Netflix has surprised fans of The Sandman with an additional “bonus” episode of the popular series. The two-part animated/live-action hybrid episode, which was released at midnight Pt, features favorite stories from Neil Gaiman’s graphic novels, “A Dream of A Thousand Cats” and “Calliope,” with guest stars Sandra Oh, James McAvoy, David Tennant and Michael Sheen.
Watch the trailer below.
The 10-episode drama starring Tom Sturridge and based on Gaiman’s popular DC Comics series has remained at No. 1 on the Netflix Top 10 TV list (English) for a second week in a row with 196.98 million hours viewed since its August 5 debut. The series also appeared in the Top 10 in 93 countries.
The animated “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” portion stars Tom Sturridge in his The Sandman role as Dream. Guest voice cast members include Oh as The Prophet, Rosie Day as The Tabby Kitten, David Gyasi as The Grey Cat,...
Watch the trailer below.
The 10-episode drama starring Tom Sturridge and based on Gaiman’s popular DC Comics series has remained at No. 1 on the Netflix Top 10 TV list (English) for a second week in a row with 196.98 million hours viewed since its August 5 debut. The series also appeared in the Top 10 in 93 countries.
The animated “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” portion stars Tom Sturridge in his The Sandman role as Dream. Guest voice cast members include Oh as The Prophet, Rosie Day as The Tabby Kitten, David Gyasi as The Grey Cat,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
If you already binged your way through all ten episodes of the Netflix / Neil Gaiman series The Sandman when the show premiered two weeks ago and desperately want to see more… well, here’s some great news. There is now more of The Sandman to watch on Netflix! The streaming service has released a bonus episode of the show that is, as described by Variety, “a live-action/animated hybrid episode adapting two fan-favorite stories from Gaiman’s The Sandman graphic novels from DC Comics: A Dream of a Thousand Cats and Calliope.”
Directed by Hisko Hulsing, A Dream of a Thousand Cats is the animated portion and stars Tom Sturridge in his leading Sandman role as Dream, as well as a guest voice cast members including Sandra Oh as The Prophet, Rosie Day as The Tabby Kitten, David Gyasi as The Grey Cat, Joe Lycett as The Black Cat,...
Directed by Hisko Hulsing, A Dream of a Thousand Cats is the animated portion and stars Tom Sturridge in his leading Sandman role as Dream, as well as a guest voice cast members including Sandra Oh as The Prophet, Rosie Day as The Tabby Kitten, David Gyasi as The Grey Cat, Joe Lycett as The Black Cat,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Don’t sleep on “The Sandman.”
Neil Gaiman’s critically acclaimed Netflix series premiered a two-part bonus episode exactly two weeks after the season debuted. Featuring the animated story of “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” and a live-action take on “Calliope,” the surprise drop builds out the “Sandman” universe, with both premiering August 19.
Sandra Oh, David Tennant, James McAvoy, Michael Sheen, and Tom Sturridge lead “A Dream of a Thousand Cats,” along with Rosie Day, David Gyasi, Joe Lycett, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg, Nonso Anozie, Diane Morgan, Tom Wu, and series creator Gaiman also lending his voice to the animated installment. To note, frequent Gaiman collaborators Sheen and Tennant additionally lead his Prime Video series “Good Omens,” with McAvoy and Sheen also appearing on Audible’s “The Sandman” audiobook adaptation.
“We endeavored to make the animated version of ‘A Dream of a Thousand Cats’ as mesmerizing and hypnotic as...
Neil Gaiman’s critically acclaimed Netflix series premiered a two-part bonus episode exactly two weeks after the season debuted. Featuring the animated story of “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” and a live-action take on “Calliope,” the surprise drop builds out the “Sandman” universe, with both premiering August 19.
Sandra Oh, David Tennant, James McAvoy, Michael Sheen, and Tom Sturridge lead “A Dream of a Thousand Cats,” along with Rosie Day, David Gyasi, Joe Lycett, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg, Nonso Anozie, Diane Morgan, Tom Wu, and series creator Gaiman also lending his voice to the animated installment. To note, frequent Gaiman collaborators Sheen and Tennant additionally lead his Prime Video series “Good Omens,” with McAvoy and Sheen also appearing on Audible’s “The Sandman” audiobook adaptation.
