MOVIE NEWS – The story of Sandman Dreams is not over yet, as you can watch two more bonus episodes of Season 1.

Great news for fans of The Sandman, as a bonus two-part episode has just landed on Netflix. This means that viewers can now immerse themselves once again in the dream world of author Neil Gaiman’s Morpheus and the Endless. A trailer has now been released via The Sandman’s official Twitter account for the episode, which adapts Calliope from The Dream of a Thousand Cats from Episode 18 (The Sandman #18) and Episode 17 (The Sandman #17). See what you can expect when you watch the trailer below.

From the mind of Neil Gaiman, a two-part bonus episode of THE SANDMAN, featuring the stories "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" and "Calliope," is now streaming only on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/0z71QUNStG

— The Sandman (@Netflix_Sandman) August 19, 2022

The Dream of a Thousand Cats follows a kitten who, after her owners fall asleep and she is left alone, is taken to a cat colony run by a purebred Siamese. There the Siamese cat tells the group the story of his discovery of Dreaming and his encounter with the Cat of Dreams.

Unlike the rest of Sandman, The Dream of a Thousand Cats is imagined with stunning animation directed by Hisko Hulsing. The feline tale, in which Tom Sturridge plays the role of Dream, has gathered a star cast to bring the cats to life: Sandra Oh as “The Prophet”, Rosie Day as “The Tabby Cat”, David Gyasi as “The Grey Cat”, Joe Lycett as “The Black Cat”, Neil Gaiman as “Crow/Cat”, James McAvoy as “Golden Haired Man”, David Tennant as “Don”, Georgia Tennant as “Laura Lynn”, Michael Sheen as “Paul”, Anna Lundberg as “Marion”, Nonso Anozie as “Wyvern”, Diane Morgan as “Bird with a Grip” and Tom Wu as “Hippogriff”. ”

“We’ve strived to make the animated version of ‘A Thousand Cats Dream’ as mesmerizing and hypnotic as possible, using the magic of real oil paintings on canvas,” Hulsing said of the episode in a press release. “We combined the paintings with classically drawn 2D animation based on realistic 3D animation of telepathic cats to create a trippy, mundane and dreamlike world. London-based Untold Studios created the breathtaking 3D animation of the cats. The stunning 2D animation, oil paintings and stylization were created at Submarine Studios in Amsterdam.”

The two-part episode of Sandman is now available to watch on Netflix

The second part of the surprise new episode of The Sandman is titled Calliope and is about a muse who has a mysterious history with Morpheus. Directed by Louise Hooper, the episode stars Melissanthi Mahut as “Calliope”, Arthur Darvill as “Richard Madoc”, Nina Wadia as “Fate Mother”, Souad Faress as “Fate Crone”, Dinita Gohil as “Fate Maiden”, Kevin Harvey as “Larry”, Amita Suman as “Nora” and Derek Jacobi as “Erasmus Fry”.

For the first time, Sandman brings Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel from the seminal author to the big screen, introducing us to another world that awaits us all when we close our eyes and fall asleep – a place called Dreamworld, where Sandman, the Lord of Dreams (Tom Sturridge) gives form to our deepest fears and fantasies. But when Dream is unexpectedly captured and held prisoner for a century, his absence sets off a series of events that will change both the dream world and the waking world forever.

The Sandman, starring Tom Sturridge, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mason Alexander Park, Donna Preston, Gwendoline Christie, Boyd Holbrook, Charles Dance, Jenna Coleman, Vivienne Acheampong, David Thewlis, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Asim Chaudhry, has been a massive hit since its release earlier this month.

The two-part bonus episode of Sandman: Prince of Dreams is now only available to stream on Netflix. Read a review of the series here.

Source : Movieweb