TV projects.