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Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman is being adapted for TV, heading to Netflix later this year.
You can look for Tom Sturridge as The Sandman, who also goes by Dream. After being held captive for decades, he’s now found his freedom and is ready to catch up on lost time. Charles Dance is set to star as Roderick Burgess, who is attempting to capture Death, but instead, summons Dream.
The forthcoming program is described as a ten-part series (plus one). It’s not clear what the “plus one” refers to, but we find that intriguing in itself.  
What else is intriguing is Gaiman’s description of what’s to come.
In an interview with Empire, he puts a spotlight on some of the episodes, saying, “You watch episode one and think, ‘Oh, I get this thing: it’s like Downton Abbey but with magic.”
He moves to the next episode, saying, “Then you’ll be wondering, ‘What the hell is this?’ by episode two, when you’re meeting Gregory The Gargoyle in The Dreaming.”
Gaiman skips over episodes three and four, landing on five and six, saying, “Episode five is about as dark and traumatic as anything is ever gonna get, then you’ve got episode six, which is probably the most feel-good of all the episodes.”
What is going on in three and four that is so secretive?
We’re guessing Gaiman skipped over two of the episodes because of the nature of the conversation, going over content on the fly, but he did sum-up the entire season, in general, saying, “If you didn’t like an episode of Game of Thrones, you probably won’t like any other episode of Game of Thrones.”
In other words, if you like the first episode of The Sandman, you’ll probably like the rest (and vice versa).
Gaiman does promise the unexpected: “With Sandman, it’s all about surprising you. It’s all about reinventing itself. It’s all about taking you on a journey you’ve not been on before.”
We like going on journeys…
What about you? Is The Sandman going on your watch list?