Netflix has unveiled the highly-anticipated trailer for The Sandman, confirming the release date and announcing that Mark Hamill has joined the cast.
The streaming service will be releasing the series, based on Neil Gaiman's graphic novel from DC Comics, on August 5, 2022 and revealed this in the trailer for the epic fantasy as part of its Geeked Week.
In a double boost of wonderful news on Netflix's Geeked Twitter account, Star Wars legend Hamill has joined the show as the voice of Merv Pumpkinhead.
As well as playing Luke Skywalker, Hamill is a legendary voice actor with his best-known role as The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series.
As for The Sandman trailer, we get our best look of how grand the show is, and it's clear the streamer is going all out to bring what has been described as the unadaptable comic book to life.
We get to see Tom Sturridge as Dream and our first look at Doctor Who alum Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine.
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"I'm the King of Dreams, ruler of the nightmare realm," states Sturridge's Dream, surrounded by sand and wearing a gas mask.
"What are you doing here, Hettie?" asks Coleman's Constantine before Mad Hettie replies, "He's coming, isn't he?" When Constantine asks, "Who?" Hettie declares, "Morpheus. The Oneiromancer. You know. The Sandman."
Johanna brushes her off unconvinced, "He's a fairy story, Hettie." "He's not fairy story, he's back." In the backdrop of a guard shooting at him and Constantine ending the conversation.
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The trailer also gives the first look at the epic CGI work on the show before we're introduced to Kirby Howell-Baptiste's Death apologising to Dream: "Forgive me, sire, the palace, the realm, they are not as you left them."
"With you gone, the realm began to decay and crumble," Death adds.
In the final part of the trailer, we see the other characters, like Mason Alexander Park playing Desire and David Thewlis' John Dee. While Sturridge provides a warning: "The dreams and nightmares no longer seem to recognise their master. I will remind them."
The trailer ends with a character we can't see properly, gleefully saying: "He's free. He's out of his cage," as blood comes out of his right eye.
The Sandman launches on Netflix on August 5.
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