Morpheus and Lucifer meet in this new image of Gwendoline Christie playing the lord of hell in The Sandman series.
It is not long before the adaptation of The Sandman is released as a series with actors, and the best thing is that its own creator, Neil Gaiman, is in charge of this new version of the Vertigo Comics classic. Until the date arrives, the promotion is with everything and on this occasion the British medium specialized in cinema Empire Magazine has released a new image of Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer.
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The image is accompanied by part of an interview with Gwendoline Christie, who mentioned: “I loved that Allen (Heinberg, co-director of the series) asked me to play Lucifer, because it is a great role. There are few castings that can top that – maybe God, whatever it is! Plus, it’s fun to be obnoxious.”
And later: “Neil clarified that Lucifer is a fallen angel and that an angel has no gender,” he explains. “And I can play androgynous. We know from Game of Thrones, because of how I look. So I hope that helped in portraying the character.”
For his part, Allen Heinberg (who directs the series with David S. Goyer and Neil Gaiman), declared the following to the British medium about Christie’s casting: “Lucifer is a creature similar to Bowie in the comic and I thought: ‘Well Who’s a bigger fucking rock star than Gwendoline Christie?
The Sandman
There is another world that awaits us all when we close our eyes and sleep: a place called the Dreaming, where The Sandman, Master of Dreams (Tom Sturridge), gives form to all our deepest fears and fantasies. But when Dream is unexpectedly captured and held prisoner for a century, his absence sets off a chain of events that will change both the dreaming and waking worlds forever. To restore order, Dream must travel through different worlds and timelines to repair the mistakes he has made during his vast existence, revisiting old friends and enemies, and meeting new entities – both cosmic and human – along the way. .
Based on the award-winning DC comic book series written by Neil Gaiman, THE SANDMAN is a rich mix of mythos and dark fantasy woven through ten epic chapters that follow Dream’s many adventures. Developed and executive produced by Gaiman, showrunner Allan Heinberg and David S. Goyer.
The Sandman also stars Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine, Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death, Charles Dance as wizard Roderick Burgess, and Asim Chaudhry and Sanjeeve Bhaskar as Abel and Cain, respectively. Joely Richardson will play Ethel Cripps, while David Thewlis will take on the role of her son John Dee, aka the deranged Dr. Destiny.
The 10-episode first season of The Sandman will adapt the first two arcs of the Vertigo comic book series: “Preludes and Nocturnes” and “The Doll’s House.”
Source: Empire Magazine
The Lord of Dreams awaits you in our online store with:
The Sandman: Eternal Nights
THE SANDMAN: NIGHTS FOREVER will delight fans of Gaiman’s work and newcomers to the graphic novel. Disturbing, bittersweet, erotic or nightmarish, the seven stories in this book – one for each of the Eternal brothers – reveal strange secrets and surprising truths. Each story is illustrated by the greatest comic artists in the world.
Craig Russell draws the story of DEATH and one day, two hundred years ago, on an island in the Venice lagoon… a day that lasts forever.
Milo Manara paints a story of love and DESIRE in ancient times in which a beautiful young woman gets everything she wants… at a high price.
Bill Sienkiewicz shows us who manages to enter the realm of DELIRIO to carry out a strange rescue mission.
Miguelanxo Prado takes us to a DREAM at the beginning of time, when the stars spoke and even the Eternals were young.
Barron Storey creates fifteen harrowing portraits of DESPERATION.
Glenn Fabry draws a story of archaeologists discovering the future and learning a little more about DESTRUCTION.
Frank Quitely draws a final comment about DESTINATION in these Eternal Nights.
Neil Gaiman always promised that he would return to the world of THE SANDMAN. Now, with the collaboration of some of the best international artists, he has returned to the characters he made famous, to bring us new dreams… and nightmares.
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