'The Sandman's' Final Season to Air in Two Parts This Summer

Get ready to return to the world of the Dreaming this summer. Netflix has at long last confirmed that its critically acclaimed adaptation of The Sandman will (finally!) return this July, split into two parts (or "volumes") with release dates three weeks apart. (While the staggered release schedule is undoubtedly more than a bit annoying, it's not uncommon for some of the streamer's significant budget properties to drop this way. See also: The Witcher, The Crown, and Stranger Things.)

Based on the award-winning DC Comics series of the same name, 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.

The streamer also dropped a first-look teaser, which leans into the big moment everyone's waiting to see: the family meeting between the Endless that takes place in the Season of Mists. This means that not only will we be meeting the rest of Dream's family, but a positive cavalcade of famous characters from legend and literature, including Norse gods (Odin, Thor, Loki), fairies (Cluracan, Nuala), and even a Shakespeare character or two (Puck).