'The Sandman' Season 2 Trailer Goes to Hell and Back
Tom Sturridge in "The Sandman" Season 2
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“Everyone loves a good story, but all stories come to an end," Death intones in the trailer for The Sandman's second and final season. But if the clip is anything to go by, Netflix's adaptation of the DC Comics classic is set to go out with a bang.
The drama stars Tom Sturridge (Irma Vep) as Dream, also known as Morpheus, one of the seven immortal beings known as the Endless, who are essentially personifications of various aspects of human reality. The series' first season saw Dream taken prisoner by a moral occultist and held captive for much of a century before escaping, searching for his stolen totems of power across various realms, and returning to the damaged Dream world he had left behind.
Episode descriptions indicate that the series' final outing will cover a plethora of major moments from across the comics run, including major moments from the Season of Mists, The Kindly Ones, Brief Lives, and The Sandman: Overture arcs, along with standalone stories like “Tales in the Sand,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “The Song of Orpheus,” “Thermidor,” and “The Tempest". This means that we will most likely get to see everything from the infamous family dinner in which the Endless are reunited and Dream's journey into Hell to save Nada's soul, to his reunion with his estranged son Orpheus, and his face-off with a triad of Furies. Could we get a surprise appearance from Edwin Payne and Charles Rowland (of Dead Boy Detectives fame)? It's possible!
Here's the Season 2 synopsis.
After a fateful reunion with his family, Dream of the Endless must face one impossible decision after another as he attempts to save himself, his kingdom, and the waking world from the epic fallout of his past misdeeds. To make amends, Dream must confront longtime friends and foes, gods, monsters, and mortals. But the path to forgiveness is full of unexpected twists and turns, and true absolution may cost Dream everything.
Alongside Sturridge as Dream, the series also stars Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Culprits) as Death, Mason Alexander Park (Quantum Leap) as Desire, Donna Preston (Bad Tidings) as Despair, Adrian Lester (Renegade Nell) as Destiny, Esme Creed-Miles (The Doll Factory) as Delirium, and Barry Sloane (Passenger) as Destruction.
Other cast members returning for Season 2 include Patton Oswalt (What We Do in the Shadows) as Matthew the Raven, Vivienne Acheampong (Everything Now) as Lucienne, Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) as Lucifer Morningstar, Jenna Coleman (The Jetty) as Johanna Constantine, Ferdinand Kingsley (Silo) as Hob Gadling, Stephen Fry (Heartstopper) as Gilbert, Asim Chaudhry (The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin) as Abel, Sanjeev Bhaskar (Unforgotten) as Cain, Razane Jammal (Doubt) as Lyta Hall, and Vanesu Samunyai as Rose Walker.
Heinberg has taken over as series showrunner, with Jamie Childs (His Dark Materials) directing all episodes. Series writers include Ameni Rozsa, Alex Newman-Wise, Austin Guzman, Shadi Petosky, Jim Campolongo, Vanessa Benton, Jay Franklin, Greg Goetz, and Marina Marlens.
The Sandman Season 2, Volume 1 will premiere on Netflix on July 3, 2025, with six episodes. The final five installments, which comprise Volume 2, will follow on July 24, with the bonus episode "The Sandman Presents: Death and the High Cost of Living" arriving on July 31.T he Sandman Season 1 is currently streaming on Netflix.
