
Sources say that the second season of The Sandman will conclude the story of Dream (Tom Sturridge), the series' main character. Production of the season was completed last summer.
“The Sandman series has always been focused exclusively on Dream’s story, and back in 2022, when we looked at the remaining Dream material from the comics, we knew we only had enough story for one more season,” showrunner Allan Heinberg said in a statement. “We are extremely grateful to Netflix for bringing the team all back together and giving us the time and resources to make a faithful adaptation in a way that we hope will surprise and delight the comics’ loyal readers as well as fans of our show.”
Season one of The Sandman premiered in August 2022 to largely positive reviews from critics and fairly strong ratings: It spent seven weeks in Netflix's global top 10 (based on the company's internal data) and six weeks on the Nielsen streaming charts in the United States.
The first season was based on the first 16 issues of The Sandman comic books; there are 75 in total. When announcing a second season for the series in November 2022, Netflix said the upcoming story would be "adapted from multiple The Sandman graphic novels."
The conclusion for The Sandman follows that of another series based on Gaiman's work, Good Omens on Amazon's Prime Video. This series will conclude later this year with one feature-length episode after two six-episode seasons in 2019 and 2023. Prime Video is also still planning to release Anansi Boys, also based on a novel by Gaiman, which, like The Sandman production has been completed.
Dark Horse Comics subsequently said it would stop publishing comic book adaptations of Gaiman's work (including Anansi Boys). Disney has paused work on a film adaptation of Gaiman's Graveyard Book.