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Today, the prolific author shared the first casting details forNetflixs adaptationof the cult favoriteVertigo/DC Comics series.

A whole set of tweets written just before bed and set to go out when I’m fast asleep.
I’m vaguely worried that I’ve mistimed them, but too late now.
Here are the first seven members of the#Sandmancast to be announced officially.
Seven down, hundreds to go.pic.twitter.com/DksGLyMkBf
Gaiman is writing the Netflix series with Allan Heinberg.
Gaimans book seriesbegan back in 1988and he has returned to the worldoccasionally over the decades.
A film version starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt was in the works recently, butfell apart in 2016over creative differences.
The streaming service hasnt announced any dates for the series to premiere.
Its probably a very expensive and time-consuming operation, you know, designing and filming in the Dream Realm.