“We endeavored to make the animated version of ‘A Dream of a Thousand Cats’ as mesmerizing and hypnotic as...
- 8/19/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The bonus episodes of Netflix show The Sandman appear to make a dig at Jk Rowling.
On Friday (19 August), two weeks after the Neil Gaiman adaptation was released, a surprise "two-part story collection" was added to the streaming service.
The episode, which has caused excitement among fans of the show, covers two storylines from the comic books, “Dream of a Thousand Cats” and “Calliope”.
In the episode, which was written by Catherine Smyth-McMullen, former Doctor Who actor Arthur Darvill plays author Richard Madoc.
One scene, set in August 2020, is set during Richard’s book launch, in which we hear that “every major studo wants a piece of him – film, broadcast, streaming”.
One character asks “who’s the frontrunner”, to which another replies: “Whoever lets him write and direct.”
The character then references the Harry Paotter author, stating: “They won't even let Jo Rowling write and direct,” to which the other...
On Friday (19 August), two weeks after the Neil Gaiman adaptation was released, a surprise "two-part story collection" was added to the streaming service.
The episode, which has caused excitement among fans of the show, covers two storylines from the comic books, “Dream of a Thousand Cats” and “Calliope”.
In the episode, which was written by Catherine Smyth-McMullen, former Doctor Who actor Arthur Darvill plays author Richard Madoc.
One scene, set in August 2020, is set during Richard’s book launch, in which we hear that “every major studo wants a piece of him – film, broadcast, streaming”.
One character asks “who’s the frontrunner”, to which another replies: “Whoever lets him write and direct.”
The character then references the Harry Paotter author, stating: “They won't even let Jo Rowling write and direct,” to which the other...
- 8/19/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
While Netflix has yet to renew Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” for Season 2, it’s just given fans of the new hit TV series the next best thing by dropping a surprise “bonus” episode featuring guest stars Sandra Oh, James McAvoy, David Tennant and Michael Sheen.
Dropping Friday at 12 a.m. Pt, exactly two weeks after the first 10 episodes launched, the new installment of “The Sandman” Season 1 is a live-action/animated hybrid episode adapting two fan-favorite stories from Gaiman’s “Sandman” graphic novels from DC Comics: “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” and “Calliope.”
“A Dream of a Thousand Cats” is the animated portion and stars Tom Sturridge in his leading “Sandman” role as Dream, as well as a guest voice cast members including Oh as The Prophet, Rosie Day as The Tabby Kitten, David Gyasi as The Grey Cat, Joe Lycett as The Black Cat, Gaiman himself as Crow/Skull Bird,...
Dropping Friday at 12 a.m. Pt, exactly two weeks after the first 10 episodes launched, the new installment of “The Sandman” Season 1 is a live-action/animated hybrid episode adapting two fan-favorite stories from Gaiman’s “Sandman” graphic novels from DC Comics: “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” and “Calliope.”
“A Dream of a Thousand Cats” is the animated portion and stars Tom Sturridge in his leading “Sandman” role as Dream, as well as a guest voice cast members including Oh as The Prophet, Rosie Day as The Tabby Kitten, David Gyasi as The Grey Cat, Joe Lycett as The Black Cat, Gaiman himself as Crow/Skull Bird,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Shelley Birse has taken home the Australian Writers’ Guild’s (Awg) 2020 John Hinde Award for Science Fiction Writing for Stan Original series The Commons.
Birse, the creator of the show, receives $10,000 for the drama which offers a glimpse into a not-too-distant future where climate change and biotechnology raise important ethical questions for humanity.
The annual award, first presented in 2008, is funded by a bequest from the late film critic John Hinde. It was Hinde’s wish that future generations of Australian science-fiction screenwriters be nurtured through industry opportunities.
Highly commended in the produced category were Antony Webb’s Awgie-nominated short film Carmentis and episode 13 of The Unlisted, written by Mithila Gupta.
David Peterson’s feature script Untethered won in the unproduced category.
The screenplay follows a former refugee on a mission to Mars who must confront her lack of trust in her crew when their ship is damaged and grapple...
Birse, the creator of the show, receives $10,000 for the drama which offers a glimpse into a not-too-distant future where climate change and biotechnology raise important ethical questions for humanity.
