In the
upcoming Moon Knight issue of Empire, Gaiman opened up about the genre-hopping, tone-switching approach of
The Sandman on screen. “You watch Episode 1 and think, ‘Oh, I get this thing: it’s like
Downton Abbey, but with magic,’” he says. “Then you’ll be wondering, ‘What the hell is this?’ by Episode 2, when you’re meeting Gregory The Gargoyle in The Dreaming. Episode 5 is about as dark and traumatic as anything is ever gonna get, then you’ve got Episode 6, which is probably the most feel-good of all the episodes.” It’s a notion that looks set to differentiate
The Sandman from all the other lavish fantasy adaptations out there. “If you didn’t like an episode of
Game Of Thrones, you probably won’t like any other episode of
Game Of Thrones,” reasons Gaiman. “With
Sandman, it’s all about surprising you. It’s all about reinventing itself. It’s all about taking you on a journey you’ve not been on before.”