‘The Sandman’: Neil Gaiman wants a spin-off centered around Johanna Constantine

While it was a huge success with audiences and critics alike, Netflix has yet to make any official announcements about the future of “Sandman,” something its creator, Neil Gaiman, believes is due to an economic problem: “It’s a very expensive show. And for Netflix to give us the money to do another season, it has to work incredibly well. So yeah, we’ve been the most watched series in the world for the past couple of weeks. But that may not be enough, “he said on Twitter, although it is clear that hope is not lost.

According to Jenna Coleman, who plays Johanna Constantine in the series, Gaiman wants to continue exploring this universe on the small screen with a spin-off focused on his character: “One of the reasons I wanted [interpretar a Constantine] was that the character was very well constructed and what Neil and Allan really considered [Heinberg] is that they sent me the script, but they didn’t tell me who the character was. So I didn’t know it was Constantine when I read it. So I got an idea of ​​who this person was without having any preconceived image of Constantine, which was very clever. “explains his signature and a possible spin-off adds: “But yeah, Neil informed me. He and Allan are really trying. They seem to think it would be a good idea. “

In the series, based on Gaiman’s comic, Johanna Constantine is from the 21st century and has an 18th century ancestor, Lady Johanna, who is also played by Coleman. Modern-day Johanna is something of a detective and occult exorcist with clients at the royal family level, although she may have new plots or adapt ones already reflected in the graphic novel. You mention Lady Johanna’s youth and childhood, whose parents were convicted of treason and it took years to recover both the family fortune and the titles he was entitled to inherit. It was King George III who commissioned him to retrieve Pandora’s box and restore its status, and all before he met Dream and helped him save his son Orpheus.

Upon Reeves’ return

Already on September 17 we told you that Warner Bros. was preparing a sequel to “Constantine” which will once again see Keanu Reeves as the exorcist of the demons and Francis Lawrence again in directing. Although Johanna and John Constantine are not the same character, obviously Coleman reacted to the news and did it with great humor in the interview with The Hollywood Reporter:“I can’t tell you, but it seems Constantine is back in his many forms. I’d like to take some of the credit!”he says insinuating that the project went on thanks to his work on “The Sandman”, which received rave reviews from the fandom, “I’m having fun. In fact, I’m going around saying I’m basically Keanu Reeves.”

For now Netflix has not given the green light to a second season of ‘The Sandman’, less has been said about a possible spin-off, so we can only hope and cross our fingers to continue sharing adventures with Tom Sturridge and his incarnation of Dream.