The annual award, first presented in 2008, is funded by a bequest from the late film critic John Hinde. It was Hinde’s wish that future generations of Australian science-fiction screenwriters be nurtured through industry opportunities.
Highly commended in the produced category were Antony Webb’s Awgie-nominated short film Carmentis and episode 13 of The Unlisted, written by Mithila Gupta.
David Peterson’s feature script Untethered won in the unproduced category.
The screenplay follows a former refugee on a mission to Mars who must confront her lack of trust in her crew when their ship is damaged and grapple...
- 12/3/2020
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Monica Zanetti’s screenplay of Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), Ben Lawrence and Beatrix Christian’s Hearts and Bones and Ally Burnham’s Unsound have been nominated for best original feature in the 53rd annual Awgie Awards.
The contenders for the feature film adaptation prize are Thomas M. Wright and Erik Jensen’s Acute Misfortune, Lisa Hoppe’s H is for Happiness, Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps’ Penguin Bloom and C.S. McMullen’s The Other Lamb.
The TV series prize promises to be a close race between episodes of Glen Dolman’s Bloom, Michael Petroni’s Messiah for Netflix, Belinda Chayko’s Stateless, Samantha Strauss’ The End and Pip Karmel’s Total Control.
Timothy Hobart, John Ridley, Jeremy Nguyen, Alan Nguyen and Michele Lee’s Hungry Ghosts will square off against Matthew Cormack and Niki Aken’s The Hunting for best miniseries.
In the TV serial category it must...
The contenders for the feature film adaptation prize are Thomas M. Wright and Erik Jensen’s Acute Misfortune, Lisa Hoppe’s H is for Happiness, Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps’ Penguin Bloom and C.S. McMullen’s The Other Lamb.
The TV series prize promises to be a close race between episodes of Glen Dolman’s Bloom, Michael Petroni’s Messiah for Netflix, Belinda Chayko’s Stateless, Samantha Strauss’ The End and Pip Karmel’s Total Control.
Timothy Hobart, John Ridley, Jeremy Nguyen, Alan Nguyen and Michele Lee’s Hungry Ghosts will square off against Matthew Cormack and Niki Aken’s The Hunting for best miniseries.
In the TV serial category it must...
- 9/25/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The Australian Writers’ Guild (Awg) has opened applications for the 2020 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing.
Funded by a bequest from the late film critic John Hinde, the prize offers $10,000 for the best produced script and professional support to the best unproduced script.
Entries may be science-fiction feature film, television series or miniseries, web series, audio, animation, children’s television, or interactive media.
Both scripts receive entry to the Awg’s Pathway Program. The unproduced winner will have an experienced genre producer read their work, and be set up with a meeting with an industry professional, hand-selected for their particular script.
Past winners in the produced category include Lucas Taylor’s Eleven Eleven in 2019, the late Cris Jones’ feature The Death and Life of Otto Bloom in 2017, episode five of Cleverman by Michael Miller in 2016, and Jesse O’Brien’s feature film Arrowhead in 2015.
Past unproduced winners include C.S. McMullen’s Awake,...
Funded by a bequest from the late film critic John Hinde, the prize offers $10,000 for the best produced script and professional support to the best unproduced script.
Entries may be science-fiction feature film, television series or miniseries, web series, audio, animation, children’s television, or interactive media.
Both scripts receive entry to the Awg’s Pathway Program. The unproduced winner will have an experienced genre producer read their work, and be set up with a meeting with an industry professional, hand-selected for their particular script.
Past winners in the produced category include Lucas Taylor’s Eleven Eleven in 2019, the late Cris Jones’ feature The Death and Life of Otto Bloom in 2017, episode five of Cleverman by Michael Miller in 2016, and Jesse O’Brien’s feature film Arrowhead in 2015.
Past unproduced winners include C.S. McMullen’s Awake,...
- 7/28/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
A young woman realizes that her life in a secluded cult could be more of a restricted hell than a freeing existence in Malgorzata Szumowska's The Other Lamb. With the film coming out this April from IFC Films, we've been provided with a new clip in which cult leader Shepherd (Michiel Huisman) speaks of sacrifice to his many wives before leading them in a bloody prayer.
Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska from a screenplay by C.S. McMullen, The Other Lamb stars Michiel Huisman, Raffey Cassidy, Denise Gough, Kelly Campbell, Eve Connolly, and Isabelle Connolly.
You can watch the new clip below (which originally premiered on Bloody Disgusting), and keep an eye out for The Other Lamb when it's released in select cinemas (this could be subject to change due to the coronavirus), VOD, and digital platforms on April 3rd via IFC Films.
Synopsis: "For her entire life, the cult she...
Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska from a screenplay by C.S. McMullen, The Other Lamb stars Michiel Huisman, Raffey Cassidy, Denise Gough, Kelly Campbell, Eve Connolly, and Isabelle Connolly.
You can watch the new clip below (which originally premiered on Bloody Disgusting), and keep an eye out for The Other Lamb when it's released in select cinemas (this could be subject to change due to the coronavirus), VOD, and digital platforms on April 3rd via IFC Films.
Synopsis: "For her entire life, the cult she...
- 3/25/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
A young woman begins to realize that her life in a secluded cult is more of a living hell than an idyllic existence in the official trailer for The Other Lamb, coming to theaters and VOD this April from IFC Films.
Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska from a screenplay by C.S. McMullen, The Other Lamb stars Michiel Huisman, Raffey Cassidy, Denise Gough, Kelly Campbell, Eve Connolly, and Isabelle Connolly.
You can watch the official trailer below, and keep an eye out for The Other Lamb when it's released in theaters and on VOD beginning April 3rd.
Synopsis: "For her entire life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah (Raffey Cassidy) has known. Along with a band of similarly cloistered young women she lives seemingly unstuck in time, cut off from modern society in a remote forest commune presided over by a man called Shepherd (Michiel Huisman), a controlling,...
Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska from a screenplay by C.S. McMullen, The Other Lamb stars Michiel Huisman, Raffey Cassidy, Denise Gough, Kelly Campbell, Eve Connolly, and Isabelle Connolly.
You can watch the official trailer below, and keep an eye out for The Other Lamb when it's released in theaters and on VOD beginning April 3rd.
Synopsis: "For her entire life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah (Raffey Cassidy) has known. Along with a band of similarly cloistered young women she lives seemingly unstuck in time, cut off from modern society in a remote forest commune presided over by a man called Shepherd (Michiel Huisman), a controlling,...
- 3/3/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Lucas Taylor’s Awgie Award-winning multi-linear narrative Eleven Eleven has won the $10,000 2019 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing.
Steve Mitchell’s Cowtown took the prize in the unproduced category at the awards presented at the Australian Writers’ Guild’s inaugural Powerhouse Mixer event at the Powerhouse Museum’s Apollo 11 Exhibition, attended by reps from Screen Australia, Create Nsw, Foxtel, ABC, Sbs, talent agencies and production companies.
Eleven Eleven is a Vr and Ar experience set on a fictional planet that is 11 minutes and 11 seconds away from an extinction-level event. Glen Dolman’s series Bloom was highly commended.
Produced in association with Academy Award®-winning Digital Domain, Eleven Eleven was developed by Walker with the co-creators and producers, Mehrad Noori, Director of Global Programming, NBCUniversal International Networks, and Michael Salmon – Head of Immersive Technologies, NBCUniversal International.
“Science fiction was one of my first loves,” said Taylor. “Ever since George Orwell...
Steve Mitchell’s Cowtown took the prize in the unproduced category at the awards presented at the Australian Writers’ Guild’s inaugural Powerhouse Mixer event at the Powerhouse Museum’s Apollo 11 Exhibition, attended by reps from Screen Australia, Create Nsw, Foxtel, ABC, Sbs, talent agencies and production companies.
Eleven Eleven is a Vr and Ar experience set on a fictional planet that is 11 minutes and 11 seconds away from an extinction-level event. Glen Dolman’s series Bloom was highly commended.
Produced in association with Academy Award®-winning Digital Domain, Eleven Eleven was developed by Walker with the co-creators and producers, Mehrad Noori, Director of Global Programming, NBCUniversal International Networks, and Michael Salmon – Head of Immersive Technologies, NBCUniversal International.
“Science fiction was one of my first loves,” said Taylor. “Ever since George Orwell...
