Netflix's 'The Sandman' Releases New Episode Starring Sandra Oh, James McAvoy, David Tennant and Michael Sheen

Although Netflix has yet to renew Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' for Season 2, it has 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.

Airing Friday at 12:00 PM PT, exactly two weeks after the launch of the first 10 episodes, the new Season 1 episode of “The Sandman” is a live-action/animated hybrid episode adapting two favorite stories Gaiman's "Sandman" fans. DC Comics graphic novels: "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" and "Calliope".

"A Dream of a Thousand Cats" is the animated part and features Tom Sturridge in his lead role of "Sandman" as Dream, plus guest vocals including Oh as The Prophet, Rosie Day as The Tabby Kitten, David Gyasi as The Gray Cat, Joe Lycett as The Black Cat, Gaiman Himself as Crow/Skull Bird, McAvoy as Golden-Haired Man, David Tennant as Don, Georgia Tennant as Laura Lynn, Sheen as Paul, Anna Lundberg as Marion, Nonso Anozie as Wyvern, Diane Morgan as Gryphon and Tom Wu as Hippogriff.

Gaiman diehards will recall that McAvoy voices Morpheus, aka Dream, in Audible's "The Sandman" adaptation, while Sheen voices Lucifer, played by Gwendoline Christie in the Netflix series, and Tennant voices Loki . Sheen and Tennant also star in another Gaiman TV book adaptation, Amazon Prime Video's "Good Omens."

"We have strived to make the animated version of 'A Dream of a Thousand Cats' as fascinating and hypnotic as possible using the magic of real oil paintings on canvas," said Hisko Hulsing, who has directed the animated story, in a statement. “We combined the paintings with classically drawn 2D animation based on realistic 3D animation of telepathic cats to create a trippy world that feels both grounded and dreamy. Untold Studios in London created the stunning 3D animation of the cats. The wonderful 2D animation, oil paintings and stylization were all done at Submarine Studios in Amsterdam. »

The live-action story "Calliope", directed by Louise Hooper, features Sturridge with guest stars Melissanthi Mahut as Calliope, Arthur Darvill as Richard Madoc, Nina Wadia as Fate Mother, Souad Faress as Fate Crone, Dinita Gohil in Fate Maiden, Kevin Harvey in Larry, Amita Suman in Nora and Derek Jacobi in Erasmus Fry.

The hybrid episode teleplay "Sandman" is written by Catherine Smyth-McMullen and produced by show creators Gaiman and David S. Goyer, and showrunner Allan Heinberg.

Netflix's 'The Sandman' is produced by Warner Bros. Television and based on the DC Comics series of the same name by Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg.

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