The sprawling comic book series, The Sandman, adapted by Netflix is going to complete its third successful week. While fans are loving little surprises and sneak peeks the streamer is posting on social media from time to time, the show has already racked up about 130 million view hours, becoming one of the top shows. Neil Gaiman, the executive producer of the show, has tried to bring things on screen without straying much from the original storyline.

While there have been questions about the show coming out from the conversational style of DC Universe, the author has a different opinion on these things which he revealed in a recent interview with Rolling Stones. Why does Neil think these DC characters are the least of his concern? What are his plans for the renewal of the show? 

Neil Gaiman talks about including Batman and Justice League in The Sandman 

Neil Gaiman sat down with Rolling Stones to talk about the future of The Sandman after the series has enamored the audience with its striking interpretation of the DC comics. During the conversation, he was asked about his depiction of Constantine and does he regret doing so.

Remembering one of the incidents, he replied that during the fifth issue of the comics, he was writing about Dr. Destiny, who was going to meet the famous Joker character after he escapes from the asylum. However, he received a call to change the scene since Joker is believed dead.

Therefore, the author said that he does not like bringing a new twist to the continuity of events. 

“I just went, “I can’t be bothered.” I really can’t be bothered to have to change things and rewrite them because somebody else has just dropped the Joker into a river.”

Similarly, Gaiman did not want to overwhelm the viewers by introducing characters into the show. He feels that would make things chaotic and fans would struggle to understand the concept.

Subsequently, it would have lost the charm which currently the show has. So the author didn’t bother to include Justice League and Batman in The Sandman. What do you think the author has made the right decisions for his show? Leave your comments below!