Why Netflix Sandman is ending with season 2

The Netflix series “The Sandman”, an adaptation of the famous fantasy comics series written by Neil Gaiman, will end after the next season 2. This can be a surprise for some fans, since the 10 volume comics series It seemed huge that it seemed to be as I would need more than two seasons to conclude everything. But According to VarietyThat he gave the news of the cancellation of the program, Netflix experts claim that they planned to finish the program with season 2 (transmitted at the end of this year) for a while:

“Sources close to ‘The Sandman’ were already saying Variety The expensive series, produced by Warner Bros. Television for Netflix, was expected to end its second season when the production was underway in the summer of 2023. The revelation of the characters of season 2 that were chosen in May 2024 indicated Even more than the series was jumping until the end. From comics long before what fans expected. “

There is something really in that: the news that season 2 would include characters like Ruby, who did not appear until volume 7 in the comics, certainly surprised many fans. It is also true that “The Sandman” is a expensive show. That may be the reason why Netflix waited two months after season 1 until finally Greenlight season 2, despite the reception of the first season Strong audience numbers.

However, given the improbability that season 2 has time to do justice to all volumes of 4 to 10 (and how season 1 did not even finish the first three volumes), it seems more likely that the cancellation of the program Sea The result of the real -life actions of Neil Gaiman. Gaiman was accused of sexual aggression by five women in a JULY PODCAST SERIES 2024; In January 2025, New York Magazine published A deeper and heartbreaking description of the alleged acts of violent sexual assault and misconduct of Gaiman, some of which supposedly occurred while his son was in the room.

If the accusations against Gaiman are the real reason for Netflix to cancel “The Sandman” before season 2 is transmitted, it would not be the first project involved in Gaiman to receive a similar treatment. In October 2024, Amazon Prime Video announced That season 3 of “good omens” planned would now be condensed in a single 90 -minute film, with Gaiman no longer involved with the project. It was an important change considering that Gaiman was announced as creator, executive producer and showrunner of the first two seasons.

In September 2024, Disney Pause production of a film adaptation for “The Graveyard Book”, a children 2002 of the same name, it was completely discarded. . The production of the work He issued a statement Together with the advertisement of the ad, “after careful consideration, we believe that it would be impossible to continue in the context of the accusations against its original author.”

The showrunner of “The Sandman” Allan Heinberg, meanwhile, has argued that the next second season intended to be the last. “The series ‘The Sandman’ has always focused exclusively on Dream’s history, and 2022, when we look at the remaining dream material of the comics, we knew we only had enough history for one more season,” Variety told Variety on Friday on Friday . “We are extremely grateful to Netflix for gathering the team and giving us the time and resources to make a faithful adaptation in a way that we hope to surprise and delight the loyal readers of the comics, as well as the fans of our program.”