Last week, Netflix announced the final 12 principal cast members for its upcoming The Sandman adaptation, and creator Neil Gaiman has now responded to the depressingly predictable backlash.
The two batches of casting announcements for Netflix's The Sandman have given fans of the iconic comic book series after several years of "development hell" and pessimism reasons finally for optimism. Now to be realised as a television series after decades of ill-starred cinematic attempts, Neil Gaiman's The Sandman (DC Comics) can finally begin its ascent into our side of
Neil Gaiman Fights Toxic Backlash Over Netflix’s #TheSandman Casting Non-Binary, Black Actors https://t.co/8O6u6Mw3JB pic.twitter.com/DR08nxjTXn IndieWire (@IndieWire) June 1, 2021 Netflix and Gaiman announced a handful of new cast members, including Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death and Mason…