The second season of the series “Sandman” Won a trailer and a debut date this Thursday (17). The production arrives a few months after the controversy that involved its author, the British Neil Gaiman 64, accused of sexual abuse.
The new season will be divided into two parts: the first, scheduled to debut on July 3, and the second, the 24th of the same month. A third season was scheduled, but was canceled by the Netflix streaming platform.
The announcement of the cancellation took place in January 2025, a few days after the publication of dossier with details of accusations of sexual abuse against Neil Gaiman .
Complaints against the author began in 2024. Since then, Productions that carry Gaiman’s name have been canceled or suspended.
According to Allan Heinberg, producer of the series, the justification of the closing of the series is that, when analyzing the material of the first season, the directors realized that they would not have material to make more steps of production.
Production follows Sandman, known as the Dream (Tom Sturridge), a cosmic being responsible for governing our dreams. After remained in prison for over a century, he now needs to travel through different worlds and time lines to correct the chaos caused by his absence.
Understand the controversy
Neil Gaiman is an author of short stories, novels and scripts. Their most popular works among the public are “Coraline” (2002) and “Sandman” (1989) . Both even gained adaptations.
In all, the writer received complaints from eight different women from 1986 to 2022. They would all be in the 20 -year -old range in the corresponding ones. The youngest was 18 years old.
The article was determined and published by the American magazine Vulture. According to the vehicle, the investigation was based on the interview with eight women, text messaging analysis for friends, messaging with the perpetrator himself and documents obtained with the police. Two of the alleged victims worked for him. The others would be your fans.
According to reports, Neil Gaiman forced victims to have relationships through BDSM, which means a set of sexual practices through domination, submission and sadomasochism.
In addition to charges of rape, women claim that consent and specific BDSM activities have not been discussed and agreed before they occur.
Gaiman used his personal blog to comment on the subject.
“When reading this last collection of reports, there are times when I recognize in half and moments not, descriptions of things that happened alongside things that emphatically did not happen. I am far from being a perfect person, but I have never involved in sexual activity not consensual with anyone,” he continued.
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This content was originally published in “Sandman”: Season 2 wins trailer and date after Neil Gaiman controversy on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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