- 11/21/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Back in 2017, executive producer Vera Miao's Two Sentence Horror Stories brought creepy online flash fiction to life on Verizon’s go90 channel, with the short film-styled series coming to CW Seed in 2018. Now, The CW is moving forward with a full-length, half-hour episodes version of the anthology series, with the latest edition of Two Sentence Horror Stories premiering on the network this August.
Featuring eight half-hour episodes, Two Sentence Horror Stories will premiere on The CW with back-to-back installments on Thursday, August 8th. As with the original iteration of Two Sentence Horror Stories, this new version of the show comes from Warner Bros.' Stage 13, with Miao once again returning to executive produce.
We have the press release with more details below, stay tuned to Daily Dead for future updates on Two Sentence Horror Stories, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's previous interview with Miao.
Featuring eight half-hour episodes, Two Sentence Horror Stories will premiere on The CW with back-to-back installments on Thursday, August 8th. As with the original iteration of Two Sentence Horror Stories, this new version of the show comes from Warner Bros.' Stage 13, with Miao once again returning to executive produce.
We have the press release with more details below, stay tuned to Daily Dead for future updates on Two Sentence Horror Stories, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's previous interview with Miao.
- 6/7/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: The CW is adding another original scripted series to its summer lineup, anthology Two Sentence Horror Stories. It marks the 12th original CW series for summer 2019, the most ever for the 13-year-old network, which has been ramping up its commitment to year-round programming.
Set to debut on August 8 at 8 Pm with back-to-back episodes, Two Sentence Horror Stories consists of eight half-hour stand-alone episodes featuring actors Nicole Kang (Batwoman), Jim Parrack (Suicide Squad) and Aleyse Shannon (Charmed), among others.
Created/executive produced by Vera Miao (Best Friends Forever), Two Sentence Horror Stories, from Warner Bros’ digital content studio Stage 13, originated as the five-episode short-form digital series 2Sh, which premiered on go90 in October 2017. The short-form series then launched on CW Seed in October 2018. Following the exposure on its digital platform, the CW became interested in a full-length version to air on the broadcast network.
Two Sentence Horror Stories features contemporary...
Set to debut on August 8 at 8 Pm with back-to-back episodes, Two Sentence Horror Stories consists of eight half-hour stand-alone episodes featuring actors Nicole Kang (Batwoman), Jim Parrack (Suicide Squad) and Aleyse Shannon (Charmed), among others.
Created/executive produced by Vera Miao (Best Friends Forever), Two Sentence Horror Stories, from Warner Bros’ digital content studio Stage 13, originated as the five-episode short-form digital series 2Sh, which premiered on go90 in October 2017. The short-form series then launched on CW Seed in October 2018. Following the exposure on its digital platform, the CW became interested in a full-length version to air on the broadcast network.
Two Sentence Horror Stories features contemporary...
- 6/3/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The dead rise to eat the living in our second Horror Highlights of the day, which includes a trailer for Dawning of the Dead, details on the Lankershim Boulevard screening at Seraph Films' fifth annual Halloween Short Horror Film Night, the 2017 BloodList of renowned and un-produced thriller and horror scripts, and a trailer for the new found footage horror film The Faith Community.
Dawning of the Dead Trailer & Release Details: "Prepare for a zombie apocalypse this Christmas!
Uncork’d Entertainment and filmmakers Tony Jopia, Nika Braun, Yannis Zafeiriou and Alexander Zwart reanimate the silly season with Dawning of the Dead, premiering on Digital 12/5.
While a virus that causes the dead to reanimate brings the world to its knees, the scientist responsible entrusts his cataclysmic findings to Katya Nevin, a troubled ex-war correspondent turned anchor-woman at W.W News. While she and the rest of her crew witness the collapse...
Dawning of the Dead Trailer & Release Details: "Prepare for a zombie apocalypse this Christmas!
Uncork’d Entertainment and filmmakers Tony Jopia, Nika Braun, Yannis Zafeiriou and Alexander Zwart reanimate the silly season with Dawning of the Dead, premiering on Digital 12/5.
While a virus that causes the dead to reanimate brings the world to its knees, the scientist responsible entrusts his cataclysmic findings to Katya Nevin, a troubled ex-war correspondent turned anchor-woman at W.W News. While she and the rest of her crew witness the collapse...
- 10/25/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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